Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California’s 1913 Alien Land Law barred Japanese immigrants from owning or leasing land, fueling racism, dispossession, and ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will strike the word “alien” from its state laws, getting rid of what Gov. Gavin Newsom called “an offensive term for a human being” that has “fueled a divisive ...