immigration

On June 3, 2010, the Santa Ana 8 effectively shut down the ICE detention facility in Santa Ana to protest SB 1070, local 287(g) laws, and attacks on immigrants in…

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A migration, indigenous and immigration panel will be held in Costa Mesa, on Aug. 25, from 5 pm to 10 pm, at the Neighborhood Community Center located at 1845 Park. 5…

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Above: Senator Lou Correa stands with InterAmerican Sports Association Founder Edgar Vazquez and students of Newbridge College, which trains medical assistants. Seeking to demonstrate its commitment to community health and fitness,…

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Libreria Martinez Books and Art Gallery is hosting a "community conversation on immigration," according to the O.C. Register, this Saturday, Aug. 14, at 6 pm, at the bookstore. Lawyer Lisa Ramirez…

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Gran Baile y Cena to benefit the Orange County DREAM! August 21 · 6:30pm - 11:30pm, at the Elk's Lodge, located at 212 South Elk Lane, in Santa Ana. Do you like to…

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The SAUSD administrators must be reading my posts very closely.  They finally loaded the Google language translator widget on their website, on the home page, on the bottom, left side…

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Why doesn't the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) offer their website in additional languages, such as Cambodian, Spanish and Vietnamese?  I just called their Public Information Office and confirmed that…

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Tonight's Santa Ana City Council meeting blew up again as a few of the haters that Councilman David Benavides honored at the last meeting showed up to cry about the…

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By Sophin Zoe Pruong-McCreery July 31, 2010 Santa Ana, CA—Judging from the huge smile on Nubia’s face, one could not imagine that this 6 year-old girl once lacked a safe,…

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The Southern Poverty Law Center exposes those who advocate hate, such as Lupe Moreno FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Church of the Foothills Welcomes an Attorney from the Southern Poverty Law Center Santa Ana,…

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Commissioner Tish Leon, feeling a disturbance in the force... I was able to attend the Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Commission meeting tonight.  Our reader, Rob Cook, showed up too.…

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Time to let Santa Ana Parks and Rec Chair Tish Leon know how we feel about her bullying If you are as upset as I am at the bullying behavior…

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Naui Huitzilopochtli is famous today for his video showing Lupe Moreno and her Minutemen taking over this year's Independence Day event.  But my favorite Naui video is the one above.…

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Gustavo Arellano wrote a great post over at the O.C. Weekly's Navel Gazing blog wondering what Republican Santa Ana mayoral candidate Charles Hart meant when he stated in his press…

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The Usual Suspects One of my readers, named Cook, asked me yesterday to explain who Santa Ana's Usual Suspects are.  He wondered if the term was meant to be racist.…

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