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With Supreme Court Decision, College Admissions Could Become More Subjective
Colleges have a game plan, like emphasizing the personal essay, but so do conservative groups that promise to monitor and, if necessary, go back to court. By Anemona Hartocollis | The New York Times | JUN. 29, 2023 | Photo by Kenny Holston In the Supreme Court decision striking down racial and ethnic ... -
Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action at Harvard and UNC
The court's conservative trajectory didn’t start with abortion — and it won’t end with affirmative action. Column by Jessica Levinson | MSNBC | JUN. 29, 2023 | Photo by Bill Clark The Supreme Court just gutted the use of affirmative action programs in both private colleges and public universities, and it did ... -
El Magonista Newsletter | Vol. 11, No. 19 | JUN. 16, 2023
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser "El Magonista" | Vol. 11, No. 19 | June 16, 2023 DACA: 11 YEARS LATER... SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER COMING NEXT WEEK: Dreamers Study Abroad Program application for NEW FALL 2023 travel to Mexico !!! LATEST NEWS DACA TURNS 11: AS WHITE HOUSE CALLS ... -
Hey DeSantis, real tough guys don’t use vulnerable immigrants as political pawns
Column by George Skelton | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 12, 2023 | Photo by Charlie Neibergall SACRAMENTO — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ crass stunt of flying desperate immigrants to California and dumping them on the doorstep of a Catholic Diocese headquarters showed us one thing: He’s not fit to be America’s ... -
An immigration reform deal that could actually pass
Opinion by Nolan Rappaport | The Hill | JUN. 15, 2023 Democrats blame Republicans for the fact that Congress has not passed a major immigration reform bill since the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 — 37 years ago. While Republicans have opposed the legalization programs Democrats have tried to establish, that doesn’t ... -
'Limbo of DACA' weighs heavy on hundreds of thousands of eligible youths left out of ...
On the 11th anniversary of DACA, as many as 400,000 people who would be eligible to apply have been shut out because of legal challenges. By Nicole Acevedo | NBC News | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by Owen Berg Hundreds of thousands of DACA-eligible people have been shut out ... -
California officials urged to help migrants flown to Sacramento secure visas for crime victims
By Andrea Castillo | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by Gary Coronado WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than four dozen immigrant rights groups sent a letter Wednesday to California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, urging him to help 36 migrants who were flown to Sacramento by Florida contractors secure visas to remain ... -
Uncertainty around DACA creates 'perfect breeding ground' for misinformation
Online misinformation about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals has existed since it began. With the program in court again, advocates fight a new wave of false information. By Nicole Acevedo | NBC News | JUN. 11, 2023 | Photo by Getty Images The uncertainty around the fate of DACA, the Deferred ... -
DACA turns 11: As White House calls for immigration reform, 'Dreamers' share their worries
The program for young migrants is in legal limbo, awaiting a judge's ruling. By Armando Garcia & Quinn Owen | ABC News | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by Jose Luis Magana The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, hit a milestone on Thursday, 11 years after it ... -
Migrants bused from Texas to Los Angeles in move mayor calls ‘despicable stunt’
By Christopher Weber | Associated Press | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by Damian Dovarganes LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of migrants who arrived by bus in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday were sent from Texas in a move the city’s mayor called a “despicable stunt” by a Republican ...
