750 Mil Mexicanos Favorecidos por DACA

ATLANTA, GA (PR) - El consulado general de México en la capital de Georgia cuenta entre sus funcionarios jóvenes quienes son beneficiarios de la acción ejecutiva de la administración Obama, DACA. En la serie titulada “La historia de un mexicano”, la sede diplomática narra las experiencias de quienes accedieron al permiso de trabajo temporal que les permite trabajar. La medida administrativa favorece a 750 mil jóvenes mexicanos residentes en Estados Unidos, mientras se espera una eventual legalización permanente de las personas indocumentadas en el país.

Commissioners to Sheriff: Not One More

ATLANTA, GA (PR) - On Wednesday, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution calling on the County Sheriff to end the county’s voluntary compliance to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests to keep people in jail for extra time, otherwise known as ICE detainers, an important element of the failed deportation dragnet, Secure Communities Act (S-Comm).

Few Asian Students Apply for DACA

NEW YORK, NY (PR) - U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), joined by local elected officials and immigration advocacy groups urged young undocumented immigrants in the New York area to enroll and reapply for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an initiative implemented in June 2012 that provides temporary protection against deportation.

The program, put into place by President Obama, allows qualified immigrants – under age 31 – who were brought to the country illegally as children to receive work permits and stay in the United States for period of two years.

Ban for "Illegal" Students Can't Be Lifted

ATHENS, GA (Special Report) - Four University of Georgia students asked Gov. Nathan Deal during a speech on campus Tuesday night over the state Board of Regents policy prohibiting undocumented immigrants from attending UGA and other public universities and colleges in the state. Deal said the ban can’t be overturned.

Migrants Deported from the U.S. in Limbo

Migrants deported from the United States sleep under a bridge on the stretch of the Tijuana River known as El Bordo, at the northwestern tip of Mexico, next to the border. Credit: Daniela Pastrana/IPS

TIJUANA, MEXICO (Inter Press Service, Daniela Pastrana) - The areas under the low bridges over a section of the canalized channel of the Tijuana River that runs along the border between Mexico and the United States have become enormous open-air toilets.

DREAMERs arrestados por querer estudiar

ATLANTA, GA (Anibal Ibarra) - Varios candidatos a seguir sus estudios universitarios y simpatizantes se presentaron frente al lugar donde se reunieron los miembros del Georgia Board of Regents. Formó parte del contínuo reclamo que hacen los estudiantes para ingresar a las universidades donde son rechazados a los indocumentados o beneficiarios del DACA. Quienes protestaron con una sentata acabaron siendo arrestados.

Estatus de la reforma migratoria en Atlanta