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As 'Dreamers' program is phased out under Trump, Congress is split on protecting them
By: Brian Bennett and Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times ~ Oct. 5, 2017 The Trump administration began unraveling the Obama-era program shielding people brought to the United States illegally as children from deportation, though a split Congress has ... -
Alex Alpharaoh put his own DACA story onstage, and the audience keeps on growing
By: Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times ~ Sept. 23, 2017 She had been walking for weeks across the Mexican desert, holding her 3-month-old boy to her chest. At 15 she had ... -
Leaving America: With shaky job prospects and Trump promising crackdowns, immigrants return to Mexico with ...
By: Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times ~ Sept. 19, 2017 The girl clutched the goodbye card her friend Emily handed her that morning. “All thou we’ll be a few miles apart ... -
DACA recipients file suit over Trump's move to end program
By JOSH GERSTEIN, Politico ~ 09/18/2017 A half dozen DACA recipients are suing President Donald Trump over his decision to end the program giving quasi-legal status and work permits to undocumented ... -
Trump and Democrats are gambling on each other, and hoping their core supporters will trust ...
By: Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times ~ Sept. 15, 2017 President Trump, by his second deal in as many weeks with Democratic leaders, has upended the political calculations of both of ... -
The end of DACA would be 'a big win for Mexico,' foreign secretary says
By: Ann M. Simmons, Los Angeles Times ~ Sept. 14, 2017 Relations between the United States and Mexico have been strained since the inauguration of President Trump, who has threatened to dismantle ... -
Mexican Universities Prepare for a Potential ‘Tsunami’ of DACA Students
By Karin Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Ed ~ SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 If President Trump and Congress cannot come to an agreement to prevent the deportation of hundreds of thousands of ... -
Trump’s Support for Law to Protect ‘Dreamers’ Lifts Its Chances
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and YAMICHE ALCINDOR, New York Times ~ SEPT. 14, 2017 WASHINGTON — An unexpected meeting of the minds between President Trump and Democratic leaders on Thursday made real a possible ... -
With DACA in Doubt, This Counselor to Latino Students Is Busier Than Ever
By: Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz, The Chronicle of Higher-Ed ~ Sept. 12, 2017 Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration in January, Armando Bustamante, a student-programs specialist at the University of New Mexico’s El Centro de la ... -
Donald Trump’s Cowardice on ‘Dreamers’
By THE NEW YORK EDITORIAL BOARD, SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 President Trump didn’t even have the guts to do the job himself. Instead, he hid in the shadows and sent his attorney general, ...