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Despite fears the federal government will use personal information from financial aid applications to identify immigrant parents who lack legal status, the number of high school senior applicants from mixed-status families has not decreased as much as some thought it would, according to the California Student Aid Commission. -
Between 30,000 and 70,000 children adopted by American families from other countries never became U.S. citizens, according to the Adoptee Rights Campaign. -
Several protests were planned in San Diego County on the fifth anniversary of civil rights leader John Lewis’ death. -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 10,000 employees over five years, echoing a Border Patrol expansion in the 2000s. -
The funding bill allocates $75 billion to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. KPBS reporter Gustavo Solis spoke with Adam Isacson from the Washington Office on Latin America about how that could impact ICE arrests, detentions and deportations. -
The Trump administration says it will restrict immigrants in the country illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program. -
These days, we hear a lot about the United States crossing the Rubicon from democracy to authoritarianism. But where are we on the trajectory? -
A recent video of San Diego police officers maintaining a perimeter in Linda Vista during an immigration raid has raised questions about the department’s role in federal enforcement operations. -
Immigration raids have many mixed-status immigrant families living on edge. The fear of being detained has some limiting ordinary activities, like trips to the grocery store. Others are feeling health impacts of stress. -
Research shows worksite immigration raids can depress local economies as people stay home and stop spending money. So far, they aren’t known to free up jobs for citizens.
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