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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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Trump suggests during a 60 Minutes interview that his violent and unaccountable mass deportation agenda targeting immigrants and U.S. citizens alike should go even further During the past several weeks alone, we’ve seen mass deportation agents operate with an accelerated ruthlessness and impunity. These masked agents have not even...
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There’s power in standing up for each other The recent release of a number of unjustly detained immigrants shows there’s power in resistance and speaking out for our neighbors. In Texas, Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira and Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago recently won their release from ICE detention after being swept...
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More and more Dreamers are getting swept up in the federal government’s anti-immigrant agenda despite holding work permits and protection from deportation under the popular and successful DACA program. In southern California, a DACA recipient and rideshare driver who has called the U.S. his home for two decades, faces...
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Jun 6, 2025
DACA and beneficiaries of the popular program are celebrating 13 years of successes Many Dreamers currently protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program have delivered for America and themselves. These bright young people who are American in every way except full legal status have transitioned from...
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