Local organization finding ways to legally hire DACA professionals, support their career needs
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we're taking a look at a local organization that's finding ways to legally hire education DACA professionals.
This explainer helps journalists understand what DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is and how the program impacts local communities and undocumented immigrants.
Democratic efforts to deliver on DACA have failed. Ban on new applications is devastating high school-age Dreamers. (NC Voices|Opinion)
A University of Texas at Austin student who planned to apply to an Obama-era initiative for immigrants who came to America as children is stuck in limbo after a Texas judge halted the Deferred Action…
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Colorado Mountain College president Carrie Hauser found her dream job
Carrie Besnette Hauser, president of Colorado Mountain College, is shown at the Spring Valley campus south of Glenwood Springs. The institution stretches across much of the states
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Immigrants make up about 20 % of our state’s population, and 394,000 of the immigrants currently living in Florida have started their own businesses, bringing in an estimated $8.1 billion to the econ…
Mother trapped in Mexico returns home
A South Florida DACA mother who has been stuck in Mexico after she tried to gain legal status in the U.S. for more than a year finally came back home.
Colorado Mountain College president found her dream job
Carrie Besnette Hauser considers her position as president of Colorado Mountain College to be a dream job. “I’ve described it as a confluence, using a river term,” says the longtime river-running ent…
Local nonprofit launches campaign for...seeks state lawmakers support
A Local nonprofit is advocating for immigration reform and has launched a campaign to call on Idaho leaders to support legislation that could provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocume…
Indy DC Download: Cortez Masto...in social spending package
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and a group of other Democratic senators are expected to soon present their third immigration proposal to the parliamentarian, which would allow the Department of H…
‘We need the IDs’: Residents rally in...County to ask for municipal ID
Holding signs that replicated a municipal ID, about 50 protesters marched down the streets of downtown Kansas City, Kansas, advocating Safe & Welcoming ordinance. The protesters marched down the stre…
Benjamin Marsh: A plea for the Dreamers
I am pastor to a community that many immigrants call home. I have known many young people brought into America as children, well before they could decide for themselves, who
MassHealth expands long-term care to thousands of immigrants
Immigrants including Nora Ketter, who's been stuck at UMass Memorial's Clinton Hospital for more than three years, will now qualify for long-term care in skilled nursing facilities and other settings.
Innovative program assists 'dreamers' in Ontario
Childhood Arrivals Support and Advocacy serves young people brought to Canada without status Last summer two law students interned at a program to develop workshops for high schools and work on “huma…
Rubio has abandoned Venezuelan immigrants | Commentary
In a guest column, a Venezuelan immigrant and former Florida House candidate writes that Marco Rubio's opposition to Temporary Protected Status is part of a long history of being too weak to stand up…
As Hispanic Heritage Month wraps...and teachers reflect on resilience
Chalkbeat spoke to Hispanic and Latino teachers and students this month about how COVID-19 affected them and how they are celebrating their cultures.