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Immigration reformers’ hopes dashed as Senate fails to act
By Andrea Castillo | Los Angeles Times | DEC. 22, 2022 | Photo by Mandel Ngan WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders who wanted to strike a deal on immigration reform before the end of the year saw their hopes dashed Thursday. Democrats saw the lame-duck session between the November election and the start ... -
Congress Has Once Again Failed Immigrant Youths
Opinion by Greisa Martinez Rosas | The New York Times | DEC. 22, 2022 | Photo by Drew Angerer Imagine what it’s like to live in a state of perpetual uncertainty — at any moment you could lose your job because you no longer have the right to work legally. ... -
Immigrants sue ICE for spying on their financial records
By Hamed Aleaziz | Los Angeles Times | DEC. 12, 2022 | Photo by Al Seib A U.S. senator recently revealed that for years Immigration and Customs Enforcement secretly spied on wire transfers of more than $500 to or from California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico without probable cause or a ... -
DACA deal for “Dreamers” fizzling as Texas Republicans prioritize border security
The House passed the American Dream and Promise Act in March 2021, which would allow DACA recipients, or “Dreamers,” to apply for permanent residency and end the legal limbo that has repeatedly jeopardized their ability to stay in the United States. By Matthew Choi | Texas Tribune | DEC. 13, ... -
DACA and the Politics of Cruelty
If DACA is ended, the 590,000 young people currently protected would be pushed back into the shadows. By Andrew Moss | LA Progressive | DEC. 11, 2022 It wasn’t long ago that we awoke to images and stories of families separated at the border, of migrant children locked into dirty, ... -
THE KABUKI THEATER NOW SHOWING FOR BUSINESSES WITH LABOR SHORTAGES
By Profe. Gonzalo Santos | DEC. 10, 2022 The latest report out of Washington is that the business interests that clamor for an expanded pool of guest workers are "optimistic." They are desperate for an expansion of temporary workers at the high skills & low skill tiers of the segmented ... -
It’s time for Congress to act on DACA
Opinion by Kristin Yarris, Mariela Nunez-Janes, Chrissy Getrich and Sarah Horton | The Hill | DEC. 9, 2022 | Photo by Jose Luis Magana As Congress continues its lame-duck session, it is urgent that it act to make the protections of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program permanent. ... -
Talks over protecting Dreamers pick up in Congress, but agreement still elusive
By Ariana Figueroa | Arizona Mirror | DEC. 6, 2022 | Photo by Drew Angerer WASHINGTON — In a last-minute push, U.S. senators are working on a bipartisan agreement to create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented people who were brought to the United States as children. But the success ... -
HOW PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS ARE FILLING GAPS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO HELP DREAMERS FULFILL THEIR DREAMS
By YES! | Milwaukee Independent | DEC. 1, 2022 | Photo by Sheila Fitzgerald As a high school junior, Denisse Amezquita knew she wanted to go on to college and someday become a lawyer. But when she sought state and federal financial aid, she quickly learned assistance was not an ... -
I Left the U.S. After Living Undocumented for 21 Years — Here’s What I Learned
Photo and story by Grecia Huesca Dominguez | Refinery 29 | DEC. 6, 2022 When Donald Trump won the 2016 Presidential Election, I knew I had to leave my home in the United States. On the campaign trail, Trump talked about canceling Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — President Barack Obama’s executive action granting undocumented people that arrived ...
