Santa Clara County hosts annual Citizenship Day
To help green card holders become U.S. citizens, the Santa Clara County Citizenship Collaborative held its annual Citizenship Day at San Jose City College on April 12.
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Holiday sale on citizenship fails to attract Santa Clara County immigrants (PODCAST)
A San Jose nonprofit is offering half-off naturalization services for the holidays. The sale on becoming an American citizen is part of a national campaign aimed at registering millions of new voters.
Obama’s election victory spurs young immigrants to seek temporary legal status
A program giving temporary legal status to young immigrants was in jeopardy during the presidential election. Now, local undocumented immigrants are rushing to fill out applications.
Immigrant voters seek support of possible tax increase for wealthiest Californians
Phone bank volunteers in San Jose are calling 20,000 registered immigrant voters to ask if they would support a potential 2012 ballot initiative to raise taxes on the wealthiest individuals and corporations.
Behind a Santa Clara County board member is … a grandfather from Italy
The Vice President of the Santa Clara county Board of Supervisors Dave Cortese says the strong bond with his grandfather, an immigrant from Sicily, helps him to better serve Santa Clara County’s diverse community.