Tag: Deferred Action

  • UC’s Appointment of Napolitano Gets Mixed Response From Immigrant Advocates

    Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. | Photo Credit: Kevin Dietsch By Adrian Florido Last week, the University of California nominated Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano as its next president. It was a nontraditional choice, because Napolitano has little experience in higher education, but one factor was her background with immigration issues. In announcing the nomination,…

  • Attorneys Bring Law School to the Neighborhood, In English and Spanish

    By Megan Burke and Maureen Cavanaugh The United States has been famously dubbed a nation of laws, not of men. But that doesn’t really help you much if you don’t know what the laws are or how to use them. For instance, is it legal for a landlord to say you can’t rent a top…

  • Tweet City Heights: Can California Doctors Handle Surge in Medi-Cal Enrollment?

    By Megan Burks Can California Doctors Handle Surge in Medi-Cal Enrollment? State lawmakers gave an initial OK Thursday to expanding Medi-Cal under the Affordable Care Act. The expansion would extend Medi-Cal coverage to more than a million Californians next year, with initial costs being covered by the federal government. But doctors say they’re already struggling…

  • Reprieves for Young Undocumented Immigrants Start Trickling In

    By Adrian Florido Since she was 2 years old, Ana Mendoza, an undocumented immigrant, has lived in fear of the federal government. Ana Mendoza received her federal ID card under the DACA program. | Photo Credit: Courtesy Photo But the 24-year-old applied for President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program a week after the government started…

  • Deferred Action Records Requests to San Diego Unified Higher Than Expected

    By Neiko Will Listen to the radio report here The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program allows immigrants brought here as children to stay in the country for two years, and get a work permit. To be eligible for DACA, applicants must prove they have lived in the United States continuously since their arrival here. Earlier in…