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Presidential Proclamation of National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2015
Presidential Proclamation of National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2015 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Throughout our history, our Nation has been enriched by the storied ... -
Jose Antonio Vargas-- I'm not an 'alien'
By JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS, l.a. times op-ed ~ august 13, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0814-vargas-illegal-alien-20150813-story.html "RESIDENT ALIEN." Those two words, in all caps, adorn the plastic-covered green card that my grandfather, a naturalized U.S. ... -
Immigration crackdown splits GOP
A rift has opened up in the party around the question of mandatory minimums. By Seung Min Kim, POLITICO ~ August 11, 2015 http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/immigration-gop-rift-mandatory-minimum-senate-cruz-121231.html#ixzz3iWcvO510 Ted Cruz and other Senate Republicans ... -
Border fences are succeeding -- in keeping migrants in U.S.
By WAYNE A. CORNELIUS, l.a. times op-ed ~ august 10, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0810-cornelius-border-security-20150810-story.html In the first Republican presidential debate, Donald Trump swore he'd build a wall to keep out Mexican migrants and ... -
President Obama: Publish the DAPA Regulation ! (And Why He Won't)
By Charles Kuck, ILW.com ~ July 1, 2015 We found out this week that the "new" panel that will hear the actual DAPA appeal in the 5th Circuit Court of ... -
Immigration reform: 'The California Package'
By Karthick Ramakrishnan, Allan Colbern http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0624-ramakrishnan-state-citizenship-20150624-story.html While the federal government stalls on immigration reform, some states have begun acting on their own. Much attention in the last decade has focused ... -
Orphaned in Mexico, siblings triumph in graduating from SoCal universities
Sophy Amel Peralta and her brother Allen Amel Peralta, left, graduated Saturday from Cal State L.A. and UC Irvine because of help the received from Brian Fonteyn. The siblings plan ... -
Against the odds, chemistry grad finds a path out of poverty
By Nicole Freeling, UC Newsroom ~ Thursday, June 11, 2015 http://universityofcalifornia.edu/news/against-odds-chemistry-grad-finds-path-out-poverty By the time he was 6, Rene Amel Peralta was already working full time in construction and odds jobs ... -
14 Dreamers To Take Historic Spring Break
By Richard Manly, Inside CSULB ~ March 16, 2015 http://web.csulb.edu/misc/inside/?p=50483#.VQdFokjtvAo.email For the first time, a model California State University class will allow AB540 students with a study-abroad opportunity under the ... -
ONE LONG BEACH DREAMER’S SUCCESS STORY
By Cynthia Mauleon, CSULB SENIOR SEMINAR REPORTERS, voice waves ~ NOV. 21, 2014 http://voicewaves.org/2014/11/one-long-beach-dreamers-success-story/ [Editorial Note: Last night, Pres. Obama announced the steps he is taking under executive action to ...