Tag Archives: DACA

Last week, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, is unconstitutional. For now that means new DACA applications will not be approved, but DACA renewals will still be processed. It was the latest blow to the program, which allows more than …

Fresno will join more than 40 other cities across the country in a legal brief that supports three Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals cases going before the Supreme Court in November. The Fresno City Council voted Thursday to be listed in the Amicus brief that supports the plaintiffs in the …

The Republican party’s toughest anti-immigration voices say they’ve been abandoned in the debate over the fate of the 800,000 young people living in the country under DACA’s protections. There’s little … Click to Continue »

Dozens of Los Banos supporters rallied with signs at Pacheco Park Thursday afternoon to stand in solidarity with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which is expiring Friday after … Click to Continue »

The final day to apply for the Obama-era initiative that has shielded young undocumented immigrants from deportation arrives Friday, leaving advocates for undocumented immigrants calling for a fix. Attorney General … Click to Continue »

A 19-year-old University of California, Merced DACA student speaks about being raised in the United States educational system on the UC Merced campus in Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. … Click to Continue »

The Merced College Los Banos Campus is holding a free workshop and presentation to help students under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. DACA is a federal … Click to Continue »

Immigration advocates in the Central Valley are joining protests against the decision by the Trump Administration to phase out DACA. About three dozen people rallied in Fresno on Tuesday, promising to fight. Xavier Vasquez was 13 years old when he came to the U.S. illegally. Now, at 27 he is …

Blanca Ojeda talks about President Donald Trump’s decision to phase out the Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals program, and what she felt when she heard the news Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2017. … Click to Continue »

Audio of the Merced City Council meeting usually echoes through City Hall. But on Tuesday, chants in support of the federal Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program and against … Click to Continue »

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After Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday morning that the White House plans to “wind down” the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – an Obama-era initiative that shields young … Click to Continue »

Two Valley congressmen are among a group of 6 Republicans asking President Donald Trump to maintain deportation protections for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country as children. The president is considering ending the Obama-era program called DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. That allows eligible immigrants to …