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Tech companies urge U.S. to let the kids of visa holders stay past the age ...
Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Uber are urging the Department of Homeland Security to revise its aging out policies for children of high-skilled visa holders. By Lauren Feiner | CNBC | JUN. 7, 2022 A coalition of tech companies including Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Uberare urging the Department of Homeland Security to revise policies for children ... -
DACA Applicants Ask Court for Interim Relief with Cases in Limbo
A new motion in Federal court seeks protections, work eligibility for 80,000 applicants while arguing that the government went beyond 2021 ruling blocking the program. By Andrew Kreighbaum | Bloomberg News | JUN. 7, 2022 | Photo by Ken Cedeno Young, undocumented immigrants who hoped to secure protections from deportation ... -
Biden arrives at Summit of the Americas intent on demonstrating focus on region despite snubs
Is the U.S. losing sway in Latin America? By Kevin Liptak | CNN | JUN. 8, 2022 | Photo from CNN Los Angeles (CNN)President Joe Biden arrived here Wednesday to play host to nearly two dozen leaders from Latin America, hoping to use new economic and migration announcements to demonstrate cohesion in ... -
To whom and how many dollars do Mexican immigrants send from the United States?
Women are the main recipients of remittances in Mexico, although men are keyly represented when receiving dollars from immigrants living in the United States, according to a recent analysis by the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies. By Jesus Garcia | La Opinion | JUNE 1, 2022 Almost 12 million ... -
Around 100,000 ‘Dreamers’ to graduate without shot at work permits
By Rafael Bernal | The Hill | MAY 27, 2022 | Photo from Getty Images Around 100,000 undocumented immigrants will graduate high school in 2022 without a shot at work permits, the first time in a decade that a majority of so-called Dreamers will not be eligible. Most undocumented 2022 graduates have ... -
Mexican president threatens to skip Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles
By Fabiola Sanchez & Joshua Goodman | Los Angeles Times | MAY 10, 2022 | Photo by Yamil Lage MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Tuesday that he would not attend next month’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles if the Biden administration excluded Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua — adding his voice to ... -
Will Mexico’s influx of foreigners wear out expats’ welcome?
More and more foreigners are living like kings in Mexico; many Mexicans already find them a royal pain. Story and photo by Sarah DeVries | Mexico Daily News | MAY 7, 2022 No matter where you live in the world, you’re always faced with the task of picking your specific ... -
She’s been branded a traitor. A new exhibition says Mexican icon Malinche was anything but
By Carolina A. Miranda | Los Angeles Times | MAY 3, 2022 | Photo from Galeria de Arte Mexicano DENVER — Though he may be renowned for lobbing vulgar insults, the barb that Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva directed at Supervisor Hilda Solis in July 2020 left even longtime observers stunned. Solís ... -
How Cinco de Mayo Got Its Start Because of California's Mexican Americans
By Yvonne Condes | KCET | MAY 3, 2022 | Photo courtesy of LA Pubic Library In the spring of 1970, Dr. David Hayes-Bautista didn't know much about Cinco de Mayo other than the day commemorated the Mexican Battle of Puebla against the French. To him and his fellow UC ... -
Rosario Ibarra, Mexico’s champion of the disappeared, dies at 95
The world mourns the loss of a tirelessly brave advocate for human rights. By Maria Verza | LA Times | APR. 18, 2022 | Photo by Marco Ugarte MEXICO CITY — Rosario Ibarra, whose long struggle to learn the fate of her disappeared son helped develop Mexico’s human rights movement and ...