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Trump Can’t Immediately End DACA, Supreme Court Rules
By: Adam Liptak and Michael D. Shear ~ The New York Times ~ June 18, 2020 The program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, protects people brought to the United States as children by shielding them from deportation and letting them work. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration ... -
Emergency Grant Limit Blocked in Washington State
By: Kery Murakami ~ Inside Higher Ed ~ June 15, 2020 A federal judge in Washington State has blocked the Education Department's rule limiting which college students are eligible for emergency grants but left in place a ban on undocumented students getting the aid. A mixed ruling by a federal ... -
California Judge Blocks DeVos Rule Banning DACA Students From Stimulus
By: Wesley Whistle ~ Forbes ~ June 17, 2020 Another judge has blocked Education Secretary from enforcing her CARES Act guidance. Today, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers granted an injunction, blocking the Department of Education from enforcing their CARES Act guidance against California community colleges. The CARES Act ... -
Americans broadly support legal status for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children
By: Jens Manuel Krogstad ~ Pew Research Center ~ June 17, 2020 About three-quarters of U.S. adults say they favor granting permanent legal status to immigrants who came illegally to the United States when they were children, with the strongest support coming from Democrats and Hispanics, according to a Pew ... -
California community colleges sue U.S. for denying COVID-19 funds to undocumented students, others
By: NINA AGRAWAL, Staff writer, Los Angeles Times – May 13, 20206:15 PM The nation’s largest community college system is suing the federal government for denying coronavirus relief funds to more than a half-million California students, including DACA recipients and many of those from low-income families. California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy ... -
ICE Has Access to DACA Recipients’ Personal Information Despite Promises Suggesting Otherwise, Internal Emails Show
Trump promised that information from DACA applications would not be sent to deportation agents. But internal emails show that ICE can access databases where that information is kept — and DHS decided not to tell Congress. by Dara Lind, Propublica – April 21, 11:15 a.m. EDT When undocumented immigrants who arrived ... -
Dreamers que podrían perder sus papeles enfrentan con todo al coronavirus en Estados Unidos
Descubre la historia de José Lara y Brenda Arredondo Por: Gardenia Mendoza |La Opinión | 27 de Abril 2020 MEXICO – Cuando José Lara cursaba el cuarto año de primaria decidió que quería ser cirujano. El profesor preguntó quién quería meterle el cuchillo a un tiburón como parte de un proceso de disecación en las lecciones ... -
Undocumented Students in Higher Education: How Many Students Are in U.S. Colleges and Universities and ...
By: New American Economy and President's Alliance April 15, 2020 As SCOTUS decision looms, 87% of DACA-eligible students are enrolled in undergraduate programs, 13% are enrolled in graduate-level programs In partnership with the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, NAE released a new report, Undocumented Students in Higher Education: How Many ... -
Dreamers’ role as healthcare providers is a heroic contribution to battle the COVID-19 pandemic
By: Citlalli Ortiz, CMSC News - April 22, 2020 Anel Medina is a highly mature 22-year old DACA recipient from Philadelphia, PA fighting in the frontlines while also watching her future juggle in limbo. Anel was born in Iztapalapa, Mexico and immigrated to the U.S. with her mother at the ... -
COVID-19 isn't the only threat facing these DACA health care workers on the front line
By: Chris Kenning, Courier Journal, April 11, 2020 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Noemi Lara-Rojo is a medical assistant at a Lexington, Kentucky, clinic, taking swabs of suspected COVID-19 patients from behind her mask, praying she doesn’t bring the virus home to her son. Maria Hernandez is a certified nurse’s assistant in ...