People in Livingston took to the streets Sunday to honor Cesar Chavez and support farm workers, immigrants and Dreamers around the Central Valley and state. More than 100 people chanted … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced chancellor goes to bat for Dreamers in Washington, D.C.
When hundreds of Dreamers descended on the nation’s Capitol this week to lobby for a legislative solution to a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that remains on life support … Click to Continue »
Read More »As Dreamers’ 2017 prospects fade, supporters mount huge push
With prospects dimming for a deal this year to prevent young Dreamers from deportation, sympathetic groups are planning a massive push over the next few weeks to force the issue … Click to Continue »
Read More »March for ‘Dreamers’ passes through Merced County
Immigration reform advocates marched through Merced County on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017, to drum up support for “Dreamers.” … Click to Continue »
Read More »More than a dozen Republicans demand a legislative solution for Dreamers
In a show of force to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Republican leadership, more than a dozen Republicans from around the country are demanding a legislative solution by the end … Click to Continue »
Read More »Valley ‘Dreamers’ Rally Against DACA Decision
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 …
Read More »Los Banos rally voices support for ‘Dreamers’ as California sues Trump administration
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday formally challenged the Trump administration’s directive to rescind a program protecting unauthorized young immigrants from deportation. Becerra, joining the states of Minnesota, Maryland … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced DREAMers, supporters take DACA fight with Trump to City Hall
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 »
Read More »‘I’m scared all the time’: Trump’s immigration rhetoric worries UC Merced ‘dreamers’
Two houses just outside the city of Merced have become homes for about a dozen UC Merced students who, as undocumented immigrants, increasingly worry about their future. They are bracing … Click to Continue »
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