A statue of Father Junipero Serra. (Photo: stjunipero.org)OPINION: Father Junipero Serra was one of California’s first immigrants in 1769. Nearly 250 years later, Californians – whose state is now home to more than 10 million immigrants – watched closely as Pope Francis addressed a joint session of Congress the following day the canonization.
The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that California’s undocumented immigrants are eligible to practice law if they meet licensing requirements — even though they are not citizens. The court’s decision involved Sergio C. Garcia, an undocumented immigrant from Chico who passed all qualifying state exams and was seeking a license to practice law in California. Arguments in the case were heard last year.
A freshman Republican in the California State Senate is pushing against the grain to change his party’s congressional position on immigration reform.
From the business parks of Silicon Valley to the fields of the Central Valley, immigrants help fuel California’s economic engine. Unfortunately, our nation’s immigration policies resemble a badly tuned carburetor, restricting the full participation of immigrants in our system, choking them and us of oxygen we need to reach our full capacity.
When our
Equality of opportunity is a fundamentally American value. Throughout our history, we have taken important steps to make our country more equal and to bring opportunity to groups that were denied it in the past. Today, with our national leaders debating plans to reform Americas broken immigration system, we may soon be taking the next
There is now nearly universal support among California voters to allow undocumented immigrants who have lived here for a number of years to stay and become citizens if they have a job, learn English, and pay back taxes. Statewide, 90% of voters now favor this policy.
In addition, in a reversal from previous measures,
The California Republican Party isn’t dead but there sure are plenty of tubes connected to life support.
That’s pretty much the Number One topic of the November election post mortem: A post mortem on the Golden State’s Grand Old Party.
“Can the party be restored as a viable organization that effectively does what