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1 in 10 California workers is an illegal immigrant, study suggests by Jennifer schlueter
study on data from the census, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor. Their research explored “a variety of ways the estimated 2.6 million immigrants living in California without permission participate in state life,” according to the Los Angeles Times. Co-director of USC’s Center for the Study of Immi-
The defendants below each pleaded guilty to one or two misdemeanor counts each of loitering with the intent to commit prostitution or agreeing to engage in prostitution. The defendants were each sentenced up to three years informal probation, up to 10 days in jail with Please see page 4
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grant Integration and USC sociology professor Manuel Pastor describes the illegally working immigrants’ integration into California’s workforce: “It’s a population deeply embedded in the labor market, neighborhoods and social fabric of the state.” The study found that Please see page 2
Five men convicted of loitering with the intent to commit prostitution and/or agreeing to engage in prostitution The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) convicted five men in August 2014 of loitering with the intent to commit prostitution and/or agreeing to engage in prostitution. The defendants in these cases approached a woman, whom they believed to be a prostitute, in areas known for prostitution and human traffick-
ing. Some agreed to engage in commercial sex with a woman and were subsequently arrested by law enforcement. The Santa Ana Police Department and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) investigated these cases. Deputy District Attorney Tina Patel of the HEAT Unit prosecuted these cases.
State Board commends higher education’s endorsement of Common Core and comprehensive, coordinated approach for implementation In an unprecedented action, the four systems of higher education announced their endorsement of Common Core standards and have engaged in a comprehensive, coordinated approach for implementation that links the K-12 system with higher education on standards, assessments and teacher training. The leaders of the University of California, California State University, California Community Colleges, and Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities outlined their endorsement of Common Core standards in a letter to the State Board of Education. The announcement is part of the California State Board of Education’s National Governors Association grant for K-12/ higher education collaboration. “This endorsement reinforces other significant actions by higher education to align standards and assessments with Common Core including major revisions to the PSAT and SAT, updates to the a-g requirements for the University of California and California
Immigrant march -Photo by Erika Paz
Last Wednesday, the Pew Research Center released a nationwide study on immigrants. A simultaneously published report by the University of Southern California (USC) on the same subject focused solely on California. USC and the California Immigrant Policy Center joined forces and based their
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