On Friday, March 27, 2015 the California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC) held the 1st International Seminar on Dreamers and U.S. Citizen Minors Exiled in Mexico, in Mexico City at the National Museum of Cultures.  In attendance were 14 CSULB Dreamers that formed the first group of the emerging California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program, pioneering the use of ...

By Justin Rohrlich ~ Daily Beast ~ March 29, 2018 He confessed to being a concentration-camp guard—and was stripped of his citizenship. But the U.S. government still won’t kick him out of the country. Last year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 226,119 people. Jakiw Palij wasn’t one of them. During the ...

By Kate Morrissey ~ San Diego Union Tribune ~ March 29, 2018 Hector Barajas, who became the face and voice of deported veterans after his own deportation, will be allowed to return to the place he considers home and become a U.S. citizen. Barajas burst into joyous tears seated on ...

By ~ Anna Flagg ~ NY Times ~ April 1, 2018 Immigrant population The Trump administration’s first year of immigration policy has relied on claims that immigrants bring crime into America. President Trump’s latest target is sanctuary cities. “Every day, sanctuary cities release illegal immigrants, drug dealers, traffickers, gang members ...

By Kartikay Mehrota ~ Bloomberg Politics ~ March 5, 2018 Maria’s husband spent the past 15 years pruning citrus trees on farms across California’s Central Valley. In that time, he’d become skilled enough to earn more than the state’s $11-an-hour minimum wage trimming branches for Sun Pacific, the company that ...

For English version: A Huge Caravan Of Central Americans Is Headed For The US, And No One In Mexico Dares To Stop Them (Click here) Por Adolfo Flores ~ BuzzFeed ~ 30 de Marzo Durante cinco días, cientos de centroamericanos, niños, mujeres y hombres, la mayoría de ellos hondureños, cruzaron ...

By Emily Baumgaerter ~ NY Times  ~ March 28, 3018 WASHINGTON — The 2020 census will ask respondents whether they are United States citizens, the Commerce Department announced Monday night, agreeing to a Trump administration request with highly charged political and social implications that many officials feared would result in a substantial ...

By Raul A. Reyes ~ CNN ~ April 2, 2018 (CNN)- On religious holidays like Christmas, Passover and Easter, most Presidents honor the occasion by sending a message of goodwill towards all Americans and then taking a break from politics. Not our President. Just hours after tweeting "Happy Easter!" to his ...

By Elizabeth Redden ~ Inside Higher Ed ~ February 28, 2018 A new working paper released by the National Bureau of Economic Research argues that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program had a “significant impact” on the educational and life decisions of undocumented immigrant youth, resulting in a 45 percent decrease ...

The influential bilingual newspaper La Raza provided a voice to the Chicano Rights Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. The new episode of Artbound showcases the young activists who shed light on the daily life, concerns and struggles of the Mexican-American experience in Southern California. #artbound #AB905 We are excited to let you know ...