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Uncertainty around DACA program leads to psychological stress for recipients
By Amy McCaig, Rice University | Medical Xpress | NOV. 20, 2023 | Photo By Sheila Fitzgerald After former President Donald Trump announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2017, beneficiaries of it experienced significantly higher levels of distress and post-traumatic stress diagnoses than ... -
The Challenges of Educational Exchange from a North American Perspective
By Juan Pablo Murra | North Capital Forum | 2023 Photo by Conecta TEC MX Introduction International trade and globalization have brought the world closer together, offering opportunities for increased connectivity. Technology is a significant catalyst for regional and international development. The exchange of goods, services, and capital across borders ... -
DACA Court Case Updates: Summary of Litigation and Potential Supreme Court Case
The Supreme Court could decide the fate of the DACA policy within the next two years. DACA provides protection from deportation and gives legal work authorization to roughly 600,000 undocumented individuals who came to the U.S. as young children. A pending federal court decision will likely send the case to ... -
Years after a border separation, a family’s reunion was in a judge’s hands
By Kevin Sieff | The Washington Post | JUL. 21, 2023 | Photo by Johnie Izquierdo NASHVILLE — She sat on the edge of a picnic table outside the Comfort Inn and waited for the hearing to begin. “Hello?” Magdalena Hernández Pérez said into her phone. “Can you hear me?” ... -
Viral video after Mexico’s Gold Cup win sparks a conversation about speaking Spanish
‘Language isn’t the only thing that defines who we are and our relationship to our Mexican heritage.’ By Alejandra Molina | Los Angeles Times | JUL. 18, 2023 | Photo by Martina Ibanez-Baldor As El Tri fans cheered Mexico’s CONCACAF Gold Cup win on Sunday outside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, ... -
Democrats call for DACA health care expansion
By Rafael Bernal | The Hill | JUN. 23, 2023 | Photo by Carolyn Kaster A group of 80 Democratic lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to implement a proposal to expand access to federal health care benefits for people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In a ... -
'Limbo of DACA' weighs heavy on hundreds of thousands of eligible youths left out of ...
On the 11th anniversary of DACA, as many as 400,000 people who would be eligible to apply have been shut out because of legal challenges. By Nicole Acevedo | NBC News | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by Owen Berg Hundreds of thousands of DACA-eligible people have been shut out ... -
DeSantis and Trump compete to take the most extreme stance on immigration
Opinion by Jean Guerrero | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 2, 2023 | Photo by Josh Funk Donald Trump was the most anti-immigrant U.S. president in nearly 100 years. He oversaw a family separation policy at the border that traumatized countless childrenand lost track of hundreds of parents; slashed refugee admissions to record ... -
NC professor: DACA hangs in the balance this week, and my heart aches
Opinion by Jose Badillo Carlos | The Charlotte Observer | JUN. 1, 2023 | Photo by Casey Toth One afternoon, when I was 19, I drove my mom to the grocery store to buy milk and cereal for my younger sister. For most families, this type of errand disappears from ... -
CMSC Partners with LA County to host virtual Mental Health series
The California-Mexico Studies Center is please to announce a new collaboration with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health to host a virtual workshop series EVERY Sunday at 12pm (PST) until July 9th, 2023. This series is a resource for our students/participants/alumni!
