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DACA court hearing energizes advocates on both sides
By Rafael Bernal | TheHill.com | JUL. 6, 2022 | Photo by Getty Images An appellate court on Wednesday heard arguments on a key immigration case that could determine the future of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants. The case, which involves the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood ... -
Appeals court panel casts doubt on DACA legality
The federal appeals court is hearing a Texas-led challenge to the Obama-era program protecting migrants. By Mohar Chatterjee | POLITICO | JUL. 6, 2022 | Photo by Drew Angerer for Getty Images A panel of federal judges in New Orleans on Wednesday appeared unconvinced by the Justice Department’s arguments defending ... -
Justice Department defends DACA in appeals court
Story & Photos by Kevin McGill | Los Angeles Times | JUL. 6. 2022 NEW ORLEANS — Attorneys hoping to save an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of people brought into the U.S. as children told a federal appeals court Wednesday that ending the program would cruelly disrupt the ... -
Column: A speech and debate team that dominates with a squad of immigrant kids and ...
By Frank Shyong | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 24, 2022 | Photo by Derek Yuill What Southern California institution has won five championships over the last two decades and has never failed to make the postseason? Hint: It’s not the Lakers, Clippers or Dodgers. I’m speaking of the speech ... -
Mitch McConnell’s Court Delivers
While Democrats seethe, the Senate Republican leader sees the fruits of his efforts to install an aggressive conservative majority on the Supreme Court. By Carl Hulse | The New York Times | JUN. 27, 2022 | Illustration by Lalo Alcarez WASHINGTON — When Speaker Nancy Pelosi refers to the Supreme ... -
DACA, a boon to the nation, on the brink of disappearing
By Michael Smolens | Las Vegas Sun | JUN. 23, 2022 The story of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is one of a valuable program with broad public support that is undermined by dysfunctional politics. Study after study has shown DACA, which allows certain young immigrants to avoid deportation temporarily ... -
I can't serve my country if Congress doesn't pass a path to citizenship
"I'm grateful for DACA, but now I'm scared that a looming court decision could pull the rug out from 'Dreamers' like me." Opinion by Antonio Valdovinos | AZCentral | JUN. 25, 2022 | Photo by Cheryl Evans On 9/11, I was in sixth grade. I remember watching the attack on ... -
Coronavirus in California is becoming easier to get, much harder to avoid. Here’s why
By Luke Money | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 28, 2022 | Photo by Myung J. Chun The number of coronavirus cases reported in California is on the brink of crossing 10 million, a milestone that probably undercounts the total significantly yet still carries an increasing sense of inevitability. Since ... -
Eloy Ortiz Oakley to Lead College Futures Foundation as Next President & CEO
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges Steps into New Role. Letter by Donna Lucas | College Futures Foundation | JUN. 16, 2022 | Photo from CFF Dear friends and colleagues, I am pleased to announce Eloy Ortiz Oakley as the new President & CEO of College Futures Foundation. Oakley, who ... -
A 9th Circuit panel tossed California’s ban on private immigration facilities. That could change on ...
By Rebecca Schneid | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 21, 2022 Lawyers for a private prison company traded arguments with the state of California before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena on Tuesday over a lawsuit challenging state legislation banning private, for-profit prisons and immigration detention centers. Although ...
