Tag: Undocumented
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California To Start Sending Relief To Undocumented Immigrants
Thousands of undocumented immigrants will receive up to one-thousand dollars from the state government starting Monday. The payments are drawn from a $75 million cash assistance program launched by Gov. Newsom last month.
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Students Receive First Dream Act CalGrant Awards
Javier Silva Ayala, 19, on his way to lunch after a morning class at San Diego State University, Dec. 4, 2013. Silva Ayala is one of 7,469 California college students who immigrated to the country illegally and now receive state-funded financial aid. | Photo Credit: Guillermo Sevilla, KPBS By Kyla Calvert Haga clic aquí para…
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Number of Undocumented Immigrants In U.S. May Have Grown
By Adrian Florido Researchers have a new estimate for the number of immigrants living in the country illegally. It is Pew Research Center that is responsible for the number we all cite when talking about the number of unauthorized immigrants currently in the U.S.: 11.2 million. But Tuesday, Pew senior demographer Jeffrey Passel said that…
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Tweet City Heights: Treating Uninsured Immigrants After Healthcare Reform
By Megan Burks Treating Uninsured Immigrants After Healthcare Reform The Affrodable Care Act will not extend public health insurance to undocumented immigrants or legal residents who have lived in the United States for less than five years. Such individuals also won’t be able to purchase private insurance plans through state insurance exchanges. Young immigrants with…
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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…