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'Limbo of DACA' weighs heavy on hundreds of thousands of eligible youths left out of ...
On the 11th anniversary of DACA, as many as 400,000 people who would be eligible to apply have been shut out because of legal challenges. By Nicole Acevedo | NBC News | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by Owen Berg Hundreds of thousands of DACA-eligible people have been shut out ... -
El Magonista Newsletter | Vol. 11, No. 18 | June 9, 2023
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser "El Magonista" | Vol. 11, No. 18 | June 9, 2023 BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP INDICTED ON 7 COUNTS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER COMING SOON NEXT WEEK: New Fall 2023 Dreamers Study Abroad Program Application Period Begins LATEST NEWS TEXAS PRESSES FEDERAL JUDGE TO END ... -
Dreaming on: DACA again in the crosshairs, despite recipients’ many contributions
By Daily News Editorial Board | New York Daily News | JUN. 3, 2023 | Photo by J. Scott Applewhite A decade-plus of uncertainty continues as Texas Federal Judge Andrew Hanen heard oral arguments this week in a Texas-led, nine-state coalition seeking to overturn the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program ... -
Texas presses federal judge to end DACA program
Having already declared an Obama-era policy that shields around 600,000 immigrants from deportation illegal, a federal judge indicated in a hearing [last] Thursday he will also rule against a new version rolled out by President Joe Biden. By Cameron Langford | Tucson Sentinel | JUN. 2, 2023 | Photo by ... -
NC professor: DACA hangs in the balance this week, and my heart aches
Opinion by Jose Badillo Carlos | The Charlotte Observer | JUN. 1, 2023 | Photo by Casey Toth One afternoon, when I was 19, I drove my mom to the grocery store to buy milk and cereal for my younger sister. For most families, this type of errand disappears from ... -
More than a quarter of DACA recipients are uninsured as they await the fate of ...
In addition to lacking health insurance, DACA recipients cited fears around costs and immigration status as barriers, a report first shared with NBC News found. By Nicole Acevedo | NBC News | MAY 26, 2023 | Photo by Jose Luis Magana More than a quarter of young immigrants protected by ... -
One-way ticket home: Biden administration highlights migrant removal, deportation flights
By Lauren Villagran | USA Today | MAY 26, 2023 | Photo by Gaby Velasquez A Homeland Security promotional video shows Honduran men, chained at the waist and handcuffed, boarding stairs to a plane with the Franklin Mountains as a backdrop. Inside a federal agent walks the aisle between seats ... -
DACA program is debated in court before judge who ruled it unlawful
“We should not be in court, at all, having to defend DACA,” said an attorney representing young undocumented immigrants who've been enrolled in the Obama-era program. By Nicole Acevedo | NBC News | JUN. 1, 2023 | Photo by J. Scott Applewhite Attorneys representing young immigrants protected by the Deferred ... -
UC regents take groundbreaking step toward hiring immigrant students without legal status
By Teresa Watanabe | Los Angeles Times | MAY 18, 2023 | Photo by Jay L. Clendenin The University of California regents, saying they support an equitable education for all, unanimously agreed Thursday to find a pathway to enact a bold policy to hire students who lack legal status and ... -
Florida’s “Terrifying” Anti-Immigration Crackdown Sets Stage for Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Presidential Run
By Amy Goodman | Democracy NOW! | MAY 23, 2023 | Photo by Florida Immigration Coalition A sweeping anti-immigrant crackdown is underway in Florida by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to enter the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination this week. SB 1718 is set to take ...