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The award “acknowledges and celebrates the determination of living legends who are making a difference in and around their city. The award recognizes local community builders who commit their time, resources and influence to improve and invest in their local communities; the Final Four host cities for Men and Women’s Basketball,” according to the NCAA.
When Arizona's SB1070 was passed in 2010, Reyna Montoya was a college student, undocumented, living with her parents. And the so-called show me your papers law had them in constant fear.
The award “acknowledges and celebrates the determination of living legends who are making a difference in and around their city. The award recognizes local community builders who commit their time, resources and influence to improve and invest in their local communities; the Final Four host cities for Men and Women’s Basketball,” according to the NCAA.
"I think about students I get to work with, that I get to accompany and walk side by side. And you get to see what really happens when you give them the opportunity to blossom," Montoya said.
“En realidad, necesitamos un apoyo bipartidista para que pasen estas propuestas de ley o para que se quiten o se erradiquen.” - José Patiño
En una reunión especial con líderes sociales y medios de comunicación de Arizona, el subsecretario del Tesoro, Wally Adeyemo expuso la labor que se viene realizando por parte del presidente Joe Biden para mejorar la economía familiar y acercar vivienda accesible a las comunidades.
We spoke with Mario Montoya, a research analyst and coalition consultant for Aliento, a Phoenix-based advocacy group supporting DACA participants, to help illuminate the difficulties faced by undocumented students. Montoya addressed the vulnerable circumstances faced by students without DACA protection in the present political and legal environment.
Patiño recomienda que los estudiantes que provienen de familias de estatus mixto busquen ayuda de un maestro o funcionario de confianza mientras el Departamento de Educación se prepara para corregir la solicitud.
More than 90,000 college students in Arizona have at least one undocumented parent, and sweeping changes to federal student aid policy are leaving many of them unable to complete applications that are critical to their ability to pay for school.
En Arizona, las familias con estatus migratorio mixto enfrentan desafíos sustanciales al solicitar ayuda federal para estudiantes debido al requisito de la Solicitud Gratuita de Ayuda Federal para Estudiantes (FAFSA, por sus siglas en inglés) de un número de seguro social de los contribuyentes financieros.
Salinas is a recipient of temporary immigration protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initiative, or DACA, enacted by the Obama administration in 2012. This program was intended to temporarily alleviate the threat of deportation for the hundreds of thousands of undocumented youth who immigrated to the United States as children.
Arizona stands at a pivotal moment as we approach the new year, with our decisions set to shape the progress we’ve made for education access for our communities.
“Education Day” es cuando vamos al capitolio, hablamos con legisladores y la verdad me inspiro mucho para seguir apoyando a mi comunidad.
Because of violence faced by her family there, Reyna Montoya, 32, a DACA recipient and the founder and CEO of Aliento, doesn’t view moving back to Mexico, where she was born, as a viable option.
More than a decade ago, Arizona was the flashpoint over illegal immigration in the U.S. as the number of apprehensions along the state’s border with Mexico soared to historic numbers. The state had a robust undocumented immigrant population at the time, but it has since decreased significantly.
Aliento, un grupo dirigido por jóvenes con sede en Phoenix, dijo que impulsará un cambio en la ley de Arizona que permita a los residentes indocumentados solicitar una licencia de conducir.
Un grupo de inmigrantes en Arizona participó este viernes en una exhibición artística donde expresaron sus experiencias, historias y sentimientos sobre la problemática migratoria en Estados Unidos.
Por sexto año consecutivo, Aliento llevará a cabo este viernes su gala anual de arte “Una Experiencia Humana: Historia de Migración, Expresión y Comunidad”, compuesta de obras que cuentan las historias de “resiliencia, fortaleza, sueños, miedos y esperanza” de familias indocumentadas, de estatus migratorio mixto y beneficiarias de DACA.
Arizona's Future Fellowship es un programa que se enfoca en desarrollo del liderazgo de jóvenes inmigrantes.
Ofrecemos talleres para las personas que son inmigrantes. Hablamos acerca de la incertidumbre... la resiliencia y tratamos de bajar el estres y la ansiedad al hacer el arte.
Reyna Montoya, founder and CEO of Aliento, an immigration advocacy group, was born in Tijuana, Mexico, and moved to Chandler with her family in 2003 when she was 13 years old. At the time, she knew almost no English, but Montoya had been an exceptional student in Mexico, where she excelled in math and participated in poetry contests.
Another federal court ruling against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has left Arizona Dreamers in a continued state of unease.
More than 30,000 DACA recipients call Arizona home, but a federal judge’s ruling earlier this week — which determined the policy that shields them from deportation is illegal — puts their future safety in jeopardy.
A judge in Texas is allowing more than 578,000 active DACA recipients to continue renewing their status while the lawsuit remains under review.
Patiño has been in Arizona since he was a toddler. Today, he's the vice president of education and external affairs at Aliento, a DACA-led immigrant advocacy group in Phoenix. He’s seen DACA go through three U.S. presidents, countless lawsuits and even one round at the Supreme Court.
Montoya dijo que ha estado recibiendo llamadas de beneficiarios de DACA y de jóvenes indocumentados que fueron excluidos del programa después de que se dictó el fallo del juez. La decisión sigue reforzando la incertidumbre que sienten.
Recipients of deferred action continue to ponder their future in the country a day after a federal judge ruled that deportation protections granted to undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children are illegal.
More than a decade after DACA protections for undocumented youth were signed into law, it’s still facing legal challenges. This week, a judge again ruled the program “illegal,” and it’s likely heading for the Supreme Court.
Pedro González, beneficiario de DACA, dijo no sentirse sorprendido ya que está acostumbrado a que se repita la misma situación y que lo que exigen es una solución.
Gracias a una nueva ley en Arizona, Estados Unidos, los universitarios indocumentados podrán acceder más fácilmente a una matricula para poder seguir estudiando.