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Courtesy / Arkansas Department of Education More than 60 percent of Arkansas parents say their child is learning the same or more while attending school during the COVID-19 pandemic. That's one of the findings of a survey developed by the Arkansas Department of Education's Office for Family Engagement and the University of Arkansas's Office for Education Policy. The results of the survey were presented to the State Board of Education on Friday. © 2021 KUAF

Bill could allow Southeast Asian American deportees to return Agnes Constante © Provided by NBC News Asian American community advocates say a new immigration reform bill reintroduced in Congress on Tuesday can become a pathway for Southeast Asian Americans who have been deported to return to the U.S. or who are in deportation proceedings to stay in the country. The New Way Forward Act, co-sponsored by 34 Democrats in the House and endorsed by more than 300 organizations, seeks to decriminalize immigration and tackle systemic racism in the country's immigration system. Kham M...

Questions surround COVID-19 vaccine timeline for immigrants in ICE custody By Camilo Montoya-Galvez COVID vaccine timeline unknown for ICE detainees Krystal Chavez, who was a toddler when her father started his prison sentence in the early 1990s, said she was looking forward to hugging him for the first time outside of a detention facility. Martha, her sister, said she was hoping her father could finally meet his grandchildren. The U.S. citizen sisters did not get those opportunities.  Their father, Cipriano Chavez-Alvarez, 62, had his life sentence for a non-violent drug...

Immigration detainees file for class-action lawsuit against ICE and Georgia gynecologist, alleging misconduct Teo Armus © Jeff Amy/AP Dawn Wooten, left, a former nurse at Irwin County Detention Center, speaks at a September news conference in Atlanta protesting conditions at the facility. A group of immigrant women detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking a class-action lawsuit against the agency, alleging they received subpar gynecological care — or faced retaliation for speaking out about it — while being held at a facility in Georgia. A co...