Undocumented immigrants complain they can't access California funds for them

Immigrants up and down California say they've been unable to apply for a $75-million relief fund recently created by Gov. Newsom to help them.

California's undocumented immigrant fund now up and running

The total of $125 million is to be shared among 150,000 people in a state where there are an estimated 3 million undocumented immigrants.

Twitter's Jack Dorsey donates $25 million to undocumented immigrants, inmates

Mayor London Breed said that Dorsey's donation more than doubles the total contributions to Give2SF and brings the total funding to $26.3 million.

Women released from ICE detention in California following hunger strike

A coalition of attorneys that included the San Francisco public defender’s office and the ACLU filed a lawsuit in April calling on ICE to release inmates from Mesa Verde and Yuba County Jail.

California Supreme Court denies bid to block payments to immigrants

The program offers each adult $500 to be distributed through nonprofit groups in an effort to protect recipients from providing personal information that might cost them other benefits or increase their danger of being deported.

Immigrants without work find themselves sleeping on San Francisco streets

Marcos Saul Aurora Gonzalez and is one of about 250 members of the 30-year-old San Francisco Day Labor Program and Women's Collective. He wasn't always homeless. But since the Bay Area stay-at-home order shut down most business, the 37-year-old from El Salvador has not been able to find work.

Q&A: The status of California's $125M undocumented immigrant fund

The earliest the money could get into people's hands is in May that is, if fundraising efforts are a success and lawsuits don't block Newsom's initiative.

Immigrants deliver food, 'hope' to workers hit by pandemic

These aide networks can be informal and operate on word-of-mouth and social media fundraising campaigns, the AP reported.

Federal judge finds 'likely' constitutional violation in ICE detention at 2 California facilities

U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria did not immediately order a release of those detainees. But he did order a review process to identify people for release in order to enable social distancing inside the centers.

Conservative group sues to stop California aid to undocumented immigrants

Newsom is offering $500 apiece to 150,000 unemployed adults who were left out of the stimulus package approved by Congress because of their immigration status.

'Empty the cages:' activists urge San Mateo County Sheriff release inmates during coronavirus

Prosecutors, in general, have been open to releasing certain inmates, but have wanted to ensure the public's safety by not letting people out who they think would be a danger to society. 

People missing out on stimulus checks because spouses are immigrants

Roughly 1.2 million U.S. citizens did not receive stimulus checks because they are married to immigrants who don’t have social security numbers and joint-filed their taxes.

Trump announces green card restrictions

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he will be placing a 60-day pause on the issuance of certain immigration green cards in an effort to limit competition for jobs in a U.S. economy wrecked by the coronavirus.