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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 ... -
'FLOATERS': OUR REFLECTION IN THE RIO GRANDE
Migrant children are drowning at the border. Their deaths are met with indifference. Rescue workers call these bodies “floaters.” By Debbie Nathan | The Intercept | SEP. 2, 2023 | Photo by Suzanne Cordeiro THE MEDIA WAS filled this summer with news of migrants blocked and wounded by orange buoys and ... -
Mexico's ruling party to poll 12,500 to pick presidential nominee
By Alex Vasquez | Bloomberg News | AUG. 28, 2023 | Photo by Henry Romero Mexico’s ruling party Morena revealed additional details of the secretive process by which it will select its nominee for 2024 presidential elections. The party will survey 12,500 people as it seeks to choose a “national ... -
Latino kids in states with more anti-immigrant laws are in poorer health, study finds
A study in Pediatrics found that Latinos from 3 to 17 in states with more discriminatory policies have higher odds of having certain physical and mental health conditions. By Edwin Flores | NBC News | AUG. 15, 2023 | Photo by AFP-Getty Latino children living in states with more anti-immigrant ... -
This California agency is reporting U.S. citizens to ICE
By Fidel Martinez | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 31, 2023 | Photo by Diana Ramirez The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the agency that oversees the operation of the state’s prison and parole systems, routinely reports U.S citizens or green card holders in their custody to U.S. Immigration ... -
At Texas Border, Some Support for Abbott’s Crackdown Is Waning
Gov. Greg Abbott’s intensive campaign to turn back migrants was initially welcomed on the border. But in Eagle Pass, the effort’s main focal point, residents are having second thoughts. By Edgar Sandoval | The New York Times | AUG. 22, 2023 | Photo by Jordan Vonderhaar When Gov. Greg Abbott ...