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The U.S. Has Been Unfairly Deporting Veterans For Years, ACLU Alleges
A report by the ACLU released on Wednesday accuses the federal government of failing to naturalize, and then deporting, immigrants after they serve in the military.
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DREAMer Who Fought For Immigrant Rights May Not Benefit From Deportation Protections
The federal government has denied Lizbeth Mateo protection from deportation because she left the U.S. in 2013 for 13 days.
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Selena To Receive Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame
“The Queen of Tejano music” is being honored posthumously after she was fatally shot in 1995.
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After Supreme Court Setback, Activists To Focus On Stopping Deportations And Detentions
“The way to keep communities from living in fear is to put a freeze on deportations,” says Marisa Franco, director of Mijente.
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LGBT Latinos Demand To Be Seen In Wake Of Orlando Attack
A majority of the victims killed in the Orlando shooting were Latino, and nearly half were Puerto Rican. “The reality is that now I’m scared, but I’m less scared of dying and more scared of living.”
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Here Are All Of The Victims In The Orlando Nightclub Shooting
Fifty people were killed, including the gunman, and 53 others injured in a shooting at Pulse, a gay club in Orlando.
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Man Arrested With Weapons Said He Was Headed To L.A. Pride Festival
A man in possession of a rifle, ammunition, and “other dangerous materials” said he was on his way to the Pride event in West Hollywood.
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High School Grads Are Coming Out As Undocumented In Revolt Against Trump
Four high-achieving high school seniors told BuzzFeed News why they used graduation as a political platform on immigration: “I wanted to prove Trump wrong.”
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California Moves To Open Obamacare To Undocumented Immigrants
“It’s always heartening to see that our government fully understands that access to health care is really a human right,” said state Sen. Ricardo Lara.
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California University Apologizes After Denying Immigrant Enrollment
Loma Linda University had denied a graduate student admission because their policies don’t allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients to enroll.
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Texas Valedictorian Tweets She’s Undocumented, Sparks Backlash
The reaction came after the high school graduate tweeted about her 4.5 GPA, her college scholarship, and the fact that she was undocumented.
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Hillary Clinton Attacks Trump On “Dangerously Incoherent” Foreign Policy Positions
“It’s not hard to imagine Donald Trump taking us into war just because somebody got under his very thin skin,” Hillary Clinton said during a speech Thursday.
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Undocumented Immigrant Accuses Feds Of Retaliation Over Her Protests
Nadia Sol Ireri Unzueta Carrasco said she was denied a work permit and protection from deportation because she protested against the federal government.
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Only Detention Facility For Gay, Bi, And Trans Immigrants Faces Closure
The city of Santa Ana in California decided to phase out a contract with the federal government to hold gay, bi, and trans immigrants, giving officials four years to find another site.
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U.S. Border Authorities Accused Of Excessive Force And Coercion
The complaint accuses border authorities of hitting and coercing people into being deported.
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Georgetown Students Don’t Want Homeland Security Chief At Graduation Over Deportations
“It’s twisted, we’re honoring a man who has overseen the deportation of so many undocumented immigrants.”
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Texas Immigrant Detention Center Gets Child Care License
After a judge ruled immigrant minors couldn’t be held in facilities without a child care license, that’s just what a detention center in Texas secured.
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Top Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Official Resigns Over Racist Emails
Tom Angel, the department’s former chief of staff, resigned after emails he forwarded about Latinos, blacks, and Muslims were made public.
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Friend Of Alleged Charleston Church Shooter Pleads Guilty To Lying
Joseph “Joey” Meek pleaded guilty Friday to concealing information about a crime and one count of lying to an FBI agent.
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Cops Identify Body Of Woman Stabbed 150 Times Near L.A. Site Of Manson Murders
Detectives questioned cult leader Charles Manson in March about the body of the woman, who was killed in 1969.
