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Friday, June 21, 2019 Vol. 15 No. 50
California: Kids in Need! California Ranks 35th in Child Well-Being; High Housing Costs Partly to Blame By Desert Star Staff SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new report ranks California 35th in the nation for overall child well-being - a slight improvement over last year. The 2019 Kids Count Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation showed the state has made great
strides in health but still lags in economic well-being. Kelly Hardy, senior managing director of health policy with the nonprofit Children Now, said 18% of California’s children - about 1.6 million kids - live in poverty. And 46% live in households with a high housing burden.
“That’s partly due to the high cost of housing in California that many families with children are spending a lot of their income on housing and are living below the poverty line,” Hardy said. The state has made huge progress in getting kids insured - 97% of children in
NBC PS News Staff President Donald Trump is threatening to remove millions of people living in the United States illegally on the eve of formally announcing his re-election bid. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement next week will “begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States,” Trump said in a pair of tweets Monday night. “They will be removed as
fast as they come in,” he wrote. An administration official said the effort would focus on the more than 1 million people who have been issued final deportation orders by federal judges but remain at large in the U.S. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to explain the president’s tweets. Other U.S. officials with knowledge of the preparations have said the operation was not imminent, and that ICE officials were not aware the president would make public
sensitive law enforcement plans on Twitter. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. It is unusual for law enforcement agencies to announce raids before they take place. Some in Trump’s administration believe that decisive shows of force — like mass arrests — can serve as effective deterrents, sending a message to those considering
Trump threatens to deport millions beginning next week
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the state are covered. Several years ago, California opened up Medi-Cal to undocumented children and the new budget is expected to extend eligibility to 19-25-year-olds, regardless of immigration status. That should improve measures of maternal health. On education, the state
has made gains in fourthgrade reading and eighthgrade math proficiency but still ranks 36th overall. The data showed California’s 9 million children are very diverse: 52% are Latino, 28% are white, 13% Continues on Page 3