The Current State of Immigration Play
June 27, 2018by Janette Martinez Earlier today, the House defeated a bill purported to address DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and other immigration issues. The vote was 121 to 301. All Democrats and 112 Republicans voted no. What follows is a brief explainer of how we got here and what happens next, in both political and
Immigration Policy Affects College Students, Too
March 19, 2018by Janette Martinez Earlier this week, we highlighted how current immigration crackdowns threaten to undo decades of progress in the Latinx* community, and how those crackdowns are hurting K-12 students. Today, we look at how immigration policy also affects higher education. More Latinx students are enrolling in college than ever before. The gap in college
Immigration is an Education Issue
March 14, 2018by Janette Martinez Latinxs* are the fastest growing racial group in the United States and make up the largest percentage of non-white school-age children. Latinx students also make up a third of public charter school students. Latinx adults are likely to be immigrants and trail other ethnic groups in education. In 2015, about half
#HereToLearn, #HereToTeach
October 25, 2017by Janette Martinez After the Trump administration rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, we wrote that DACA’s rollback threatened an education and moral crisis, especially for students in higher education by worsening the college dropout rate. But DACA’s rollback also negatively impacts K-12 schools, and it hurts more than just undocumented K-12
DACA Rollback Threatens an Education as well as a Moral Crisis
September 5, 2017by: Janette Martinez The Trump administration’s announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) undeniably will harm students of all ages. Approximately 800,000 current DACA recipients’ lives hang in limbo and an additional 400,000 DACA-eligible youth can no longer apply for DACA protection as a result of the Trump-Sessions announcement today. But
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