A pocos días de inaugurar oficialmente su oficina de servicios legales, la abogada Lizbeth Mateo reconoce y atesora el arduo trabajo que la ha llevado a cumplir su sueño pese a ser indocumentada. ...
Daily Archives: March 6, 2018
Federal judge dismisses challenge to Trump’s move to end DACA
"This Court does not like the outcome of this case, but is constrained by its constitutionally limited role to the result that it has reached," Judge Roger Titus said in his opinion. "Hopefully, the Congress and the Pres ...
Trump’s administration tries to block abortions while trying to break up families
First, they attempted to block Jane from getting the procedure, which was subsequently overturned by a U.S. District Judge. Then days before the New Year, Lloyd and the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), sought to dis ...
At least two dozen Kern County farmworkers arrested in latest immigration sweep across California
Many of the farmworkers appeared to have no serious criminal background and were stopped on their way to work by federal immigration officers in unmarked vehicles, said Armando Elenes, a vice president of United Farm Wo ...
The Latest: GOP lawmaker pushes for vote on immigrant bill
Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado says his measure would give Congress more time to decide how help the so-called Dreamers. They are young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children who have only temporary protecti ...
Immigration agents arrest 23 across New Mexico, West Texas
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents made the arrests over the past week, according to an email from agency regional spokeswoman Nina Pruneda. She said three of the arrested individuals face criminal charges r ...
Chuck Schumer: Trump, you broke DACA, now fix it
The DACA program allowed young immigrants-- brought to the US as children-- who registered with the government, paid a fee and passed criminal security background checks, to come forward and fully contribute to our count ...
More Bad News For Immigrant Military Recruits Who Were Promised US Citizenship
The federal agency in charge of processing citizenship has shuttered all of its offices at US Army basic training locations, putting up another roadblock for immigrant recruits who were promised a fast track to citizensh ...
Perez pushes DREAM Act as Trump’s DACA deadline passes
Perez in a statement said Trump’s rescinding of DACA, an Obama-era program that shielded immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children from deportation, caused “an unnecessary crisis.” ...
Separating children and parents at the border is cruel and unnecessary
How widespread is the practice? That's unclear. The Department of Homeland Security declined comment because it is being sued over the practice. It ignored a request for statistics on how many children it has separated f ...