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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, ... -
L.A. "Dreamers" Defy Warnings and Dare to Study Abroad
BY JASON MCGAHAN, LA WEEKLY, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2017 "Dreamers" — the young and undocumented who are protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program created by President Obama — ... -
Eduardo García’s Path: Migrant Worker, Convict, Deportee, Star Chef
By GUY TREBAY, New York Times ~ FEB. 25, 2017 MEXICO CITY — As bad hombre tales go, Eduardo García’s is classic. A border-crossing Mexican immigrant, he moved around the United ... -
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 ... -
Deported veteran's pardon gives him hope of returning to U.S., but it's no guarantee
By: Kate Morrissey, Los Angeles Times ~ April 18, 2017 Since learning he’d been pardoned by Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday, Hector Barajas-Varela, a deported U.S. Army veteran, has more hope ... -
Rueben Martinez, winner of the Innovator's Award at the L.A. Times Book Prizes
By: Agatha French, Los Angeles Times ~ April 13, 2017 “These were my tickets out of the copper mines,” says Rueben Martinez, sweeping his hand over the books stacked on the coffee ... -
After a waiter's demand for 'proof of residency,' familiar echoes of discrimination take on new ...
By: Anh Do, Cindy Carcamo, Ruben Vives and Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times ~ March 21, 2017 The wary eye of a salesclerk. A snide comment made by a passerby. A ... -
This California Democrat is proposing a tax on millionaires to make public colleges tuition-free for ...
By: Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times ~ March 20, 2017 To tackle concerns about college affordability, a Democratic legislator is proposing to make public colleges and universities tuition-free for all Californians, and wants to tax ... -
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 ... -
Trump sees himself as a dealmaker and immigration reform as the ultimate deal to deliver
By: Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times ~ March 1st, 2017 President Trump sees himself as a masterful dealmaker, and he has begun signaling that he believes he can land perhaps the thorniest of ...
