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All posts tagged "dreamers"
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayCriminalizing Undocumented Youth in Texas and Beyond Is Causing PTSD
As policymakers in Washington wrangle over walls, many youth in communities on our southern border grapple with fear of exclusion in the...
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2.1KVideosHighlights of Immigration Coverage in Southern California
Students at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism have been shooting videos about the undocumented young people...
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3.8KNewsChild 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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4.9KDreamersNorth 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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3.0KDreamersOne 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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3.8KDreamersAbout 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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3.7KFrom 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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2.1KGuest 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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1.4KGuest 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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1.7KNewsOur 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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17.9KMagazinesBokeh 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...
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2.5KFrom the FieldFinding Hope: Shepherding Un(der) Documented Students to a Thriving Life After High School
Mason faces underlying and persistent tribulation most of his peers don’t: his citizenship status and the legal, financial and psychological barriers that...
