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Chicano activist “El Profe” dies, legacy continues
CSULB's Chicano and Latino Studies department co-founder, Armando Vazquez-Ramos, died in early August. By Bryan Chavez | Long Beach Current | Sept. 18, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of LB Current Long Beach State alumni and pro-immigrant activist Armando Vazquez-Ramos died on Aug. 4; he was 74 years old. While filling ... -
In Memoriam: Profe. Armando Vázquez-Ramos, ¡Presente! - English Version
By Gonzalo Santo, Exclusively for "El Magonista" | Aug. 15, 2024 | Photo Collage Courtesy of El Mago Staff Armando Vázquez-Ramos was born in Mexico City on August 10th, 1949. He passed away at his home in Long Beach, California on August 4th, 2024, six days short of his 75th. ... -
DACA cumple 12 años de éxitos sin lograr protecciones migratorias permanentes para los Dreamers
El sábado se cumple el duodécimo aniversario del programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA) Por María Ortiz | La Opinion | Junio 15, 2024 | Foto Cortesia de Jose Luis Magana Doce años después de que la administración del presidente Barack Obama creara la política ... -
With DACA on the ropes, President Biden must do more to protect Dreamers
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was launched 12 years ago by then-President Barack Obama. It has a fragile, uncertain future. By U.S. Rep. Delia C. Ramirez | Chicago Suntimes | June 13. 2024 | Photo Courtesy of Jose Luis Magana As the proud daughter of immigrants, the wife ... -
Without Expanded DACA Protections, Undocumented Students Are Being Left Behind
Around 80 percent of the nearly 120,000 undocumented students who graduated high school in 2023 don’t qualify for DACA. By Lajward Zahra | The Nation | Apr. 24, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of Nathan Posner At age 15, Luis came to the United States from Veracruz, Mexico. Today, he’s a ... -
The Cost of Inaction on Immigration
By The New York Times Editorial Board | OCT. 7, 2023 | Illustration by Rebecca Chew It is difficult to find an issue that more exemplifies the dysfunction of American government today than immigration. In the past year, more than a million people have entered the United States through the ... -
What’s the current status of DACA? Here’s what you need to know
By Karen Garcia | Los Angeles Times | SEP. 21, 2023 | Photo by Patrick Hruby Despite more than a decade of political and legal attacks, nearly 600,000 people are still receiving the benefits of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, renewing their DACA designations in two-year increments. The ... -
Denial Of DACA Right To Stay Claim To Be Appealed
By Andy J. Semotiuk | Forbes | SEP. 22, 2023 | Photo by Mandel Ngan Not long ago, a federal judge once again declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program illegal. Despite this ruling, Judge Andrew Hanen of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas ... -
After years away, SoCal DACA recipients use ‘advance parole' to visit country of birth
“Coming here, I did hear people tell me, ‘Oh, you’re pocha?’ No, I’m Mexican. I was born here,” said Damaris Garcia, who lived most of her life in LA’s Pico Union neighborhood but was born in Mexico City. By Mekahlo Medina | NBC-4 (Los Angeles) | SEP. 14, 2023 | ... -
A Tale of Two Immigration Amnesties
Reagan signed legislation after a bipartisan debate in Congress. Biden simply pretends there’s no border. By Jason L. Riley | The Wall Street Journal | SEP. 12, 2023 | Photo by Suzanne Cordeiro It was 37 years ago that President Reagan signed a controversial immigration bill that included an amnesty provision ...