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UCLA doubles down on ethnic studies expansion amid fraught national politics
By Teresa Watanabe | Los Angeles Times | Feb. 5, 2024 | Photo By Mel Melcon More than five decades ago, Morgan Chu was taught a version of American history that all but ignored the experiences of Asian Americans like him. Chu, an attorney who grew up in New York ... -
Yet another FAFSA problem: Many noncitizens can't fill it out
By Sequoia Carrillo & Janet W. Lee | NPR | Feb. 13, 2024 | Photo by John Lamb Most days, Vanessa Cordova Ramirez wakes at 6 a.m. to take care of her little brother, walk the puppy, make breakfast, and tidy up her family's Queens apartment before heading to school. ... -
UC won’t hire its immigrant students without legal status, work permits
By Teresa Watanabe | Los Angeles Times | Jan. 26 2024 | Photo By Jay. L Clendenin University of California regents declined Thursday to move forward on a bold plan to hire immigrant students who lack legal work authorization, crushing the hopes of thousands of young people seeking to escape ... -
UC enrolls record number of California undergrads in fall 2023, cuts out-of-state students
By Teresa Watanabe | Los Angeles Times | JAN. 19, 2024 | Photo By Jay L. Clendenin The University of California enrolled a record number of California undergraduates in fall 2023, reducing the number of students from other states and countries as it met public and political demands to give ... -
Bipartisan DACA legislation could help employment in Wisconsin for needed areas, but could stall in ...
By Ricardo Torres | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | JAN. 16, 2024 | Photo By Jovanny Hernandez Wisconsin desperately needs nurses, and Pamela Rubalcava is planning to graduate in the spring with a degree in nursing from Carroll University. But Rubalcava might not be able to get a license because she ... -
Senate unanimously passes DACA-related bill to help ‘Dreamers’
Originally Published By Tacoma Weekly | JAN. 17, 2024 | Photo By Johnathan Ernst Nearly a decade after the Republican-led Senate Majority Coalition Caucus unveiled its REAL Hope Act to support education opportunities for Washington’s "Dreamers” – people who were brought into the United States illegally as minors – the ... -
USCIS DACA renewal delays put livelihoods at risk for recipients as agency prioritizes migrants
By Michelle Gallardo | ABC News | JAN. 16, 2023 | Photo By Robyn Beck There are nearly 600,000 beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program nationwide. For the last 11 years they have been allowed to work, go to school and drive. But their DACA permit ... -
USC Libraries acquires archives of historic Latino journalist association
By Alejandra Molina | Los Angeles Times | NOV. 29, 2023 | Photo illustration by Diana Ramirez / De Los; Photos by CCNMA Decades’ worth of archives of CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California — known as theoldest Latino journalist association in the United States — have been acquired by the ... -
Testimonials - Carlos Rene Castro
Past Participants Praise of the CMSC's Independent Dreamer Study Abroad Program Courtesy of Carlos Rene Castro - Alumni | LinkenIn | NOV. 24, 2023 | Photo Courtesy of Carlos Rene Castro After 20 years, I am finally home. About a week ago, on November 15, 2023, I arrived at Ramón ... -
Testimonials - Sonia Macias
Past Participants Praise of the CMSC's Independent Dreamer Study Abroad Program Courtesy of Sonia Macias - Alumni | NOV. 7, 2023 | Photo Courtesy of Sonia Macias Hello Profe and Team, I want to thank you all for your assistance throughout my Advance Parole process. Thanks to all your help, ...