A girl with cerebral palsy is being held in immigration detention. The ACLU just sued for her release
A girl with cerebral palsy is being held in immigration detention. The ACLU just sued for her release
Lawyers for an undocumented 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was detained in Texas after undergoing surgery demanded her immediate release on Tuesday in a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration in […]
Trump leaning toward ending DACA program
President Donald Trump is leaning toward ending DACA, a U.S. immigration policy the Obama administration started for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, according to multiple sources. The […]
Texas High Schoolers Rise Against Anti-Immigrant SB 4 Law
By Viri Sanchez and Karla Quinones (2.5 minute read) Four months ago, on February 16, thousands of high school students across Texas joined in a collective effort to stand up […]
Meet Jolt, the Latino Organization Aiming to Shake up Texas Politics
*Why you should read this: Because turning Texas blue is key to the Democratic Party’s national agenda. Because Latinos are the front line in the in the battle to turn […]
Practical Tips: How Undocumented Immigrants Can Prepare For A Trump Presidency
*The interesting thing about this article, and others like it, is that three weeks ago we’d never guess that such lists would be needed. VL By Erin N. Marcus, New America […]
Overall Number of U.S. Unauthorized Immigrants Holds Steady Since 2009
*No change in the number of undocumented since 2009. Mexicans are still 52% of the undocumented in the U.S. VL By Jeffrey S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn, Pew Research Center The […]
Trump: Undocumented Wanting to Be In Military a ‘Special Circumstance’
*If you’re keeping score, this statement is part of the “softer” Trump on immigration. We’ll see what he says next. VL By Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News (1.5 minute read) GOP nominee […]
Obama’s Immigration Nuclear Option: Stopping Deportations Unilaterally
By Molly Ball, The Atlantic The biggest obstacle facing immigration reform may be not opposition but inertia. Leaders of the House of Representatives have said they plan to act, but with the […]
Immigrants self-deport to Mexico, then ask to cross into U.S.
By Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times NOGALES, Ariz. — Chanting, “Undocumented, unafraid,” three young immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children staged an unorthodox — and risky — […]
Immigration Reform? – Should be About Immigrants Too
By Cuéntame Agreed, the window of opportunity is in fact wide open for the passage of substantial immigration reform. Immigration reform is after all the next big ticket item. The coveted […]
