blog post Food Security in a Time of COVID-19 Insecurity: How the Virus Affects Farming By Lori Pottinger Mar 30, 2020 Mar 30, 2020 ... Many of California's larger farms rely heavily on this temporary labor force. In the early days of the crisis, the H-2A visa program was ...
Fact Sheet State Financial Aid in California By Kevin Cook, Jacob Jackson, Courtney Lee Jun 26, 2019 SOURCES: National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs; California Student Aid Commission. Cal Grants help middle- and low-income students attend ...
blog post Skills-based Immigration and California’s Workforce By Joseph Hayes Jun 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019 ... The immigration plan recently announced by the White House prioritizes immigrants with higher levels of education.
blog post Health Care Access for California’s Immigrants By Paulette Cha, Mary Severance May 22, 2019 May 22, 2019 ... Documented immigrants—including those with green cards and visas—may qualify for Medi-Cal without being subject to the five-year waiting ...
blog post Federal Immigration Proposal Could Have Widespread Impact By Tess Thorman Dec 5, 2018 Dec 5, 2018 ... California has more immigrants than any other state—and hence much at stake. For those on visas, the proposed rule would make it harder to ...
Report The 2020 Census and Political Representation in California By Eric McGhee, Sarah Bohn, Tess Thorman Oct 9, 2018 ... legal status of some sort (e.g., a green card, a work visa like H1-B, or temporary protected status), and a quarter are estimated to be undocumented.
blog post California Farmers Face Labor Drought By Jelena Jezdimirovic May 23, 2017 May 23, 2017 ... Finally, some growers have been supplementing their workforce by using the temporary guest worker visa program. Which combination of these ...
blog post Immigrants and Health Insurance By Shannon McConville Nov 18, 2015 Nov 18, 2015 ... ... that includes an estimated 2.6 million people who are legally residing in the state (with green cards, temporary visas, work visas, etc.) ...
Report California’s Need for Skilled Workers By Sarah Bohn Sep 17, 2014 The projected shortage of educated workers with some college stems from a mismatch between the share of the workforce projected to have some college education ...
Fact Sheet English Proficiency of Immigrants By Laura Hill Mar 31, 2011 The most common language spoken among California immigrants is Spanish—53% report speaking Spanish at home, 20% of whom report speaking English “not at all.” …