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Tribes welcome Haalands rise to Interior Secretary
By ANNA M. PHILLIPS, LOS ANGELES – MARCH 15, 2021 WASHINGTON — On Monday, Rep. Deb Haaland became the first Native American confirmed to serve in the president’s Cabinet — a historic moment celebrated by American Indians throughout the country. In California, which is home to 109 federally recognized tribes and ... -
México dará datos personales de paisanos a los bancos… ¿qué piensan los migrantes?
Por: Gardenia Mendoza , La Opinión – 15 de Marzo 2021 A la mamá de Roger Guzmán le robaron 180,000 pesos —unos 9,000 dólares— en el 2009. Uno de sus muchachos transfirió durante varios años dinero para un ahorro y de un día para otro la institución bancaria en México ... -
Biden will deploy FEMA to care for teenagers and children crossing border in record numbers
By Nick Miroff, Washington Post – March 13, 2021 The Biden administration is deploying the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the Mexican border to help care for thousands of unaccompanied migrant teens and children who are arriving in overwhelming numbers and being packed into detention cells and tent shelters, the ... -
More than 200 "dreamers" prepare for a trip to Mexico to rediscover their roots
By: EFE Agency – March 12, 2021 (originally published in Spanish) More than 200 young "dreamers" anxiously await the approval of a special permit to travel to Mexico in order to complete an academic program, visit relatives they have not seen for years and reconnect with their roots. Divided into ... -
Más de 200 “soñadores” preparan viaje a México para redescubrir sus raíces
Por: Agencia EFE, Yahoo Noticias – 12 de Marzo de 2021 Los Ángeles, California a 12 de Marzo, 2021 (EFE News)- Más de 200 jóvenes “soñadores” esperan ansiosamente la aprobación de un permiso especial para viajar a México con el objetivo de realizar un curso académico, visitar familiares a los ... -
Fully vaccinated people can have small gatherings indoors with other vaccinated people but should continue ...
By: Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times - March 8, 2021 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued long-awaited advice to Americans fully vaccinated against Covid-19, freeing them to take some liberties that the unvaccinated should not, including gathering indoors in small groups without precautions while still ... -
Congress must act to provide legal status for Dreamers and TPS holders
By THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD – MARCH 9, 2021 If there’s any issue on which most Democrats and Republicans can find common ground, it’s the notion that so-called Dreamers hold a unique position in our immigration battles, and that the government must create a path to legal status for them. What form ... -
Number of Migrant Children Detained at Border Has Tripled in Two Weeks
By: Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times – March 8, 2021 The number of unaccompanied migrant children detained along the southern border has tripled in the last two weeks to more than 3,250, filling facilities akin to jails as the Biden administration struggles to find room for them in shelters, according ... -
Life, death and grief in Los Angeles
By Meridith Kohut and Fernanda Santos, New York Times – March 2, 2021 Photographs by Meridith Kohut With more than 10 million residents, Los Angeles County is the most-populous county in the United States. It is a world of extremes, with multimillion-dollar mansions at one end and cramped apartments housing ... -
Long Beach takes first steps in creating a Latino cultural district
By: Crystal Niebla, LB Post - March 3, 2021 Long Beach is looking to create a cultural district for Latinos that would serve as an economic hub for the city’s largest racial demographic. The new district, called El Mercado de Long Beach (“The market of Long Beach”), would be a ...