In his first year back in office, President Trump has completely shifted the U.S. approach to immigration, launching the most ...

Immigration is more than policy — it’s a lifelong reorientation. Irene Grimes writes about love, fear and the quiet courage ...

When Alameda news writer Karin K. Jensen was a child growing up, her mother Helen Yee Chan Cochran, a Chinese American immigrant daughter, shared stories from her life about her American dream and her ...

In just one year, President Donald J. Trump’s ironclad commitment to securing our border and enforcing our nation’s laws is liberating Americans from the ...

Earlier this month, I achieved something I’ve been dreaming of since I was a little girl: I became an American citizen. It was one of the best moments of my life. But what moved me wasn’t only the ...

During my recent presentation to an economic roundtable in Florida, I encountered a familiar confusion—my highly educated and accomplished audience was unclear about who qualifies as an “immigrant” in ...

If I were to sum up in one word what I experienced when I read the “Special Message” on immigration released on November 12, 2025, by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, it would be ...

From arriving in the Bay Area as an 18-year-old immigrant with limited English to teaching math at Diablo Valley College’s Pleasant Hill campus while running a successful Italian restaurant in ...

Preface -- Chronology -- Overview: immigration by the numbers, 1820-1870 -- Leaving home, 1820-1845 -- Across the Atlantic and into America, 1820-1845 -- Immigration at high tide, 1845-1854 -- ...

When Alameda news writer Karin K. Jensen was a child growing up, her mother Helen Yee Chan Cochran, a Chinese American immigrant daughter, shared stories from her life about her American dream and her ...