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Newly sworn-in California Gov. Gavin Newsom, vowing to provide “sanctuary to all who seek it,” has proposed extending state health care coverage to more illegal immigrants living within the Golden State’s borders. Hours after assuming office, Mr. Newsom released sweeping health care proposals to raise the age limit for illegal aliens covered by Medi-Cal from 19 to 26, which would make California “the first state in the nation to cover young undocumented adults through a state Medicaid program,” according to a Monday release from the governor’s office. Mr. Newsom, who ran on a universal health care platform, also proposed expanding...

A Colorado state representative announced a bill Monday that would allow victims of certain crimes committed by illegal immigrants to sue state and local politicians who defy federal immigration authorities seeking to enforce the law, multiple news outlets are reporting. Republican state Rep. Dave Williams, who is Hispanic, said he wants to strip the “immunity” from Democratic politicians who “place Coloradans in danger because of the sanctuary city policies that they created and continue to implement,” the Denver Post reported. Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/31/colorado-republican-wants-to-let-crime-victims-sue-politicians-for-sanctuary-city-policies/#ixzz4XMmCCxod

Federal authorities announced the arrests yesterday of four construction supervisors and 76 illegal immigrants at a Kentucky home-building company, continuing a promised government crackdown on employers that rely on illegal labor. The arrests at Fischer Homes, a leading builder in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, followed the April 19 arrests of seven current and former managers and more than 1,100 workers for Ifco Systems North America Inc., a subsidiary of a Dutch manufacturer of plastic crates and wooden pallets. The effort comes as Congress debates plans to overhaul the nation's immigration laws. "We will continue to bring criminal actions against employers...

ONTARIO - Amid a growing cacophony of voices debating immigration issues, Catholic Church leaders say they're trying to add a more humane view to the heated discussion. Officials with the Diocese of San Bernardino have initiated a campaign to educate members, and the community, about their belief that immigrants should be treated with decency and respect, regardless of their legal status. They held several meetings this month, including one Tuesday night, and are beginning to form teams at parishes that will implement the campaign. The meetings come at a pivotal time in California and the nation as legislators attempt to...

On the corner of a busy road in a New York City suburb recently, I noticed a sign outside a small Christian church welcoming day laborers — an apt image for the state of immigration in the United States today. The day laborers the church is welcoming are, most likely, illegal immigrants. We all know they're here and you may, like the churchmen, also know where. You may be one. You may employ one. You may even pass a group of illegal immigrants waiting for a day job on the way to your own job. Needless to say many illegal...

U.S. says they're stoking false hopes ARIVACA, Ariz. – Andy Sellers anxiously drives the woman north in a dusty 1992 Nissan Pathfinder dubbed "the Desert Rat." Just 12 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, he passes the first of five U.S. Border Patrol vehicles. He can't help but think of the two colleagues arrested weeks earlier on charges of transporting illegal immigrants – just what he was doing. Mr. Sellers, 23, is one of hundreds of volunteers with the humanitarian group No More Deaths. Their goal: to aid lost, abandoned or injured illegal immigrants. "I was a little nervous when I...