House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer arrive for a news conference in the Capitol on Dec. 13 in Washington. (Photo credit: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Why Chuck Schumer declined to gamble on a government shutdown.   By Jim Newell ~ Slate ~ Dec. 22, 2017 When 18 Senate ...

Leer en español By AZAM AHMED and J. JESUS ESQUIVEL, New York Times ~ DEC. 20, 2017   President Enrique Peña Nieto speaking at the Institutional Revolutionary Party’s national assembly in August. (Photo credit: Henry Romero/Reuters)   CHIHUAHUA, Mexico — A former deputy in President Enrique Peña Nieto’s party has been arrested as part ...

By Wendy Thurm ~50 States of Blue ~ December 20, 2017 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — A federal district judge heard nearly four hours of legal argument on Wednesday morning in five consolidated lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration's rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. U.S. District Judge William H. ...

By Julia Schmalz ~ The Chronicle of Higher Education~ December 20, 2017   Fighting against time to make their case to Congress… Washington, DC--They came from campuses across the country. They came with hope and conviction. And they came with a firm message: Time is running out.   Undocumented college students, who ...

By Lisa Mascaro, L.A. Times ~ December 21, 2017 A promised year-end deal to protect the young immigrants known as Dreamers from deportation collapsed Wednesday as Republicans in Congress — fresh off passage of their tax plan — prepared to punt nearly all remaining must-do agenda items into the new ...

By Daniel Hernandez, L.A. Times Op-Ed ~ December 17, 2017 “Latinx,” is has been argued, is a less determinist and more inclusive term than “Latino” for males and “Latina” for females...   This year, Fusion and MiTú each posted videos earnestly explaining to their millennial viewers why “Latinx” is the new term everyone should ...

By HEATHER CAYGLE and ELANA SCHOR, POLITICO ~ Dec. 12, 2017 Democratic leaders will not force a shutdown showdown over relief for young undocumented immigrants... Democratic leaders aren’t going to shut down the government to save Dreamers in December. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi haven’t stopped fighting ...

Por: Jesus Garcia ~ La Opinion ~ 5 de Diciembre, 2017 Con su propuesta buscan hacer a un lado "Dream Act" y acercarse a las peticiones migratorias del presidente Trump. Los senadores republicanos están impulsando una legislación que extendería el programa de Acción Diferida (DACA) por tres años, además de ...

By: Patrick McGreevy ~ LA Times ~ Dec. 6, 2017 California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra complained in a speech to journalists Wednesday that the Trump administration is failing to release documents that might explain its decisions on immigration and environmental issues. Addressing the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Becerra said he was ...

By: BBC ~Angélica M Casas ~ November 29, 2017 As Mexican parents are deported from the United States, or self-deport in fear, their US-born children often return with them. It’s estimated that some 54,000 American children now live in Mexico's northern state of Baja California, where the school system has seen ...