Tag Archives: Immigration
Immigration Reform Woes, Minimum Wage Hike.
One week after releasing standards for immigration reform, Republican congressional leaders refuse to schedule a vote and dismissed reform for this year. Meantime, Senate Republicans advance restrictive bills impacting immigrant youth, including one against child tax credit and one barring in-state tuition. Invited guests also comment on President Obama’s executive order to increase the hourly […]
“Pell Grant for DREAMers.”
An alliance of bipartisan leaders created the largest college scholarship fund in the nation for undocumented students. The fund will award full-tuition college scholarships to 1,000 students in the next academic year. In this program, advocates also discuss news about applicants for deferred action and actions in Congress to give youth a path to residence […]
Changes to Citizenship Forms.
The Immigration Service released a new form to apply for citizenship. Effective May 5th, the new format is longer than the previous version and includes questions about national security and links to terrorist groups. Regular commentator Rosalba Piña discusses the new requirements and answers questions from the listeners. Guest: Attorney Rosalba Piña, Immigration Law Expert, […]
Migrant Families.
Migrant organizers from the hotlands in the Mexican state of Guerrero visit California to give testimony about the impact of family separation due to migration, the damage inflicted to entire communities as a result of the “war on drugs,” and the remaining effects of the worst hurricane of the year in Mexico. Guests: Dominga Ortega […]
Republicans Unveil Immigration Principles.
In a step many immigration reform advocates see as encouraging, House leaders released new ‘standards’ that emphasize border security and include a legalization path for undocumented immigrants. However, the new standards do not say whether the undocumented could eventually earn citizenship. Will House Republicans translate this plan into immigration reform bills? Conservative leaders give their […]
Remembering Pioneering Poet.
José Montoya inspired generations of students, farm workers and activists to be courageous and fight for their rights through civic participation and art. After working in the fields picking grapes as a child, he became a trail blazer, poet laureate of Sacramento and one of the most influential figures in California Latino history. This […]
Next Moves on Immigration.
Some immigration bills could come to a vote in the House of Representatives before this summer, including one that would provide legal status to undocumented residents. Meanwhile, President Obama is expected to clarify his stance during his State of the Union address. In other news, an immigration court in San Francisco, California, agrees to stop […]
Legalization and Citizenship: Which Roads Lead to Rome?
While the immigration issue doesn’t appear to be inspiring much urgency from Republicans going into the midterm elections, the pressure to attract Latino votes before the general election of 2016 could be a factor in Republicans’ calculations.
New Pro-Immigrant Laws.
More undocumented immigrants can now apply for driver’s licenses or permits in states like Maryland and Nevada. In California, the so-called TRUST Act, a landmark law that prohibits local law enforcement from detaining undocumented immigrants for deportation in minor arrests, is expected to decrease deportations in the state. An immigration law expert reviews those and […]
Few applying for Deferred Action.
For more than a year now, eligible youth brought in to the country as undocumented children can apply for temporary protected status through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. An expected 1.8 million so-called Dreamers could benefit from the executive order by President Obama. But so far, only a third of those young […]
