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US citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for those with low English skills
By Trisha Ahmed | AP News | JUL. 4, 2023 | Video by The Associated Press https://apnews.com/130fdf24e54f431a9f1f9b38344638c8 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. citizenship test is being updated, and some immigrants and advocates worry the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency. The naturalization test is ... -
Illegal border crossings dip to lowest level in over 2 years
The Biden administration touted the drop a day before a federal judge is set to hear a challenge to its asylum ban. By Myah Ward | POLITICO | JUL. 18, 2023 | Photo by Morgan Lee Illegal border crossings plunged in June to their lowest level since President Joe Biden’s ... -
Latino Cabinet members tout Biden's immigration policies amid congressional impasse
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said encounters have dropped 70% at the southern border. By Sandra Lilley | NBC News | JUL. 13, 2023 | Photo by AP Latino members of President Joe Biden's Cabinet defended the administration's efforts on immigration and migration — particularly around the issue of unaccompanied ... -
A shortage of bilingual teachers threatens goal for a multilingual California
By The Times Editorial Board | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 26, 2023 | Photo by Allen J. Schaben Five years ago, the California Department of Education set a goal that half of K-12 students would be literate in at least two languages by 2030, and three-fourths by 2040, to ... -
Democrats call for DACA health care expansion
By Rafael Bernal | The Hill | JUN. 23, 2023 | Photo by Carolyn Kaster A group of 80 Democratic lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to implement a proposal to expand access to federal health care benefits for people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In a ... -
Supreme Court Allows Biden to Limit Immigration Arrests
Policy restricts arrests of undocumented immigrants to those deemed a threat to public safety or national security. Story & photo by Boundless Immigration | JUN. 23, 2023 The U.S. Supreme Court revived a Biden administration policy that restricts arrests of undocumented immigrants to those deemed a threat to public safety ... -
DACA Recipients Are Under Attack Once Again
Two recent legal challenges have placed more than 600,000 undocumented in danger of losing the only home they have known. By Michelle Alejandra Silva | The Progressive Magazine | JUN. 22, 2023 | Photo by Getty Images As I read the headlines surrounding the still uncertain future of the Deferred ... -
Johanna Carbajal’s journey from lockup to law studies at UCLA
After years of foster care and incarceration, the single mom found her calling — and a welcoming space on campus. She hopes UCLA continues to embrace others like her. By Madeline Adamo | UCLA Newsroom | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by David Esquivel The makeup didn’t entirely cover things ... -
El Magonista Newsletter | Vol. 11, No. 19 | JUN. 16, 2023
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser "El Magonista" | Vol. 11, No. 19 | June 16, 2023 DACA: 11 YEARS LATER... SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER COMING NEXT WEEK: Dreamers Study Abroad Program application for NEW FALL 2023 travel to Mexico !!! LATEST NEWS DACA TURNS 11: AS WHITE HOUSE CALLS ... -
Hey DeSantis, real tough guys don’t use vulnerable immigrants as political pawns
Column by George Skelton | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 12, 2023 | Photo by Charlie Neibergall SACRAMENTO — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ crass stunt of flying desperate immigrants to California and dumping them on the doorstep of a Catholic Diocese headquarters showed us one thing: He’s not fit to be America’s ...
