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'Dreamer' Detained After She Urged President Trump to Protect Her
By: Sarah Smith, Associated Press ~ March 1, 2017 (JACKSON, Miss.) — A young woman in the process of renewing her permission as a "Dreamer" to remain in the United States legally was arrested Wednesday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after speaking at a press conference where she urged President ... -
Deportacion masiva, una repetición en la historia de EUA: Catedratico de CA
Por Jose Romero Mata, Notimex ~ Feb. 28 2017 LOS ANGELES - El gobierno del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump prepara una gran deportación de inmigrantes mexicanos aunque no sería la primera vez que ocurre en Estados Unidos aseveró hoy el académico Armando Vazquez-Ramos. “Estamos viendo una repetición de la historia con ... -
Trump Says He’s Open to Legal Pathway for Undocumented Immigrants
By: JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, MICHAEL D. SHEAR and PETER BAKER, New York Times ~ Feb. 28, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump, signaling a potential major shift in policy, told news anchors on Tuesday that he is open to a broad immigration overhaul that would grant legal status to millions of undocumented ... -
The real goal of Trump's executive orders: Reduce the number of immigrants in the U.S.
By: Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times ~ Feb. 28, 2017 Behind President Trump’s efforts to step up deportations and block travel from seven mostly Muslim countries lies a goal that reaches far beyond any immediate terrorism threat: a desire to reshape American demographics for the long term and keep out people who Trump and ... -
The Immigration Debate We Need
By GEORGE BORJAS, New York Times ~ FEB. 27, 2017 The first month of the Trump administration has already changed the direction of the immigration debate, with many more changes coming soon. So far, executive orders and deportations dominate the discussion. But the fight over how many refugees to admit or ... -
Fewer high school students are applying for college aid under the California Dream Act
By: Joy Resmovits, Los Angeles Times ~ Feb. 23, 2017 Fears about heightened enforcement of federal immigration laws combined with confusion and anti-immigrant rhetoric might be causing thousands of California students who came to the United States without legal papers to forgo valuable college aid. Far fewer students than last year have applied for financial aid through the California ... -
Trump's "Deportation Force" and the 1930s Mexican Repatriation Era
NEVER AGAIN !!! By: Armando Vazquez-Ramos and Lidieth Arevalo, "El Magonista" Newsletter ~ Feb. 22, 2017 During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly proposed an immigration reform that would include building a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border, paid for by Mexico, and called for the mass deportation of immigrants who ... -
Mexicans weigh the daunting prospect of deportee camps
By MARK STEVENSON, AP, Feb. 22, 2017 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans fear deportee and refugee camps could be popping up along their northern border under the Trump administration's plan to start deporting to Mexico all Latin Americans and others who entered the U.S. illegally through this country. Previous U.S. ... -
New Rules on Deportations Don't Affect DACA
By: Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed ~ February 22, 2017 The Trump administration released new rules on Tuesday expanding the pool of undocumented immigrants targeted for deportation and increasing the number of people removed through an expedited process, The New York Times reported. Whereas the Obama administration prioritized deporting immigrants convicted of ... -
Nazi laws had U.S. roots
By James Q. Whitman, L.A. Times Op-Ed ~ February 22, 2017 The European far right sees much to admire in the United States, with political leaders such as Marine le Pen of France and Geert Wilders of the Netherlands celebrating events — such as the recent presidential election — that seem ...
