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SALINAS -- Congressman Jimmy Panetta said amending the work visa process and focusing on pushing legislation such as the BRIDGE Act through the pipeline are critical components of immigration reform.
At an immigration forum in Salinas on Monday night, Panetta shared his thoughts and potential solutions to the immigration challenges that many – including those in the agriculture industry – say has been going on for years.
SALINAS, Calif. - The City of Salinas held a special meeting Monday night.
The topic of discussion, how the federal government's actions on immigration can affect the Central Coast.
City officials say forums like this are important to keeping the community informed of their rights and responsibilities when it comes to immigration.
Fifty members of Congress have asked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to publicly criticize the arrest of gay men in Chechnya.
They note in an April 7 letter to Tillerson that they are "greatly disturbed by reports of arrests, disappearances and extrajudicial murders of gay men in Chechnya."
I grew up on a small walnut ranch in a home built by my Italian immigrant grandparents in Carmel Valley, California. It is a modest piece of land with a very small harvest. It is, however, where I obtained an appreciation of the work necessary to nurture crops and a connection with the land and our country's values.