Posts Tagged as "Immigration"

Language Access Rally & Hearing: April 14

Apr. 16, 2014 / By
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Is the City doing its job to implement language access?

Last year in August 2013, community residents were successful in urging the City Council to pass a City-wide Language Access Policy that increased and improved translation and interpretation services for residents in Spanish, Khmer and Tagalog. 
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“Enrique’s Journey” Author To Speak At Public Library

Mar. 4, 2014 / By
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Author and columnist Sonia Nazario will be at  the Long Beach Public Library’s Main Library auditorium on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at 2:00PM as she discusses her best-selling book ‘Enrique’s Journey.’ ..

Living in the Shadows: War on terror puts immigrants in lock up, [Part II]

Feb. 26, 2014 / By
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In 1995, there were 6,785 immigrants detained in detention centers nationwide. Over the next two decades, the number exploded, more than quadrupling to 34,000 as of 2013...

Living in the Shadows: Detention centers deaths raise immigrant rights questions [Part I]

Feb. 22, 2014 / By
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Juana Lopez squeezed her son’s hands and caressed his forehead.

“I’m here, mi’jo,” she said...

After Parents’ Deportation, U.S. Children Face Mental Struggles

Feb. 18, 2014 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Anthony Advincula

Above: Myrna Orozco says that her therapist diagnosed her with PTSD, but she had to stop seeing the therapist because she could not afford it anymore...

Life After DACA: One Policy, Different Outcomes

Jan. 9, 2014 / By
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Since President Obama established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in August 2012, more than 400,000 young people have received DACA benefits...

Stay or Go? Terminally Ill Undocumented Immigrants Face Dilemma

Jan. 6, 2014 / By
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La Opinion/New America Media, News Feature, Araceli Martinez Ortega

Photo: Palliative care patient Gil García García with his niece Fatima...

As the Chance for Comprehensive Reform Fades, DREAMers Face a Tough Choice

Dec. 30, 2013 / By
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PRI’s The World, News Report, Jason Margolis

Pictured above: Mexican-born Sujey Romoero, who was able to become a US citizen because of the 1986 immigration overhaul in Congress, worries about immigrant families today if the DREAM Act were to pass...

Living Under One Roof: Mixed-Status Families Talk

Dec. 5, 2013 / By and
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Two different families with two different legal statuses share one thing in common: Fear...

After Arduous Journey, Dreamer Finally Getting Some Relief

Oct. 20, 2013 / By
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Coachella Unincorporated, News Report, Jesus Valenzuela

SALINAS — By the time Alma Torres turned 12, her father had been back and forth between the family’s home in Michoacan, Mexico and the United States so many times that he decided it would be best to just bring the entire family to live with him in King City, California...

Undocuqueer Find Community in ‘Talking Circles’

Oct. 11, 2013 / By
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Young people are sitting in a circle at the beach, passing around Jarritos Mexican soda, joking about their secret crushes, and discussing where they would travel in the world if they could...

Openly Gay, Secretly Undocumented

Oct. 3, 2013 / By
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New America Media / Coachella Uninc., News Feature, Brenda R. Rincon

PALM SPRINGS, Calif...