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One-way ticket home: Biden administration highlights migrant removal, deportation flights
By Lauren Villagran | USA Today | MAY 26, 2023 | Photo by Gaby Velasquez A Homeland Security promotional video shows Honduran men, chained at the waist and handcuffed, boarding stairs to a plane with the Franklin Mountains as a backdrop. Inside a federal agent walks the aisle between seats ... -
Most U.S. Latino history is left out of high school textbooks, study finds
A vast majority of key topics are ignored or barely covered, including aspects of the Mexican-American War, the U.S. acquisition of Puerto Rico and racial segregation. By Edwin Flores | NBC News | MAY 17, 2023 | Photo courtesy of AP Most of the seminal events impacting U.S. Latino history ... -
UC regents take groundbreaking step toward hiring immigrant students without legal status
By Teresa Watanabe | Los Angeles Times | MAY 18, 2023 | Photo by Jay L. Clendenin The University of California regents, saying they support an equitable education for all, unanimously agreed Thursday to find a pathway to enact a bold policy to hire students who lack legal status and ... -
Florida’s “Terrifying” Anti-Immigration Crackdown Sets Stage for Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Presidential Run
By Amy Goodman | Democracy NOW! | MAY 23, 2023 | Photo by Florida Immigration Coalition A sweeping anti-immigrant crackdown is underway in Florida by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to enter the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination this week. SB 1718 is set to take ... -
Eleven years after DACA, Nevadans still need immigration reform
Opinion by Mariana Sarmiento Hernandez | The Nevada Independent | MAY 23, 2023 | Photo by Daniel Clark As we commemorate the 11th anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on June 15, I am more certain now than ever that DACA was never enough. Most undocumented students in ... -
Hearing set for JUNE 1, 2023 in Texas case challenging DACA rule
A federal judge in Texas has set a hearing for June 1 in a case challenging the legality of the Biden administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals regulation. Report from B A & L | MAY 18, 2023 | Photo by Sheila Fitzgerald Key Points: BAL Analysis: Judge Hanen ruled in 2021 that the ... -
Being ‘anti-immigrant’ is not a winning strategy for Biden in 2024
By Sarah Sherman-Stokes | WBRU | MAY 8, 2023 | Photo by Nick Ut When President Biden announced his intent to run for re-election, a collective groan could be heard from immigration advocates. President Biden’s record so far on immigration has been, in a word, disappointing. It’s not that we ... -
The uncertain future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
By Teresa Balmori Perez | CSUB-The Runner | MAY 8, 2023 | Photo by Gillian Galicia The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, was put into effect by executive order more than ten years ago. Since then, it hasn’t lived up to its potential due to ... -
If Obama-era DACA falls before a federal court challenge, what will happen to Dreamers?
By Kevin Clarke | America Magazine | APR. 28, 2023 | Photo by Jonathan Ernst for Reuters J. Kevin Appleby acknowledges that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has been a consistent supporter of immigrants and immigration reform, but he says it is time for the bishops to consider a ... -
Biden administration asks judge to limit DACA ruling if he finds "Dreamer" protections unlawful
By Camilo Montoya-Galvez | CBS News | APR. 28, 2023 | Photo by Erin O'Flynn The Biden administration on Thursday asked a federal judge in Texas to stop short of ordering the full termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy if he finds it unlawful, a last-minute attempt ...
