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Undoing Trump-Era Policies is Not Enough to Transform the Immigration System
The Biden and López Obrador administrations should take the lead from solidarity organizations in the U.S. and Mexico and decriminalize immigration. By: Guadalupe Chavez, North American Congress on Latin America ... -
Biden Tries To Rein In ICE: New Rules Limit Who Immigration Agents Target for Arrest
By: Joel Rose, NPR – Feb. 18, 2021 After four years of former President Trump's immigration crackdown, the Biden administration on Thursday announced new guidelines that are expected to sharply ... -
Biden signs raft of immigration orders
By MOLLY O’TOOLE, LOS ANGELES TIMES – FEB. 2, 2021 SAN DIEGO — President Biden’s administration pledged early executive action to swiftly undo many of his predecessor’s policies to remake the ... -
Biden’s immigration Reform proposed legislation: The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021
By: The White House - Jan. 20, 2021 The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 establishes a new system to responsibly manage and secure our border, keep our families and communities ... -
Kevin McCarthy’s foretold finale
By Professor Gonzalo Santos, Exclusive for “El Magonista” – January 19, 2021 The spectacle of watching the crumbling of Kevin McCarthy’s political leadership in Congress after having served as president ... -
Biden Inherits a Relationship With Mexico on the Brink of Disaster
Mexico’s law requiring the U.S. to share sensitive investigations with officials—despite government corruption and cartel ties—will present a big challenge to the new president. By: David Shortell, The Daily Beast ... -
Biden to pick Latino educator as Secretary of Education
By EVAN HALPER, LOS ANGELES TIMES – DEC. 22, 2020 WASHINGTON — Joe Biden is poised to nominate Miguel Cardona as secretary of Education. The schools chief in Connecticut pushed to ... -
Alex Padilla named successor of Kamala in US Senate
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California selected Mr. Padilla to serve the final two years of Ms. Harris’s term. Mr. Padilla will be the first Latino senator to represent the state. ... -
SCOTUS ends Trump’s plan to exclude immigrants from the US Census
By DAVID G. SAVAGE, LOS ANGELES TIMES – DEC. 18, 2020 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday put off a decision on President Trump’s plan to narrow the census count ... -
‘Latinx’ hasn’t even caught on among Latinos. It never will
By Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post – Dec. 18, 2020 The term “Latinx,” modifying “Latino” and “Latina” to describe people in a gender-inclusive way, has become commonplace — in ...