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A shortage of bilingual teachers threatens goal for a multilingual California
By The Times Editorial Board | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 26, 2023 | Photo by Allen J. Schaben Five years ago, the California Department of Education set a goal that half of K-12 students would be literate in at least two languages by 2030, and three-fourths by 2040, to ... -
Democrats call for DACA health care expansion
By Rafael Bernal | The Hill | JUN. 23, 2023 | Photo by Carolyn Kaster A group of 80 Democratic lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to implement a proposal to expand access to federal health care benefits for people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In a ... -
Supreme Court Allows Biden to Limit Immigration Arrests
Policy restricts arrests of undocumented immigrants to those deemed a threat to public safety or national security. Story & photo by Boundless Immigration | JUN. 23, 2023 The U.S. Supreme Court revived a Biden administration policy that restricts arrests of undocumented immigrants to those deemed a threat to public safety ... -
DACA Recipients Are Under Attack Once Again
Two recent legal challenges have placed more than 600,000 undocumented in danger of losing the only home they have known. By Michelle Alejandra Silva | The Progressive Magazine | JUN. 22, 2023 | Photo by Getty Images As I read the headlines surrounding the still uncertain future of the Deferred ... -
Johanna Carbajal’s journey from lockup to law studies at UCLA
After years of foster care and incarceration, the single mom found her calling — and a welcoming space on campus. She hopes UCLA continues to embrace others like her. By Madeline Adamo | UCLA Newsroom | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by David Esquivel The makeup didn’t entirely cover things ... -
Editorial: Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban is a catastrophic blow to the American dream
By The Times Editorial Board | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 29, 2023 | Photo by J. Scott Applewhite The Supreme Court‘s decision Thursday blocking higher educational institutions from using affirmative action policies when considering student applications will have catastrophic effects at a time when the nation is still grappling with generations ... -
With Supreme Court Decision, College Admissions Could Become More Subjective
Colleges have a game plan, like emphasizing the personal essay, but so do conservative groups that promise to monitor and, if necessary, go back to court. By Anemona Hartocollis | The New York Times | JUN. 29, 2023 | Photo by Kenny Holston In the Supreme Court decision striking down racial and ethnic ... -
Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action at Harvard and UNC
The court's conservative trajectory didn’t start with abortion — and it won’t end with affirmative action. Column by Jessica Levinson | MSNBC | JUN. 29, 2023 | Photo by Bill Clark The Supreme Court just gutted the use of affirmative action programs in both private colleges and public universities, and it did ... -
NEW Fall 2023 Independent Dreamers Study Abroad Program Announcement
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser "El Magonista" | SPECIAL EDITION Fall 2023 Independent Dreamers Study Abroad Program Application NOW OPEN SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER The CMSC Fall 2023 Independent Dreamers Study Abroad Program (IDSAP) Given the tenuous future of DACA, the CMSC has decided to create the Fall ... -
El Magonista Newsletter | Vol. 11, No. 19 | JUN. 16, 2023
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser "El Magonista" | Vol. 11, No. 19 | June 16, 2023 DACA: 11 YEARS LATER... SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER COMING NEXT WEEK: Dreamers Study Abroad Program application for NEW FALL 2023 travel to Mexico !!! LATEST NEWS DACA TURNS 11: AS WHITE HOUSE CALLS ...
