Obama and Calderon Keeping Mum on Immigration, and Other News

By The News Apr 17, 2009

Obama and Calderon Keeping Mum on Immigration During President Obama’s first official visit to Mexico, he and Mexico’s PResident Felipe Calderon, cautiously addressed the issue of immigration reform, withholding specific details on what their immigration agendas would really involve. Chicago Tribune Utah Police Won’t Act as Immigration Enforcement Police in Salt Lake County and other municipalities in Utah will not have their officers act as immigration agents and will not prosecute immigration violations. Salt Lake City law enforcers prioritize good relations with Latinos in their community over adhering to the state mandate. Deseret News. California Farm Workers Take to the Streets In California’s Central Valley, hundreds of farm workers and local officials marched together in protest against federal cutbacks in water supplies. But labor organizers expressed concern that the protest was actually staged by farm owners. NY Times.

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