Are DACA and DAPA eligible immigrants still being deported?
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – A few weeks ago the Obama administration directed ICE agents to help identify undocumented immigrants who are eligible for relief from deportation. But a report released by the...
View ArticleUndocumented students fighting for financial aid and education equality
NEWARK, NJ – Just hours before their graduation at the Prudential Center in Newark, undocumented students condemned New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s veto on state financial aid for the...
View ArticleImmigrant youths say DACA is a success
NEWARK, N.J. – Obama’s Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is working according to United We Dream – the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the nation. United States...
View Article8K Pinoy youth helped by Obama’s 2012 immigration relief
LOS ANGELES – Three years ago on June 15, 2012, President Barack Obama announced an executive order aimed to help undocumented immigrant youth. But as the Asian American community celebrates the change...
View ArticleAppeals court hears arguments on Obama’s executive orders on immigration
NEW ORLEANS – The focus of the immigration battle has shifted to New Orleans where the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the arguments on whether or not to restore President Barack Obama’s...
View ArticleDeadline fast approaching for 3-year DACA work permit recall
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – If you are among 2,000 immigrants who were issued three-year work permits under President Barack Obama’s expanded deferred action for childhood arrivals program or DACA, the...
View ArticlePinoy Panawagan – 3-year DACA work permit recall
As the deadline for the return of erroneously issued three-year DACA work permits approaches, Atty. Lou Tancinco discusses what this means for Filipino immigrants who are affected. Need legal advice?...
View ArticlePinoy DACA recipient hangs hope for immigration reform on next president
LAS VEGAS – Pinoys in Southern Nevada who are recipients of President Barack Obama’s deferred action for childhood arrivals program (DACA) are now clinging to what the next president will do to...
View ArticleWhite House, LA Mayor honor undocumented Pinoy teacher
LOS ANGELES – A Filipino Dreamer is riding high after living in the shadows. James Ballesteros kept pursuing his dream and after being on the DACA program for three years, he’s made a pair of special...
View ArticleAdvocates demand court decision on Obama’s immigration relief programs
NEW YORK – It has been nearly a year since President Obama announced an executive order that would allow about four million undocumented immigrants to live and work in the US without fear of...
View ArticleGOP rising stars back off support for immigration relief measures
By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Nov. 5, 2015 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – If millions of undocumented immigrants continue to hold out hope that immigration reform will soon pass congress, it...
View ArticleObama administration wants Supreme Court to approve its immigration plans
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court reporter WASHINGTON, DC – A federal appeals court said President Barack Obama’s controversial executive actions on immigration — aimed at easing deportation...
View ArticleDACA recipients, immigration advocates hopeful despite court ruling
SAN FRANCISCO – Undocumented immigrant Brain Cheong, 24, says that despite the ruling of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to block President Barack Obama’s extended DACA and DAPA programs, he’s...
View ArticleClinton’s immigration plan includes lower fees, expanded deportation relief
BROOKLYN, NY – Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton picks up a major endorsement from a leading voice of the Latino community in the United States. Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez’ official...
View ArticleFil-Ams join LA street protest to demand an end to deportations
LOS ANGELES – Immigrant rights advocates planned to shut down an office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), by blocking a downtown Los Angeles intersection during rush hour. Hundreds...
View ArticleAtty. Tancinco shares possible outcomes of SC decision on DACA/DAPA
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – On April 18, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States v. Texas. The highest court in the land will now decide whether the president’s deferred action initiatives...
View ArticleLA City Hall celebrates four years of DACA
LOS ANGELES – Four years ago, President Barack Obama made a life changing announcement — a plan to legalize undocumented youth. Steve Angeles tells us how the City of Los Angeles marked the milestone...
View ArticleFew DACA-eligible undocumented Pinoys apply, study finds
SAN FRANCISCO – Of the estimated 20,000 undocumented Filipinos who are DACA eligible, there are few who are taking advantage of the program, according to the Migration Policy Institute. Sally Kinoshita...
View ArticleGurfinkel: what to expect from President Trump’s immigration plan
by Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News For many immigrants, President-elect Donald Trump’s earlier campaign promises – from building a great wall along the Mexico-U.S. border, to deporting 11 million or so...
View ArticlePinoy Panawagan: DACA Travel Warning
Atty. Lou Tancinco discusses recent warnings issued by immigration advocates, lawyers, and even universities urging DACA recipients to complete any international travel before President-Elect Donald...
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