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All posts tagged "DACA"
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2.5KNewsFamilies Move From the Shadows to Power in West Phoenix
When someone broke into Viri Hernandez’s West Phoenix home in 2012, she called the police. But she quickly realized the officers who...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayWe Need to Help Immigrant Youth, Not Scapegoat Them
“Animals.” “Menace.” “Blood-stained killing fields.” These are all terms President Donald Trump used in a one-week period to describe undocumented immigrants, alleged...
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2.6KFrom the BureausFewer DACA Students Enrolling in California Colleges
With President Donald Trump announcing his intent to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, college students in California fear this...
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2.9K► ReportsHow To Fix the Large and Growing Latinx Teacher-Student Gap
This new report from the Center for American Progress highlights the shortage of Latinx teachers in American schools relative to the student...
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2.7KEditorialFlorida Shootings Another Sign We Don’t Value Children Nor Their Lives
Before the slaughter at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, The New York Times produced a powerful graphic showing the...
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3.7KNewsChild Care Gains Funds in Congress Budget Deal; Outlook Good for After-school Programs
Children and youth could see some gains under a bill that passed Congress early this morning, funding the government through March 23....
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3.3KDreamersLA Doctors Promise to Fight for Adequate Health Care for Undocumented Patients
Video: Paula Ilonz LOS ANGELES — The physicians of Los Angeles + USC Medical Center weren’t inside for their normal rounds on...
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4.8KDreamersNorth Carolina Group Keeps Dreamers’ College Goals Alive
Video: Roger Newton SANFORD, North Carolina — As a high school sophomore and DACA recipient, the connections Danny Rodas made through his...
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3.7KDreamersNorth Carolina Dreamers Volunteer, Mentor Young People
Ernesto Cervantes Trejo, 23, teaches Catholic confirmation classes to teens at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Sanford, North Carolina. Video: Roger Newton...
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2.9KDreamersOne Dreamer in New Mexico Is Social Worker By Day, Dance Instructor By Night
Video: Roger Newton SANTA FE, New Mexico — Mauricio Lopez-Marquez hadn’t wanted to be carted from Mexico City to Santa Fe when...
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3.7KDreamersAbout Our DACA Series
Since September 2017, when President Donald Trump started dismantling the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), some 690,000 young adults across...
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2.6KDreamersUnderstanding DACA’s Discontinuation, Its Impact on Adults Who Work With Youth
WASHINGTON — They teach school, provide health care, work construction jobs and use high-tech skills at the world’s most iconic companies. But...
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1.8KNewsThis Youth Worker in DACA Fears for His Future As He Helps Students in Similar Situation
As an undocumented student, David Blancas had to push hard to shape his future. He couldn’t drive without fear of being stopped....
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1.5KNews3 New Yorkers Talk About Life With DACA
George Kenefati, a sophomore at Macaulay Honors College in Manhattan, recently posted a social event on Facebook for his fellow students. It...
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3.6KFrom the BureausCalifornia Dreamers, Advocacy Groups Working Together in Hopes of Preserving DACA
Imagine working hard to achieve your dream of attending the University of California at Los Angeles, only to find after getting in...
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2.0KGuest Opinion Essay5 Things You Should Know About DACA Youth, the Trump Administration and Congress
A little over a month ago, the Trump administration announced it was rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Since...
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1.9KFrom the BureausPoetry Helps Young Angeleno Cope With Deportation of Family Member
Eleven-year-old Violeta Esquivel feels uncomfortable in President Donald Trump's America, especially after he announced the phasing out of the DACA (Deferred Action...
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayAttorney General Sessions Would Return Youth to the Harmful, Ineffective Dark Ages
As I watched Attorney General Jeff Sessions announce the termination of DACA, I was reminded how President Donald...
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1.6KNewsOur Coverage of National Debate Over Undocumented Youth, DACA
Both Youth Today and the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange have been covering the changing fate of Dreamers since before the Dreamer program...
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17.0KMagazinesBokeh Focus website: Youth photographers and writers
Focusing the spotlight on creative youth. Explore Bokeh Focus' website and its always growing collections of photo essays, stories and videos by...
