Temporary Protected Status coming to an end
Daisy Ortiz,
Spanish Editor
November 30, 2017
Haitians and Nicaraguans under TPS will have to leave the U.S. within the next two years On November 6, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Elaine Duke, announced that the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Nicaragua and Honduras will be coming to an end. Nicaragua’s status will end on Jan. ...
Some local Muslims fearful under Trump administration
Maximino Cisneros,
Contributor
August 2, 2017
On July 18, the United States Supreme court upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban with minimal revisions on which foreigners would be allowed to enter the United States. The revisions include allowing foreigners into the U.S. who have clear ties to organizations and individuals in the country. ...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
April 12, 2017
What Happened? Last Thursday, President Donald Trump gave the U.S. military the green light to launch a targeted airstrike on a government air base in Syria that killed six people. According to a statement that Trump delivered from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on April 6, the strike was a...
We Are Only Human
DeAlaundria Gardner,
Contributor
March 3, 2017
DeAlaundria Gardner is a Cal State East Bay student who wrote this poem from the perspective of a Syrian refugee addressing the recent immigration crisis in America and Syria. From the perspective of a Syrian refugee: Are we not one? A single soul, You and I, We in control? We are onl...
Muslim ban continues to instill fear
Cody Davis,
Contributor
March 3, 2017
Fear was just one of the many emotions that Muslim communities around the world experienced after waking up on Jan. 27 to a surprise travel restriction put in place by President Donald Trump. Last month, Trump signed an executive order that banned citizens from predominantly Muslim countries, like I...
California joins opposition against immigration ban
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
February 8, 2017
On Jan. 27 President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order that put a 90-day ban on immigration between the United States and seven countries that include Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia, according to the order. In response, Washington State filed a lawsuit earlier this month that claim...
U.S. report paints bleak picture of human rights
Tracy Wilkinson,
Los Angeles Times
April 14, 2016
The Obama administration castigated China and Russia on Wednesday for their attempts to use legislation to criminalize basic expressions of free speech, religious practice and other civil liberties. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, in releasing the State Department’s annual report on human rights in co...
