Archives for June 2015

Sacramento City Schools Add Ethnic Studies Graduation Requirement

Sacramento, home to the fourth most diverse public school district in the nation, has recently decided to add an ethnic studies class to its course load. By 2020, the ethnic studies course will be a graduation requirement. The Sacramento district is one of the most diverse in the region, with no one ethnic group forming […]

Transgender Immigrant Detainees to be Housed By Gender Identification

In a surprising change of policy, immigration officials are considering housing transgender detainees in accordance with the gender they identify with, rather than their biological sex. “ICE will allow for the placement of a transgender woman consistent with their gender identity, meaning that a transgender woman could be with biological females,” said Lorenzen-Strait, who was […]

Increase in Numbers of Illegal Children Follows White House Prediction

Last year, the White House and four Cabinet departments predicted over 60,000 illegal children would come to the U.S. from Mexico. They now expect the number to more than double, reaching 127,000 immigrant children by the end of 2015. This contradicts the White House’s earlier statement that the increase in immigrant children from 2014 to […]

VIDEO: NBCUniversal Ends Relations with Donald Trump Over Immigration Dispute

Following GOP Presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s comments on Mexican immigrants, NBCUniversal decided to end their professional agreements with the businessman. “At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values,” the company said in a statement on Monday. “Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBCUniversal is ending its […]

Ann Coulter: Freeze immigration for 10 years

Author and political commentator Ann Coulter recently told PJ Media that there should be a 10-year freeze on immigration to the U.S. since the federal government has demonstrated it can’t enforce current law: “There’s a law on the books that says if a country will not take a criminal back the attorney general shall, not […]

Immigrant Poses As Dentist, Harms Victims

Texas police have taken Honduran immigrant Mario Sabillon-Mejia and his accomplice, Tiffany Gonzalez, into custody last Wednesday for posing as dentists in Dallas. The pair are held on a felony charge: practicing medicine without a license, and two misdemeanor counts of dangerous sedatives and anesthetics. Police say they caught on to what Sabillion-Mejia and his […]