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DACA Reinstated! Trump Admin Backpedals After Federal Ruling

Virginia IsaadDecember 8, 2020

by Virginia IsaadDecember 8, 202001441

The Trump administration has worked to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for three years and now the program has been reinstated following the order of a federal judge. Starting Monday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

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Trump to Cut Farmworker’s Wages to Pay their Employers

Virginia IsaadNovember 11, 2020

by Virginia IsaadNovember 11, 202002252

Amid the continued coverage of the election, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule that will transfer approximately $170 million in projected wages per year from workers to employers, according to the agency’s own analysis, The Counter reports....

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Trump Claims DACA is Working Despite Attempts to End Program

Virginia IsaadOctober 16, 2020October 24, 2020

by Virginia IsaadOctober 16, 2020October 24, 202007393

Donald Trump‘s statement that DACA is “working right now” was met with criticism as his administration has rejected new applications to the program and he’s attempted to end it completely. During a town hall meeting in Miami moderated by NBC’s...

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Estela Juarez Slams Trump for Deportations in DNC Speech

Virginia IsaadAugust 21, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 21, 202001480

Eleven-year-old Estela Juarez denounced Trump’s immigration policies that led to the deportation of her mom in a letter she read that aired during the Democratic National Convention. Her mother, Alejandra Juarez, was featured in the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented, but...

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Coronavirus CDC Guidelines Are Unavailable in Spanish

Virginia IsaadMarch 18, 2020August 3, 2020

by Virginia IsaadMarch 18, 2020August 3, 20200668

The latest guidelines from the White House on slowing the spread of coronavirus are currently not available in Spanish despite repeated claims from Latino groups to add a translation. Latino Rebels reporter Julio Ricardo Varela first reported the lack of...

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Trump Refuses to Release Full Aid for Puerto Rico

Virginia IsaadJanuary 13, 2020July 18, 2020

by Virginia IsaadJanuary 13, 2020July 18, 202001272

In the wake of a destructive 6.4-magnitude quake that struck Puerto Rico Tuesday morning, the Trump administration is refusing to release all the available funds to the island citing concerns of “financial mismanagement” and “corruption.” The New York Daily News...

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AOC Gave a Speech in Spanish at Bernie Sanders Town Hall

Virginia IsaadDecember 23, 2019July 10, 2020

by Virginia IsaadDecember 23, 2019July 10, 20200889

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s Sunday town hall in Las Vegas featured not one but two of the most prominent Latinas in politics: NY Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Carmen Yulín Cruz, mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico and a Sanders...

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Becoming a U.S. Citizen Could Get a LOT More Expensive

Virginia IsaadNovember 15, 2019July 15, 2020

by Virginia IsaadNovember 15, 2019July 15, 20200622

The Trump administration has been notoriously pushing policies that impact undocumented immigrants in the U.S. but now they’re making it that much more difficult for anyone trying to become a citizen but proposing to increase the cost of citizenship applications...

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DACA In Danger of Not Surviving Supreme Court Ruling

Virginia IsaadNovember 13, 2019July 14, 2020

by Virginia IsaadNovember 13, 2019July 14, 20200432

Yesterday DACA supporters and DREAMers took to the streets as the Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments on whether or not DACA is a legal program and if Trump can officially end it. While the four liberal judges, including Justice...

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DACA Hits the Supreme Court on Tuesday to Determine its Fate

Virginia IsaadNovember 11, 2019July 14, 2020

by Virginia IsaadNovember 11, 2019July 14, 20200744

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) may or may not continue depending on the results of the hearing before the Supreme Court tomorrow. Two aspects will be challenged: whether it was legally enacted by President Obama’s executive order and whether...

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Trump Reportedly Wanted a Moat with Snakes to Keep Migrants Out

Virginia IsaadOctober 2, 2019July 24, 2020

by Virginia IsaadOctober 2, 2019July 24, 20200344

Donald Trump‘s impulsive behavior is not news considering his infamous tweets and his ongoing battle to keep immigrants out but a recent New York Times article reveals his “solutions” are downright outrageous and at times illegal. The New York publication...

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Trump’s New Proposed Rule Would Let Contractors Discriminate Based on Their Religion

Virginia IsaadAugust 15, 2019July 30, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 15, 2019July 30, 20200256

Trump’s latest rule proposal is stirring up controversy after his administration formally proposed a new rule on Wednesday that would let federal contractors cite religion as a valid reason to discriminate against employees who are LGBTQ as well as on...