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WATSONVILLE — It could soon become harder for immigrants who use services such as food stamps or Medicaid to become permanent residents under new rules proposed Wednesday by the Trump administration.
If the rules are adopted, thousands of Santa Cruz County residents could face a choice between continuing to use the services and maintaining eligibility to to become permanent residents.
THE U.S. Navy's top brass was in Monterey this week to announce the Naval Postgraduate School's new president and honor the outgoing head of the university.
During a ceremony at NPS Wednesday morning, Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer welcomed retired vice admiral Dr. Ann Elisabeth Rondeau to lead the school. Rondeau, a 38-year veteran of the Navy, will succeed current NPS president Ronald A. Route in early 2019. Route has been at NPS for five years.
Service providers, elected leaders decry changes, urge public to comment
MONTEREY — U.S. Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer on Wednesday named retired Vice Adm. Ann Elisabeth Rondeau as the Naval Postgraduate School's new president Wednesday.
Spencer made the announcement inside NPS's King Hall to an all-hands call audience of approximately 1,500 that included the school's faculty, staff, students and government officials Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, and Brig. Gen. William Bowers of the Marine Corps.
COSTA CENTRAL, Calif. - El gobierno federal oficialmente publicó, el miércoles, la propuesta que busca negarles la
residencia a los inmigrantes que hayan pedido asistencia del gobierno.
Con esto, se abre el periodo de comentarios públicos durante 60 días para que las personas de la Costa Central y del resto del país expongan sus casos o razones sobre cómo esta regla de inmigración pudiera afectarlos.
SALINAS, Calif. —
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security posted a proposed rule change in the Federal Register Wednesday to deny permanent residency for legal immigrants who use public benefits, including food assistance, Medicaid, and Section 8 housing vouchers.
DHS will be collecting public comments for 60 days. Comments can be made by using the Federal Register's website.
SALINAS, CA – On October 10, 2018, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will post a proposed rule change in the Federal Register to deny permanent residency for legal immigrants who use public benefits, including food assistance, Medicaid, and Section 8 housing vouchers. DHS will be collecting public comments for 60 days, through December 10, 2018.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) announced that California FarmLink received federal grants and loan capital totaling over $1,086,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development.
MOSS LANDING — As Congressman Jimmy Panetta stepped up on the podium at a ceremony last week at Hester Marsh, pelicans glided behind him to a landing near bobbing otters. The flurry of wildlife underlined Panetta's message of just how crucial wetland habitat is.
"We want to show the importance of Elkhorn Slough not just to the Central Coast, but to the world," Panetta told the crowd of scientists, activists, and politicians.
MOSS LANDING — The wildlife of Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve made itself known Friday morning to a crowd celebrating the site's designation as a Wetland of International Importance by the Ramsar Convention.
Seabirds of various sizes and shapes passed by the ceremony, held at the reserve's Hester Marsh. Marine life swam through the slough itself and as Congressman Jimmy Panetta began to speak, a flock of pelicans flew in formation right overhead.