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Today, Aliento fellows and youth leaders Mario Montoya, Saúl Rascón, and Darian Benitez were invited to the White House celebration marking the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. They witnessed the historic moment firsthand when President Biden announced a landmark immigration relief for immigrant families known as "Parole in Place."
Fifteen minutes. Not much time in the scheme of things, yet this timetable set Reyna Montoya’s life trajectory. Montoya was born in Tijuana, Mexico, a mere 15-minute walk from the United States border.
Uncertainty is nothing new for DACA recipients. As many matured from school age to adulthood, they have witnessed a barrage of legal threats to the program.
A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will help decide DACA's fate
This story is a collaboration between Arizona Luminaria and Open Campus, and produced with support from Ascendium Education Group and the Education Writers Association Reporting Fellowship program.
A generation of Arizonans revolted against hardline immigration policies and won important battles. This year, the state voted to bring those policies back
The Inaugural Families First Forum is in the books! Children’s Action Alliance and the Arizona Center for Economic Progress joined forces with Wildfire and the Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers to host the Families First Forum on November 14th at the Children’s Museum of Phoenix.
Partes de la Propuesta 314 de Arizona no entrarán en vigor a menos que el tribunal federal declare constitucional la Ley de Texas SB 4, ya que está basada en esa ley. Iowa y Oklahoma están a la espera de que entren en vigor leyes similares.
José Patiño, vice president of education and external affairs for Aliento—a migrant advocacy group—urged the community to speak up: make calls to the governor to make sure no extra money is allocated to prop 314, and hold Senator-elect Ruben Gallego and Senator Mark Kelly accountable to advocating for human dignity.
Arizonans approved a proposition this month that expands police powers over any person they suspect entered the country unlawfully. The new law shares a striking resemblance to a similar measure enacted by voters over a decade ago; a time many remember riddled with fear and uncertainty.