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Some Migrant Parents Agreeing To Self-Deport To Reunite With Children
Photo credit:Mose Buchele/KUT- About 100 newly arrived immigrants listen to a volunteer walk them through the process to seek asylum at a Catholic Charities respite center in McAllen, Texas. By Mose Buchele ~ NPR ~ June 26, 2018 At a highway-side motel in Harlingen, near the border in Texas, a small ... -
Trump’s disgraceful use of ‘dreamers’ as a bargaining chip
Protesters who call for an immigration bill addressing the so-called dreamers, young adults who were brought to the United States as children, rally on Capitol Hill in December. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) By Washington Post Editorial Board ~January 8, 2018 AFTER ALL of President Trump’s bluster about his “great love” for “dreamers,” brought to this ... -
Asylum seekers overwhelm San Diego border
By Kate Morrissey, L.A. Times ~ December 30, 2017 So many people fleeing persecution in their home countries have asked for help in San Ysidro in recent weeks that federal officials have not been able to process all of them, leaving some stranded and running out of money while they wait in ... -
Judge temporarily blocks immigration enforcement law
A federal district judge on Wednesday ruled against the state of Texas and halted major provisions of a controversial state-based immigration enforcement law just days before it was scheduled to go into effect. By: JULIÁN AGUILAR , The Texas Tribune ~ AUG. 30, 2017 U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia granted a preliminary injunction ... -
Mixed message from Trump on DACA sparks frustration from Dreamers as well as critics of ...
By: Cindy Carcamo , Los Angeles Times ~ July 17, 2017 Ever since Donald Trump was elected, Melody Klingenfuss has known her time in the United States could be limited. The 23-year-old has temporary immigration relief under President Obama’s landmark Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which seemed imperiled amid Trump’s ... -
ICE releases Daniela Vargas, a Dreamer that had been detained
By: KENDRA ABLAZA, Mississippi Today ~ March 10, 2017 United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday released Daniela Vargas, a 22-year-old Mississippi resident who was detained by immigration agents immediately after she spoke at an immigrants’ rights press conference in Jackson. Elmore & Peterson Law Firm, a Jackson-based firm where ... -
Educational Opportunity Program celebrates 50 years
Monica Gallardo, The Daily 49er ~ November 6, 2016 http://www.daily49er.com/news/2016/11/06/educational-opportunity-program-celebrates-50-years/ Approximately 200 former students of the Educational Opportunity Program reminisced about their academic experience during the program’s 50th anniversary celebration Friday morning at The Pointe inside the Walter Pyramid. Invited guests and their families watched as various speakers discussed the ...