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Mexico, Central American leaders rejected repeated efforts by the U.S. to convince them to attend ...
By Natalie Kitroeff | The New York Times | JUN. 9, 2022 | Photo by Luis Antonio Rojas LOS ANGELES — In the lead up to the Summit of the Americas, the Biden administration scrambled to avoid the embarrassment of a boycott by key leaders — only to find its ... -
The Post-DACA Generation is Here
Most of this year’s 100,000 undocumented high school graduates are currently ineligible for the policy. Under current rules and court action, DACA is unavailable to most undocumented high school graduates. Absent Congress’ passing immigration reform for Dreamers, most undocumented graduates cannot legally enter the workforce, even if the DACA policy ... -
Dreamers’ Sense of Belonging Fell 15% in 2021, Finds Boundless Report
A Boundless report looks at how DACA recipients have benefited from the 2012 program, as well as the challenges they still face in 2022. Report by Boundless | MAY 24, 2022 As the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program enters its tenth year, a Boundless report analyzes public data to get ... -
Around 100,000 ‘Dreamers’ to graduate without shot at work permits
By Rafael Bernal | The Hill | MAY 27, 2022 | Photo from Getty Images Around 100,000 undocumented immigrants will graduate high school in 2022 without a shot at work permits, the first time in a decade that a majority of so-called Dreamers will not be eligible. Most undocumented 2022 graduates have ... -
Senate moves to preserve site of segregated ‘Mexican’ school
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske | Los Angeles Times | MAY 19, 2022 | Photo by Justin Hamel DALLAS — The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation co-sponsored by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) to turn a formerly segregated, “Mexican” school in west Texas into a historic site, the first of its kind. “We’ve taken an important step ... -
Mexico: 100,000 Disappeared and Missing People
By Stephanie Brewer | WOLA | MAY 16, 2022 | Photo by Eduardo Verdugo Mexico has reached the tragic figure of 100,000 disappeared and missing people since records have been kept; that is, today these 100,000 people’s whereabouts remain unknown. What does this moment mean for the country and what are some ... -
Op-Ed: White replacement theory is fascism’s new name
By Jason Stanley and Federico Finchelstein | Los Angeles Times | MAY 24, 2022 | Photo credit: Attila Kisbenedek Since Anders Breivik killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, mass murders in the name of white replacement theory (WRT) have become prevalent. Many of these killers, including Breivik; Brenton Tarrant, ... -
Gov. Greg Abbott’s Plan to Kick Undocumented Kids Out of Schools Is Sadistic
The Texas governor sees the likely demise of Roe v. Wade as an opportunity to take the xenophobic right’s culture war to children. By Tana Ganeva | Daily Beast | MAY 7, 2022 | Illustration by Luis G. Rendon All you need to know about Republicans’ supposed deep-seated concern for ... -
DEMOCRATS' SELF-INFLICTED PARALYSIS ON IMMIGRATION REFORM - A MAY DAY CALL TO ACTION!
By Gonzalo Santos, May Day, 2022 Long forecast here, the Dems are showing, once again, lacking the will, fortitude (cojones), and determination to deliver on their campaign promises to immigrant-dense ethnic communities like Latinos and Asian Americans. This is not an isolated blotch on their otherwise effectiveness: the same is ... -
How Cinco de Mayo Got Its Start Because of California's Mexican Americans
By Yvonne Condes | KCET | MAY 3, 2022 | Photo courtesy of LA Pubic Library In the spring of 1970, Dr. David Hayes-Bautista didn't know much about Cinco de Mayo other than the day commemorated the Mexican Battle of Puebla against the French. To him and his fellow UC ...
