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In Memoriam: Profe. Armando Vázquez-Ramos, ¡Presente! - English Version
By Gonzalo Santo, Exclusively for "El Magonista" | Aug. 15, 2024 | Photo Collage Courtesy of El Mago Staff Armando Vázquez-Ramos was born in Mexico City on August 10th, 1949. He passed away at his home in Long Beach, California on August 4th, 2024, six days short of his 75th. ... -
Stateless
In this story of dual ‘uncitizenship,’ the lives of two undocumented Fresno State students diverge because of a single piece of paper By Carlos Rene Castro | The Collegian | OCT. 10, 2023 | Photo By Carlos Rene Castro Richard Puerta, the youngest of five children, was born in Mexico. ... -
DACA recipient from Houston stuck in Mexico after discrepancy on paperwork blocked her from a ...
By Miya Shay | ABC-13 News Houston | AUG. 31, 2023 | Photo by Robyn Beck HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As a 14-year-old starting his freshman year in high school, Gerardo Garza Jr. already has plenty to worry about. But now, he's going through all those back-to-school challenges without his mom ... -
DACA Recipients Are Under Attack Once Again
Two recent legal challenges have placed more than 600,000 undocumented in danger of losing the only home they have known. By Michelle Alejandra Silva | The Progressive Magazine | JUN. 22, 2023 | Photo by Getty Images As I read the headlines surrounding the still uncertain future of the Deferred ... -
House Republicans release sweeping immigration bill
Judiciary Committee scheduled to consider the 137-page legislation Wednesday. By Suzanne Monyak | Roll Call | APR. 17, 2023 | Photo by Tom Williams House Republicans released sweeping immigration legislation on Monday that would tighten asylum eligibility, expand migrant family detention and crack down on the employment of undocumented workers. ... -
Biden administration urges judge to allow latest ‘Dreamers’ rule
The Justice Department is fighting to protect the program in a court challenge brought in Texas by a group of Republican-led states. By Suzanne Monyak | Roll Call | MAR. 3, 2023 | Photo by Nathan Posner for Anadolu Agency/Getty The Biden administration has urged a Texas federal judge to ... -
To solve our national immigration crisis, let states sponsor immigrants
Eric Holcomb, a Republican, is governor of Indiana. Spencer Cox, a Republican, is governor of Utah. Opinion by Eric Holcomb & Spencer Cox | The Washington Post | FEB. 21, 2023 | Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez Indiana has about 220,000 open jobs right now and Utah has 107,000, according ... -
In a tight labor market, some states look to another type of worker: Children
Bills advancing in the Iowa and Minnesota state legislatures would roll back child workplace protections to address worker shortages. By Jacob Bogage | The Washington Post | FEB. 11, 2023 | Photo by Charlie Neibergall As local economies grapple with a tightening labor market, some state legislatures are looking to ... -
Is the renewed ‘Dream Act’ more than a tease this time?
Bills to give legal residency to immigrants brought to U.S. as children have been floating around Congress for more than two decades. Column by Michael Smolens | The San Diego Union-Tribune | FEB. 15, 2023 | Photo by Lynne Sladky You have to give backers of the Dream Act this: ... -
Nine Republican-led states ask federal court to end DACA protections for 'Dreamers'
By Ella Lee | USA Today | FEB. 1, 2023 | Video by Omar Ornelas, Hank Farr & Josh Morgan A coalition of nine Republican-led states on Tuesday asked a federal judge in Texas to block a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program rule which gives protections to undocumented immigrants brought ...