Undocumented Students News Today

The University of California has refused to extend employment benefits to undocumented students, setting up a clash with state lawmakers. They have had tensions before.

Students are demonstrating on the Santa Clara University campus, protesting the situation in Gaza. But with tensions heightened at universities across the country, organizers were determined to keep this event calm.

The Alabama House of Representatives Tuesday approved a measure that would allow some students living in the country illegally to attend public higher education in the state. HB 210, sponsored by Rep. Reed Ingram, R-Pike Road, would allow students in the U.S. without legal permission to attend one of Alabama’s post-secondary institutions, if they have […] The post Alabama House passes bill allowing some undocumented immigrants to attend college appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

The University of California has refused to extend employment benefits to undocumented students, despite promises to do so.

Young Latinos are one of the fastest-growing populations in the U.S. And we have the same career expectations and ambitions as our peers.

The Alabama House Education Policy Committee Wednesday approved legislation that would allow some undocumented students to attend public higher education in the state. HB 210, sponsored by Rep. Reed Ingram, R-Pike Road, would allow undocumented students who have attended high school for three years and have a high school diploma, GED or equivalent and and […] The post Bill allowing some undocumented students to attend college passes Alabama House committee appeared first on Alabama Reflec...

Trump criticized California using true and untrue claims about water access, immigrant rights and elections.

The need for the UC to do what’s right in the face of political headwinds has not lessened. If anything, urgency has increased as DACA has withered.

Last month, the UC Board of Regents delayed consideration of a proposal to employ undocumented students for at least a year.

This hardening by Latinos doesn't surprise me one bit. In a state where an estimated 83% of Latinos are of Mexican heritage, the changing faces of illegal immigration are drawing less and less empathy. I've seen this within my own family.