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VIDEO: We’re DACA Recipients, but We’re Fighting for All Undocumented Immigrants
These young activists aren’t going to stop until the rights of all 11 million undocumented immigrants are protected. By Armando Aparicio, David Zlutnick and Leighton Akio Woodhouse, The Nation ~ Sept. 27, 2017 When ... -
DACA has shielded nearly 790,000 young unauthorized immigrants from deportation
By: JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD, Pew Research Center ~ Sept. 1, 2017 Nearly 790,000 young unauthorized immigrants have received work permits and deportation relief through the federal government’s Deferred Action for Childhood ... -
As Mexican share declined, U.S. unauthorized immigrant population fell in 2015 below recession level
BY JEFFREY S. PASSEL AND D’VERA COHN, Pew Research Center ~ April 25, 2017 The number of unauthorized immigrants living in the United States in 2015 fell below the total ... -
The kids are citizens. The parents are undocumented. What now?
By Jeffrey Kaye, L.A. Times ~ March 12, 2017 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-kaye-mixed-status-la-families-20170310-story.html Lupita has been having nightmares. She dreams she is being chased. The fear persists during the day, particularly when she ... -
Here’s the Reality About Illegal Immigrants in the United States
By VIVIAN YEE, KENAN DAVIS and JUGAL K. PATEL, New York Times ~ MARCH 6, 2017 There are 11 million of them, the best estimates say, laboring in American fields, ... -
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 ... -
20 metro areas are home to six-in-ten unauthorized immigrants in U.S.
BY JEFFREY S. PASSEL AND D’VERA COHN Most of the United States’ 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants live in just 20 major metropolitan areas, with the largest populations in New York, ... -
‘What if I were undocumented?’ Immigrants among us wary as Trump presidency arrives
BY JOE ROBERTSON, The Kansas City Star ~ DECEMBER 27, 2016 7:00 AM The question sounded provocative. Hypothetical. Carmelita knew it. “What if I were undocumented?” asked the 22-year-old Kansas ... -
The Final Voyage? Undocumented students, who entered the U.S. as minors, travel to Mexico before ...
By Alejandra Molina, The Press-Enterprise and Roxana Kopetman, The Orange County Register http://www.presstelegram.com/social-affairs/20161222/students-who-entered-the-us-illegally-travel-to-mexico-before-trump-becomes-president COSTA MESA >> Concerned their legal status in the United States could be upended by Donald Trump, 25 college students ... -
The Truth About Young Immigrants and DACA
By JANET NAPOLITANO ~ NOV. 30, 2016 OAKLAND, Calif. — Maybe you’ve heard this story line before. With the blithe stroke of a pen and without congressional approval, President Obama gave ...