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A Decade After DACA, the Rise of a New Generation of Undocumented Students
A vast majority of undocumented teenagers are graduating high school this year without protection from deportation and the ability to legally work. By Miriam Jordan | The New York Times | JUN. 15, 2022 | Photo by Jenna Schoenefeld LOS ANGELES — Tommy Esquivel graduated from Hollywood High School in ... -
DACA Applicants Ask Court for Interim Relief with Cases in Limbo
A new motion in Federal court seeks protections, work eligibility for 80,000 applicants while arguing that the government went beyond 2021 ruling blocking the program. By Andrew Kreighbaum | Bloomberg News | JUN. 7, 2022 | Photo by Ken Cedeno Young, undocumented immigrants who hoped to secure protections from deportation ... -
Court of Appeals will hear arguments about DACA on July 6
Story and photo from EFE Agency | MAY 27, 2022 | Translation from Google Los Angeles, May 27 (EFE).- The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit of the United States will hear on July 6 the arguments in a Texas lawsuit that keeps the approval of new applications from ... -
Jorge Gonzalez’ “Good trouble” for Dreamers
By Professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos, President and CEO - The California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC) March 29, 2022 This week I lost a great friend and Dreamers lost an advocate who will live in history as a colossal legal icon, comparable to the late Marco Antonio Firebaugh. Like Marco’s AB-540 landmark legislation, ... -
Youngest person to run 100 marathons uses platform to inspire immigrants, women
The 24-year-old Dreamer ran her 100th race on Nov. 7, 2021. By Kiara Alfonseca | Good Morning America | MAR. 18, 2022 | Photo by Robert Gauthier for LA Times Jocelyn Rivas is set to officially become the youngest person -- female or male -- to run 100 marathons. The ... -
Marriages and Mortgages: The DACA “Kids” Are Growing Up
By Matthew La Corte | Niskanen Center | FEB. 16, 2022 Protecting Dreamers under the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” program created in 2012 has always made sense because they were brought here as children. For years, Dreamers were college students cramming for finals, young professionals starting their first jobs, ... -
Can Obama Pardon Millions of Immigrants?
Immigration Flashback: A look back at Cardoza Law School professor Peter L. Markowitz's analysis of the power of the Presidential Pardon -- how Obama's missed opportunity lives up to his legacy of cruelty towards Latino immigrants as the Deporter-in-Chief. Opinion by Peter Markowitz | New York Times | July 16, ... -
A year into presidency, criticism over immigration continues for Biden
Immigration supporters say that while they welcomed President Joe Biden’s 2020 election, when it comes to immigration policy, his administration, a year into its first term, has left much to be desired. By Rhina Guidos | Catholic Spirit | FEB. 2, 2022 | Photo credit: Go Nakamura-Reuters “There’s no doubt ... -
Fulfilling Dreams in the Dreamers Study Abroad Program 2021
Exclusive for El Magonista By Maria Isabel Medina Ruiz The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, created in 2012 by President Barack Obama, is a program designed to protect young undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation. The order contemplates deferring any action on immigration status for a period of ... -
No, Obama can’t grant ‘amnesty’ by pardoning illegal immigrants
Throwback Thursday: Knowing Trump's racist views lay on the horizon, why didn't Obama pardon Dreamers during his Lame Duck period? By Suzy Khimm | Washington Post | DEC. 6, 2011 | Photo credit: Robyn Beck Over at the Monkey Cage, Gregory Koger suggests that President Obama could use his executive authority to ...