Runner Luis Grijalva, an Arizona college student, got the news that he will be going to Tokyo to participate in the Olympics, representing his native country, Guatemala. However, in his case, being able to live his dream as an Olympian went beyond qualifying as an athlete. Grijalva was named to the Guatemalan Olympic team last […]
DACA Ruling Puts Weight of Immigration Reform on Democrats
July 26, 2021 By
Last week, a federal judge in Texas blocked new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The decision puts in limbo status of hundreds of thousands of DREAMers, including 50,000 new DACA applicants who had not yet been enrolled in the program. The court decision has put new urgency behind an effort […]
DACA Ruling Causes Frustration and Devastation for DREAMers Once Again
July 20, 2021 By
After living undocumented in the U.S. for 17 years, Yazmin Bruno- Valdez was accepted in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program less than a month ago, granting her long-awaited protection from deportation and opening potentially new doors for her future. Bruno-Valdez’ sense of security vanished last week when U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen […]
Federal Judge Declares DACA Program Illegal but Stops Only New Applications
July 19, 2021 By
On Friday a Texas federal judge declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program illegal. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas, stated that the Obama administration failed to follow federal administrative ruled in launching DACA in 2012. However, he put the effect of most of his ruling on hold while the […]
DACA Recipients, Families, and Advocates Push for Permanent Immigration Status
June 18, 2021 By
Both, local and national immigrant rights groups made a promise to mark the 9th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program benefiting thousands of immigrants who arrived in the country as children. These young people who benefit from the program might not celebrate DACA’s 10th year anniversary. Adonais Arevalo, Director of Poder […]
Biden Plans Meeting with DACA Recipients to Highlight Immigration Priorities
May 14, 2021 By
President Biden plans to meet with six DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients today as his administration highlights that an immigration reform remains a legislative priority. Last month, Biden addressed Congress calling on lawmakers to “end our exhausting war over immigration.” While pushing his plan to extend citizenship to more than 11 million undocumented […]
DACA At Risk; Texas Challenges Legality of DACA
December 22, 2020 By
Texas along with 8 other Republican-led stated will ask a federal court today to rule the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program unlawful, this program protects from deportation young immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. In 2017, the Trump Administration first attempted to end DACA, but their attempts were blocked by the […]
Federal Judge Orders DACA to be Restored
December 8, 2020 By
The Department of Homeland Security announced that it will begin to accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which protects undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation. On Friday December 4th, Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis, ordered the Trump administration to restore DACA which is a […]
Federal Judge Invalidates New DACA Rules
November 17, 2020 By
In July, 2020, Chad Wolf, Homeland Security secretary, decided to issue a memo claiming that the new application for DACA, a program that protects undocumented immigrants who arrived to the U.S. as children from deportation, would not be accepted and renewals would be limited to only one year instead of two. Just a few days […]
Supreme Court blocks Trump Administration’s effort to end DACA
June 18, 2020 By
Today the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the program protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, a reprieve for nearly 650,000 recipients known as DREAMers. The 5 to 4 decision was written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and joined by the court’s four liberals. It was the […]
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