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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 ... -
DACA recipient from Houston stuck in Mexico after discrepancy on paperwork blocked her from a ...
By Miya Shay | ABC-13 News Houston | AUG. 31, 2023 | Photo by Robyn Beck HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As a 14-year-old starting his freshman year in high school, Gerardo Garza Jr. already has plenty to worry about. But now, he's going through all those back-to-school challenges without his mom ... -
Mexico: Fertile Ground for Innovation
By Ryan Croft | North Capital Forum | 2023 | Photo by Brian von dur Berg In the dynamic landscape of North American technology and entrepreneurship, it's hard not to notice that Mexico is rapidly emerging as a promising ground for opportunity. Over the past three years, it has proven ... -
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 ... -
The cost of attending college as a DACA student
By Heidi Rivera | Yahoo! Finance | AUG. 29, 2023 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly known as DACA, is a policy that protects eligible immigrants who came to the U.S. as children from deportation. Because they’re neither U.S. citizens nor permanent residents, DACA students often face many hurdles when ... -
How does immigration benefit rural communities? One study cites Sioux County as example
By F. Amanda Tugade | Des Moines Register | AUG. 22, 2023 | A rural county in Iowa is at the center of a study analyzing the impact of immigrants on communities that have long seen their populations decline. Sioux County — one of the state's largest corn producers and ... -
Texas sent more asylum seekers to L.A. even as Hilary raged, immigrant rights group says
By Christian Martinez | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 21, 2023 | Photo by Irfan Khan As Los Angeles was under an unprecedented tropical storm warning and officials were urging residents not to travel, Texas dispatched its latest bus of migrants to the city. The bus — the ninth sent ...