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Austin, TX – On a press call held today, Texas State Representative Cesar Blanco joined with Latino Decisions Principal Sylvia Manzano, Latino Victory Project President Cristóbal J. Alex, and America’s Voice: Texas State Director Mario Carrillo to discuss the findings and implications of new polling exploring Texas Latinos’ views on SB4,...
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Gaby Pacheco and Carlos Roa Explain How their Lives Have Changed with DACA With the U.S. Supreme Court set to hear oral arguments in the U.S. v Texas immigration executive action case next Monday, two newly-published columns from prominent Dreamer activists and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients Gaby Pacheco and Carlos...
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Texas was first in the nation to pass a state-level DREAM Act. Now, if Republican legislators have their way, it could be first to repeal it. Passed by a bipartisan vote in the legislature, and then signed by Republican Gov. Rick Perry in 2001, the DREAM Act has allowed...
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With 2016 Presidential Wannabes in the Hot Seat on Immigration, How Will the 2016 GOP Field Respond? Republicans in the Texas State Legislature seem intent on repealing the Texas Dream Act, legislation that enables eligible high school students from Texas who are undocumented to pay in-state tuition rates to attend...
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Republicans in Texas are leading an effort to repeal the Texas Dream Act, which was signed into law by Governor Rick Perry in 2001. SB 1819, a bill that promises to terminate in-state tuition rates and state financial assistance to all undocumented students across the Lone Star State, is...
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Mitt Romney won’t give an answer as to what he’ll do about the deferred action policy for DREAMers if he wins, but Texas GOP Senate candidate Ted Cruz isn’t afraid to say what he thinks. Cruz wants Romney to end it. Via Elise Foley at Huffington Post: Ted Cruz,...
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Last year, the Biden administration did the right thing by issuing a rule that expanded ACA coverage to nearly 130,000 uninsured DACA recipients. Not only do Dreamers pay billions in tax dollars every year to help fund federal programs like Social Security and Medicare, it makes public health sense...
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Hundreds gathered in New Orleans on Thursday ahead of a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals hearing in Texas v. United States, a GOP-led lawsuit that could determine the future of hundreds of thousands of American families that have been kept together thanks to the popular and successful DACA program....
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More than 16,000 American families in Ohio are “trapped in a cycle of fear and uncertainty” due to the state’s participation in a political lawsuit from corrupt Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Project 2025 allies that has blocked the Biden administration’s recent process protecting the undocumented immigrant spouses...
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Texas Congressional candidate Mayra Flores’ party gleefully waved “MASS DEPORTATION NOW!” signs at their national convention in July, making clear that mass deportation is the signature issue for the GOP in 2024. It’s a promise to create a show-me-your-papers force to raid neighborhoods and workplaces, separating American families, deporting...
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