Tag: Undocumented Immigrants: Page 11

Students

Harvard Student Says He Faces Deportation From U.S.

An undocumented Harvard University student is facing deportation to Mexico after being detained by immigration authorities at a Texas airport, the student said last week.

June 14, 2010

African-American

ACLU, Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Against Arizona Law

The American Civil Liberties Union, along with national and Arizona-based civil rights organizations, filed a legal challenge Monday to Arizona’s tough new immigration law.

May 17, 2010

Students

Undocumented Immigrant Student in Georgia Hopes Case Helps Spur Reform

When Jessica Colotl, an undocumented immigrant college student, got arrested for a minor traffic violation at her suburban Atlanta campus, she became an accidental poster child for immigration reform.

May 16, 2010

Latinx

Undocumented “Dreamwalkers” Ponder Next Moves For DREAM Act, Immigration Reform Activism

Young Latinos, such as the four ‘Dreamwalkers’ who walked from Miami to Washington to bring attention to undocumented students, have become increasingly engaged in immigration reform activism.

May 13, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Latino and Civil Rights Groups Announce Arizona Boycott

The National Council de la Raza along with other national civil rights and labor organizations announced a boycott against Arizona.

May 6, 2010

Latinx

Professor Behind Controversial Arizona Law Also Works Against In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students

Traveling around the country to undo laws benefiting undocumented immigrants, law professor Kris Kobach is to the in-state tuition for undocumented student movement what Ward Connerly is to affirmative action in college admissions.

May 2, 2010

Home

Opinion: The Census 2010 and the Three-Fifths Compromise

The discourse over participation of undocumented immigrants in the 2010 Census bears a disturbing similarity to the “compromise” to “count” slaves as three-fifths of a human; that is, the simultaneous counting of people for political gain but treating them as if they don’t really count.

May 2, 2010

Community Colleges

Board Votes to Allow Undocumented Immigrants Access to N.C. Community Colleges

North Carolina’s community college board has approved allowing illegal immigrants to enroll next year, a move that could drop a contentious issue in the lap of state lawmakers in an election year.

March 22, 2010

Home

Underground Railroad Center, Scholars Cast Eyes on an Old Evil

Joined by Ohio-based scholars, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati updates its mission with a focus on modern-day slavery.

March 14, 2010

African-American

Congress Expected to Focus on Education in 2010

The U.S. Congress is expected to turn its attention to higher education in the new year.

January 7, 2010

Latinx

WASHINGTON UPDATE : 2010 CAPITOL HILL OUTLOOK: MORE ATTENTION TO EDUCATION

Congress is expected to turn its attention to higher ed in the new year.\r\n\r\nFor a year that began with great expectations, 2009 ended with many top higher education legislative goals unresolved as other pres

January 6, 2010

Latinx

Immigration Reform Next for Obama Cabinet

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke took a page from their personal histories in making an economic argument for why immigration reform should be the next domestic agenda item for President Barack Obama’s administration.

December 17, 2009