[lg policy] In immigration news: House wants to defund DACA, Whole Foods in language policy flap, immigrant driver's licenses, more

[Harold Schiffman]

 In immigration news: House wants to defund DACA, Whole Foods in language
policy flap, immigrant driver's licenses, more
<http://www.scpr.org/blogs/multiamerican/2013/06/06/13917/in-immigrant-news-house-wants-to-defund-daca-whole/>
Leslie
Berestein Rojas<http://www.scpr.org/about/people/staff/leslie-berestein-rojas>
| June 6th, 2013, 10:17am



 Two Whole Foods store employees in New Mexico say they were suspended
after complaining that they weren't allowed to speak Spanish at work; a
Whole Foods executive has said that according to policy, English-speaking
employees must speak English to customers and other employees while on the
clock.

House rejects Obama policy on DREAMers - Washington
Post<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/06/06/gop-house-rejects-obama-policy-on-dreamers/>This
would be the policy known as deferred action, introduced last summer,
which offers temporary legal status to young unauthorized immigrants who
arrived in the U.S. before turning 16. The House voted 224-201 against
funding the policy as part of a Homeland Security appropriations measure.
The change will likely face resistance in the Senate.

GOP seeks tougher border security in immigration bill - USA
Today<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/06/05/senate-immigration-hits-roadblocks-pathway-border-security/2393711/>Leading
Republicans, among them Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, are insisting
that the Senate's pending immigration reform bill "needs to be much tougher
on border security to stand a chance at becoming law."

NM Whole Foods workers: Suspended over Spanish - Associated
Press<http://www.abqjournal.com/main/207496/abqnewsseeker/nm-whole-foods-workers-suspended-over-spanish.html>Two
workers at a Whole Foods store in Albuquerque, New Mexico say they
were
suspended after complaining because a manager told them they couldn't speak
Spanish on the job. According to a Whole Foods executive, "our policy
states that all English speaking Team Members must speak English to
customers and other Team Members while on the clock."

Labrador abandons 'Gang of 8' immigration talks - ABC
News<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/06/labrador-abandons-house-gang-of-8-immigration-talks/>Rep.
Raul Labrador, a Republican from Idaho, has dropped out of a House
group - named for its Senate counterpart - working on an immigration reform
proposal. Labrador reportedly could not find a compromise with other
members on health care for unauthorized immigrants seeking legalization.

Latino Caucus not a raid target, officials say - Sacramento Bee
<http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/06/5475287/latino-caucus-not-a-raid-target.html>The
FBI has corrected itself on which offices were raided in Sacramento this
week: Two offices were searched, but both belonged to Democratic Sen. Ron
Calderon of Montebello. The second was at first misidentified as that of
the Latino Legislative Caucus, which the agency now says was not a target.

Colorado approved driver's licenses for illegal immigrants - Reuters
<http://news.yahoo.com/colorado-approves-drivers-licenses-illegal-immigrants-012928354.html>Colorado's
governor has become the latest to state to sign into law a state measure
allowing unauthorized immigrants to apply for driver's licenses. California
is weighing a similar bill, which the Los Angeles City Council voted in
support of yesterday<http://www.scpr.org/blogs/multiamerican/2013/06/05/13911/la-city-council-backs-ca-bill-that-would-let-unaut/>
.

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