Decision prohibits new applicants to the Obama-era immigration program A federal appeals court on Wednesday, Oct. 5 ruled in favor of a lower court’s 2021 ruling that found an Obama-era…
Current DACA recipients will not be affected A United States federal judge on Friday, July 16 blocked new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an Obama-era…
A federal judge on Friday, July 17, ordered the Trump administration to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program following growing complaints that new…
On June 18, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its DACA decision, but it did not actually uphold DACA. Instead, it based its decision on procedural technicalities, that the government…
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday, June 18 stopped President Donald Trump’s administration from rescinding a program that protected more than 800,000 young undocumented immigrants, or “Dreamers,” who came…
By Raymond Partolan Oftentimes, when people come across the phrase, “undocumented immigrant,” images of men, women, and children of Latin American heritage coming across the southern border of the United…
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday, June 18 stopped President Donald Trump’s administration from rescinding a program that protected more than 800,000 young unauthorized immigrants, or “Dreamers,” who came…
Amidst a pandemic and nationwide protests, recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program take on added uncertainty as they anxiously await a decision that may determine whether…
by Pilar Marrero (Ethnic Media Services/La Opinion) In this issue, we continue with our occasional series meant to answer the most frequently asked questions regarding the census. If you have…
After the Supreme Court oral arguments, immigration experts shed light on facts regarding the Trump administration’s efforts to terminate DACA WHEN the Trump administration announced on Sept. 5, 2017 that…
During the first Democratic debate earlier this month, a handful of the candidates shared their stances and policies related to a variety of issues, including guaranteeing free college education, legalizing…
By Jason Tengco In 2016, only 50 percent of eligible Filipino American voters participated in the presidential election. Let me repeat: only half of us voted in 2016. As a…
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Friday, June 28 that it would be reviewing an appeal in the next term on whether the Trump administration’s ongoing plan to end protections…
Former Texas congressman, who made a big splash during the 2018 midterms, announced his bid for the presidency last month IT was an uncharacteristically cloudy day in Los Angeles when…
Republican Congress members attempt to expedite vote on several bills designed to protect DACA recipients On Thursday, May 9, House Speaker Paul Ryan rejected an attempted bypass of his leadership…
After months of lower court battles, the third and current version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban reached the Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 25 where heated arguments revolved around…
GOOD NEWS for qualified young undocumented immigrants: On Tuesday, April 24, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates called the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals…
Judge John D. Bates joins other federal judges in support of the Obama-era program that provides benefits to undocumented youth The Trump administration has been dealt with yet another blow…
The program that protects the roughly 700,000 young immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children was declared “dead” by President Donald Trump on Monday, April 2. His comment…
Among the young people known as “Dreamers,” Ever Arias belongs to a select group. Of the roughly 700,000 unauthorized immigrants who have temporary but tenuous protection from deportation, only 99…
WH to announce pathway to citizenship for undocumented youth as DACA negotiations underway At a time where major policy developments seem to occur daily in Washington, this week brought about particularly…
Vote for DACA fix, CHIP reauthorization pushed back to February 8 After receiving backlash for allowing the government to shut down on Friday, January 19, a bipartisan group of United…
THE Justice Department said on Tuesday, January 16, that it would ask the Supreme Court to overturn a California judge’s ruling in a move it described as a “rare step.”…
Pressures to pass immigration bill by Jan. 19 deadline heightened PRESIDENT Donald Trump took to Twitter Friday morning, Friday, January 12, denying reports of him using off-color remarks during an…
Ruling allows current DACA recipients to renew their enrollment AMID the intense fight over the protections of DREAMers, a federal judge issued a nationwide directive late Tuesday night, January, 9,…
