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Homesick? Two immigrant entrepreneurs are creating virtual reunions
By: Zaidee Stavely, PRI, June 23, 2017 It’s a typical country wedding in Mexico, this one taking place in the town of Poza Redonda, in the state of San Luis Potosí. The ... -
ICE nabs teenager hours before his senior prom, days before his graduation ceremony
By: Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post ~ June 14, 2017 On the day of his senior prom, Diego Ismael Puma Macancela was cowering in a bedroom closet, hiding from immigration officers as they ... -
‘If We Are Deported, Who Benefits?’
What happened to me could happen to any one of the 750,000 young people whose entire lives depend on the endangered Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. By JESSICA COLOTL, ... -
Blanca Rubio Was Deported in Grade School. Now She's a California State Assemblywoman
By: MATTIE KAHN, Elle ~ MAY 31, 2017 The statistics aren't good. According to recent estimates, women make up just under 20 percent of Congress and less than 25 percent of ... -
Eight Steps to Establish Support Systems for Undocumented Students
By: Kevin Escudero, Diverse Issues in Higher Ed ~ May 8, 2017 For students who arrived in the U.S. before their 16th birthday, the federal program that provides benefits to undocumented ... -
The stress of immigrants’ children
By Sonali Kohli, L.A. Times ~ May 8, 2017 It was hard not to eavesdrop in the tiny Pico-Union studio where Maria Garcia grew up. She was around 9 when her ... -
Spare the ‘Dreamers’ a Nightmare by According Them Due Process
By: Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. and Jesse Gabriel, The Wall Street Journal ~ May 1, 2017 President Trump has adopted a sympathetic tone toward the young undocumented immigrants known as ... -
Offering lawyers to immigrants facing deportation is a worthwhile way to spend public money
By: The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times ~ April 25, 2017 Having a lawyer can make all the difference in the world to someone facing deportation in federal immigration court, ... -
A 23-year-old 'Dreamer' sues the Trump administration over his deportation to Mexico
By: Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times ~ April 18, 2017 A 23-year-old man has sued the Trump administration over his deportation to Mexico in February, saying he has permission to live ... -
The Obama Record on Deportations: Deporter in Chief or Not?
By: Muzaffar Chishti, Sarah Pierce, and Jessica Bolter, Migration Policy Institute ~ JANUARY 26, 2017 Barack Obama was famously labeled “deporter in chief” by critics in the immigrant-rights community, even ...