With nearly 50 different local tuition-free initiatives, California colleges contemplate how they may merge existing programs with a new statewide plan... By Ashley A. Smith, Inside Higher Education ~ November 20, 2017 California’s Legislature and governor may have officially signed off on covering tuition costs for the first year of community college last month, ...

BY MIKE LILLIS, the hill ~ nov. 21, 2017 The fight over “Dreamers” is heating up as the legislative calendar winds down, setting the stage for a year-end clash that’s heightening the odds of a government shutdown. Lawmakers headed into the long Thanksgiving recess in stark disagreement over how, and when, to ...

By Tal Kopan - CNN (November 17, 2017) Prepare for a December sprint The past few months since Trump announced the end of DACA have been spent largely on getting organized for the real negotiation crunch time. Several groups, with a range of formality, have been meeting and having conversations in both ...

By JOSH GERSTEIN, POLITICO ~ NOV. 16, 2017 The administration could ask for review by a larger set of 9th Circuit judges or seek relief from the Supreme Court…  An appeals court has cleared the way for a federal judge to force the Trump administration to make public more of its ...

By CMSC staff, November 4, 2017 Are you interested in learning how to advocate for immigrant rights?Are you a part of an AB540 or Undocumented Student organization on your campus? Do you want to gain leadership, organization, and professional skills in regards to the immigration movement? If you answered yes ...

By CMSC staff, November 2, 2017 The California Attorney General's office has filed a brief for a preliminary injunction against the Department of Homeland Security's decision to cancel DACA on September 5, 2017. The CMSC was called upon to provide a declaration in support of the brief filed by the ...

  By CMSC staff, November 2, 2017 LONG BEACH, Calif.- On Saturday, October 28th, the CMSC successfully brought together alumni from the California Mexico Dreamer Study Abroad Network from throughout the state as well as members from outside of California to express concerns, views and to advance in next strategic ...

--> Read full newsletter: http://conta.cc/2iv1HbK Last Friday October 13, 2017, the  California-Mexico Studies Center  in collaboration with  Los Angeles Theater Center  (LATC),  Las Cafeteras ,   Casa Fina Restaurant , and  Ernie G.  presented "American Dreamers: An evening of performance, music, and comedy" as the start of the 2nd Annual Marco A. Firebaugh California-Mexico Dreamers Fund Drive, organized to celebrate Marco's 51st birthday, his life ...

By: Melissa Cruz in Benefits & Relief, Immigration Impact ~ Oct. 11, 2017 Now that the arbitrary deadline for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) renewals has passed, approximately 36,000 young immigrants are in danger of being deported. New data from United States and Citizenship Services (USCIS) reveals that roughly one-quarter of all ...

Read full newsletter here: http://conta.cc/2xvnBSV PLEASE JOIN US THIS FRIDAY! 2nd Annual Marco A. Firebaugh California-Mexico Dreamers Fund Drive Dear friends and supporters, We would like to invite you to join us and support our fundraiser "American Dreamers: an evening of performance, music and comedy" this Friday, October 13, 2017 at 8pm at the Los ...