Indians, Taiwanese Among Most Educated Californians
Asian Indians and Taiwanese residents of California are among the state's most educated, according to a Bay Citizen analysis of census data.
Among both groups, about 70 percent of those 25 and older have at least a bachelor's degree. Only about 30 percent of Californians as a whole have that level of education.
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Midwife Births Linked to Citizenship Confusion on Border
Revelations that a group of midwives sold U.S. birth certificates to people who didn't live in the U.S. has lead to distrust and confusion along the southern border, CNN reports.
Brenda Vazquez, a 29-year-old elementary-school teacher in Matamoros, Mexico, filed suit against the federal government after she said she was coerced into signing a document swearing that she is not a U.S. citizen.
Vazquez she did so after hours of questioning by a border patrol agent after entering the country in Brownsville, Texas, last year. Vazquez said she was born in South Texas and is a U.S. citizen.
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Opponents Block Gay Marriage in Washington State
Opponents of Washington's gay marriage law filed more than 200,000 signatures blocking the law Wednesday, a day before the state was to begin allowing same-sex marriages, the Associated Press reports.