Denia Perez is a law student at Quinnipiac University. She initiated an effort to amend the admission language for the Connecticut Bar Association to ensure it would include DACA recipients. If you want to read more about her inspirational story, please click here….Continue Reading Law and Life an Undocumented Story
Daniela Vargas was finally released from deportation. She was detained earlier this month for speaking out in a press conference. At the time of her arrest her DACA had expired. More information about her arrest and recent release can be found here….Continue Reading Daniela Vargas Freed
Daniel Ramirez is a 24 yr old DACA recipient. He is currently being detained in a deportation center. He had to spent his 24th birthday in a deportation center. Please read about his story. Read More There is also a Go Fund Me page set up by his lawyers. If you wish to donate you can do…Continue Reading DREAMer Detained
Support of Undocumented Members of Our Campus Community To the Anteater Community: Yesterday, President Janet Napolitano announced that the University of California system will protect the privacy and civil rights of undocumented members of our university community (https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/university-california-releases-principles-support-uc-community-members). Federal law safeguards student privacy rights, and the California Constitution and statutes provide broad privacy protections to…Continue Reading From Chancellor Howard Gillman
From: New York Times: http://nyti.ms/290RGhg U.S. Speak Up or Stay Hidden? Undocumented Immigrants Cautious After Court Ruling By FERNANDA SANTOS and JENNIFER MEDINA JUNE 26, 2016 PHOENIX — Karina Ruiz and other protesters blocked a busy road here last week hours after the Supreme Court denied relief from deportation for millions of undocumented parents, including…Continue Reading Speak Up or Stay Hidden? Undocumented Immigrants Cautious After Court Ruling
From New York Times: http://nyti.ms/28ZFmeF U.S. Supreme Court Tie Blocks Obama Immigration Plan By ADAM LIPTAK and MICHAEL D. SHEAR JUNE 23, 2016 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday announced that it had deadlocked in a case challenging President Obama’s immigration plan, a sharp blow to an ambitious program that Mr. Obama had hoped would…Continue Reading Supreme Court Tie Blocks Obama Immigration Plan
From: The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/07/the-white-strategy/485612/ The Republican Party’s White Strategy Embracing white nativism in the 1990s turned the California GOP into a permanent minority. The same story may now be repeating itself nationally. PETER BEINART JULY/AUGUST 2016 ISSUE | POLITICS WHEN IT COMES TO LATINOS, Donald Trump has a muse: Ann Coulter. Last June, when Trump called…Continue Reading The Republican Party’s White Strategy
UC President Napolitano proposes multi-year support for undocumented students UCOP Office of the President Wednesday, May 11, 2016 From: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-president-napolitano-proposes-multi-year-support-undocumented-students University of California President Janet Napolitano today (May 11) announced a three-year commitment to support the university’s efforts for undocumented UC students. “We are committed to continuing a path forward for undocumented students at the…Continue Reading UC President Napolitano proposes multi-year support for undocumented students
Introduced by Assembly Member Lopez, this bill would, commencing with the 2017–18 academic year, require the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and would request the University of California to designate a Dream Resource Liaison on each of their respective campuses, as specified, to assist students meeting specified requirements, including undocumented students, by…Continue Reading Proposed Bill AB2009 to provide Dream Resource Liaisons in Higher Ed
The U.S. Supreme Court has put a challenge to Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration at the top of its agenda, according to SCOTUS Blog . The court announced on on Friday that it will hear oral arguments in the case U.S. v Texas on Monday, April 18th. The court could hand down a ruling…Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court to Hear DACA+/DAPA Case – April 18, 2016