Orange County is celebrating Supreme Court, state legislative and local school district victories for Black lives, LGBTQ lives, immigrants and public health. DNC Member-Elect and Democratic Party of Orange County Chair Ada Briceño says these victories are crucial, but we’re far from done.
Tag: DACA
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Martinez: Dreamer Urges Congress to Address Immigration
Edwin Martinez is a Dreamer who lives in Santa Ana and is advocating for Congress to get the Dream Act passed as soon as possible.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Tait: Anaheim Honors Immigrants’ Role in Our History And Our Future
Tom Tait, Mayor of Anaheim, celebrates Immigrant Heritage Month while urging Congress to pass urgently needed reforms that address the status crisis for thousands of workers and students.
Posted inAnaheim, Collegiate News Service
Anaheim established as “Welcoming City”
In a period of DACA repeals and attempts to create stricter immigration laws, Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait said he wants his city to feel a little more welcoming to immigrants.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Deadline for Undocumented Youth to Renew ‘DACA’ Status is Today
Among U.S. counties, Orange County has the fourth-largest population of people eligible for DACA protection, with an estimated 54,000 eligible last year, according to data from the Migration Policy Institute.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana City Council Calls DACA Repeal “Appalling,” Will Urge Congress to Support DREAM Act
The council action came as demonstrators also gathered in a Santa Ana park to protest the scheduled elimination of the six-year-old program.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Briceño: Immigrants’ Rights Are Center Stage This Labor Day
Ada Briceño, a Co-President for the hotel workers union, UNITE HERE Local 11, in Orange County challenges her labor colleagues this Labor Day to embrace immigrant rights and stand with 800,000 young people across the nation who receive refuge as DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) just as President Trump reconsiders the program.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Defensores de Inmigrantes Advierten de una Ola de Fraude Mientras Inmigrantes Temen la Deportación Bajo Trump
Los fraudulentos, que durante mucho tiempo se han dirigido a las comunidades de inmigrantes, aumentarán sus esfuerzos en los próximos meses con la presidencia de Donald J. Trump y sus promesas de posiciones mucho más duras sobre la inmigración, advierten los grupos de ayuda legal y los defensores de los inmigrantes.
Posted inCorrections, Countywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Scores March in Santa Ana to Protest Supreme Court Immigration Decision
About 80 people came together Wednesday to march throughout downtown Santa Ana in a demonstration of their anger with the Supreme Court’s vote last week that blocked President Obama’s immigration reform.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Education, Health & Wellness
Higher Education and Undocumented Youth
Undocumented youth brought to the US at an early age deserve the same shot at a higher education as children born here, writes a USC student studying for her Masters in Social Work.
