Immigration
![The announcement that Vice President Kamala Harris will seek the Democratic nomination for president is inspiring a wave of false claims about her eligibility and her background. The announcement that Vice President Kamala Harris will seek the Democratic nomination for president is inspiring a wave of false claims about her eligibility and her background.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Election_2024_Democrats_51660_ba7d49.jpg?w=132)
A look at false claims around Kamala Harris and her campaign for the White House
The announcement that Vice President Kamala Harris will seek the Democratic nomination for president is...
![The lengthy "governing agenda" for the next conservative president is becoming a growing matter of contention in the 2024 election cycle. The lengthy "governing agenda" for the next conservative president is becoming a growing matter of contention in the 2024 election cycle.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/OCR-L-PROJECT2025-0713.jpg?w=132)
What is Project 2025, and how does it target California?
The lengthy "governing agenda" for the next conservative president is becoming a growing matter of...
![Some local farm workers face overcrowded conditions or homelessness, but a new California bill seeks to pave the way for more farmworker housing in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. Some local farm workers face overcrowded conditions or homelessness, but a new California bill seeks to pave the way for more farmworker housing in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-FARMHOUSEBILL-07XX-2-1.jpg?w=132)
Housing shortage has led Bay Area farmworkers to live in desperate conditions; a new bill aims to help change that
Some local farm workers face overcrowded conditions or homelessness, but a new California bill seeks...
![Expanding who qualifies would make applications easier to process and help clear the backlog of asylum cases Expanding who qualifies would make applications easier to process and help clear the backlog of asylum cases](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Congress_Border_15372-5.jpg?w=136)
Opinion: America’s definition of ‘refugee’ needs an update
Expanding who qualifies would make applications easier to process and help clear the backlog of...
![East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for July 18, 2024 East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for July 18, 2024](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP23234617861140.jpg?w=132)
Letters: Legal immigration | American plutocracy | Democrats dither | Election is personal
East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for July 18, 2024
![A seven-day average of daily arrests fell more than half by the end of June from Biden's announcement on June 4 that asylum processing would be halted when daily arrests reach 2,500, which they did immediately, said Troy Miller, acting Customs and Border Protection commissioner. A seven-day average of daily arrests fell more than half by the end of June from Biden's announcement on June 4 that asylum processing would be halted when daily arrests reach 2,500, which they did immediately, said Troy Miller, acting Customs and Border Protection commissioner.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sjm-Border-Arrests_200129792-1.jpg?w=132)
Under new Biden asylum policy, border arrests down 29%
A seven-day average of daily arrests fell more than half by the end of June...
![The unsealing of Omar al-Bayoumi's case appears connected to a civil lawsuit seeking to link Saudi Arabia to the 9/11 attacks The unsealing of Omar al-Bayoumi's case appears connected to a civil lawsuit seeking to link Saudi Arabia to the 9/11 attacks](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DOJ_announces_arrests_in_8216high-end_brothel_network8217_used_by_elected_officials_military_officers_and_others1.jpg?w=132)
Feds in California unseal long-hidden immigration fraud case against Saudi who helped 9/11 hijackers
The unsealing of Omar al-Bayoumi's case appears connected to a civil lawsuit seeking to link...
![Most of the original 36 migrants, which included natives of Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala and Venezuela, have left the capital region. Most of the original 36 migrants, which included natives of Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala and Venezuela, have left the capital region.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/US-NEWS-MIGRANTS-SACRAMENTO-YEARLATER-3-SA.jpg?w=132)
With false promises, Florida sent migrants to Sacramento a year ago. Where are they now?
Most of the original 36 migrants, which included natives of Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala and Venezuela,...
![The Half Moon Bay City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to deny appeals attempting to block a 40-unit, downtown apartment complex for senior farmworkers, clearing the way for the project to continue. The Half Moon Bay City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to deny appeals attempting to block a 40-unit, downtown apartment complex for senior farmworkers, clearing the way for the project to continue.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SJM-L-HMBHOUSES.jpg?w=140)
Half Moon Bay residents appealed approval of senior farmworker housing. Here’s what the City Council just decided
The Half Moon Bay City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to deny appeals attempting to block...
![Biden is considered especially vulnerable with voters when it comes to immigration. Trump has hammered him repeatedly on border security by painting a picture of the border as out of control and migrants as a threat to the nation's security and economy. Biden is considered especially vulnerable with voters when it comes to immigration. Trump has hammered him repeatedly on border security by painting a picture of the border as out of control and migrants as a threat to the nation's security and economy.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sjm-2666_199113568-1.jpg?w=132)
Border arrests reportedly fall 40% after asylum processing halted
Biden is considered especially vulnerable with voters when it comes to immigration. Trump has hammered...