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President’s dropout recovery plan lacks four components to help Latino students

Mar 1, 2010, 12:23 PM 4

LatinaLista President Obama outlined a plan today to reduce the high school dropout rate. He deserves kudos for understanding that this educational crisis goes beyond local communities and state jurisdictions, and has serious national implications for the future. According…

General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice, Youth

Mr. President, It is time to grant a moratorium on deportations of youth raised in the U.S. until immigration reform is passed

Aug 14, 2009, 12:07 PM 9

LatinaLista — First, there was Benita. Then came Walter. After that, Taha. Now, it’s Herta. These are the names of young people who faced deportation from the Department of Homeland Security because their parents brought them to live in…

Education, General, Government, Guest Voz, Immigration, Social Justice

Guest Voz: DREAM Act student reflects on what it means to have 3 more months in the U.S.

Jun 19, 2009, 11:12 AM 0

LatinaLista — Benita Veliz has become the national face of the DREAM Act, a bill before Congress that would allow students who were brought to this country illegally as children by their parents to attend college at in-state tuition…

Business, Education, General, Health, Immigration, Palabra Final

Kaiser Permanente spends $2 million recruiting foreign-trained doctors while undocumented students dreaming to be doctors keep dreaming

May 7, 2009, 4:47 PM 16

LatinaLista — This week, two very important members of President Obama’s Cabinet spoke out on the DREAM Act, the bill making its way through congressional committees to legalize the status of undocumented students and allow them to not only…

Education, General, Government, Palabra Final, Youth

Part III DREAM Act Series: How soon will it pass?

Apr 16, 2009, 4:45 PM 0

LatinaLista — On March 26, 2009, the DREAM Act was reintroduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Durbin and in the House by Rep. Howard Berman. (Source: AP Photo/Morry Gash) Because it’s a different administration, one run by a…

Education, General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Social Justice, Youth

Part II DREAM Act Series: Legislators need a crash course on the DREAM Act

Apr 15, 2009, 12:38 PM 3

LatinaLista — Though the DREAM Act is currently making the rounds of congressional committees, two recent state versions failed to pass. Legislators who opposed granting in-state tuition to undocumented students cite arguments, that upon closer examination, get failing grades….

Education, General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Youth

Part I DREAM Act Series: Undocumented student tells her side of the story

Apr 14, 2009, 1:28 PM 33

LatinaLista — Two weeks ago, the DREAM Act was reintroduced in Congress. It is a bill that recognizes that undocumented children, who have lived and graduated from high school or gotten their GED, should be allowed to either enter…

Education, General, Immigration, Multimedia, Online, Palabra Final, Youth

DREAM Act students create new site to foster support for their desire to be educated citizens

Mar 16, 2009, 5:14 PM 28

LatinaLista — The upper most thought in most college students’ minds this month is where they are going to spend their Spring Break. Yet for some kids, it’s whether or not they will be able to afford to go…

Causes, Education, Palabra Final, Politics, Youth

Undocumented students DREAMING of a new future ask for public’s vote

Jan 7, 2009, 7:13 PM 10

LatinaLista — Between today and yesterday, my Inbox has been filling up with emails from students who are undocumented but want to go to college, earn a degree and put it to use. Due to laws in most states,…

Education, Immigration, Money, Palabra Final, Youth

Obama’s “Oportunidad” for college scholarships should include Dream Act students

Oct 27, 2008, 4:48 PM 8

LatinaLista — Today, the Obama campaign announced how they were spending the last of the $20 million budgeted to reach Latino voters. Obama will deliver a 30-minute “commercial” on Univision this Wednesday night. It will be a translated version…

Education, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Breaking News: A Sad Day for Undocumented Student Americans

Oct 24, 2007, 11:57 AM 74

LatinaLista — The Senate just completed voting on whether or not to go to the next stage in the debate to move the DREAM Act to the next level â€” it failed. Sixty votes were needed to move the…

Education, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Tomorrow is “Make or Break Day” for the DREAM Act

Oct 23, 2007, 4:01 PM 8

LatinaLista — I couldn’t help but be drawn to the subject line of one of the first emails of the morning: PLEASE HELP US! I would have probably deleted it without opening it, assuming it was another one of…

Education, General, Guest Voz, Immigration

Guest Voz: Former Undocumented Student Shares What It Means to Be Somebody

Oct 19, 2007, 4:27 PM 45

By Mariana Zamboni LatinaLista I am free at last! But, even though I received my green card just six months ago, it still doesn’t wash away the 16 years of mental incarceration and humiliation one lives with when they…

Children, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

It’s Been a Bad Week to Be an Immigrant Child in the U.S.A.

Oct 4, 2007, 7:15 PM 67

LatinaLista — Children are sacred. Industrialized countries understand that universal edict and defend children â€” no matter their circumstances. The countries that enslave children and prostitute, exploit and press them into soldier-duty are routinely considered less than civilized and…

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