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News Articles: DACA

DACA recipients in front of Supreme Court

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Plan Returns To Extend Lower In-State Tuition To DACA Recipients

The approximately 21,000 DACA recipients living in Georgia get the same public education as any other Georgia student through 12th grade, but when it comes to college, they have to pay out-of-state tuition, which is much higher than in-state rates.

January 26, 2021
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Dreamers protest in front of the Supreme Court

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  • Politics

Biden Immigration Overhaul Could Set 11M People On Path To Citizenship

Samuel Aguilar, Georgia State Director of the immigration reform advocacy group FWD.us, applauded the Biden administration for taking action to change the direction of the country’s approach to immigration right out of the gate.

January 22, 2021
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By:
  • Ariana Figueroa
Santiago Potes is the first Latino DACA recipient to be awarded a prestigious Rhodes scholarship.

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  • National

Santiago Potes Is 1st Latino DACA Recipient To Be Awarded Rhodes Scholarship

As a 2021 Rhodes Scholar, Potes will study at the University of Oxford. His parents settled in Miami after fleeing Colombia when he was 4. He is a new graduate of Columbia University in New York.

December 08, 2020
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By:
  • Bo Hamby and
  • Dalia Mortada
People demonstrate in June in Los Angeles in favor of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Immigrant rights advocates hailed a Friday court ruling allowing new applications as a "huge victory for people who have been waiting to apply for DACA for the first time."

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  • Law

Judge Orders Trump Administration To Restore DACA As It Existed Under Obama

Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis instructed the Department of Homeland Security to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as soon as Monday.

December 05, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Iván and his mother, Hilda Ramirez, have taken refuge in a suburban church in Austin, Texas, for more than four and a half years. She says they fled his abusive grandfather in Guatemala five years ago, made it to the Texas border, and asked for asylum from the Obama administration. But she says their treatment under President Trump has been worse.

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  • National

Sanctuary Immigrants Take Refuge In Texas Church, Watch Election Closely

President Trump's immigration policies are on the line and many are hoping Joe Biden will follow through on pledges to help immigrants and asylum-seekers if he wins the election.

November 02, 2020
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By:
  • John Burnett
The Trump administration implemented new restrictions on DACA applicants following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling ordering DHS to revert to the original guidelines set by President Barack Obama in 2012.

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  • Law

California Picks Up Fight Over DACA Restrictions Again

State Attorney General Xavier Becerra will challenge new restrictions aimed at limiting Deferred Action for Childhod Arrivals applications while the Trump administration aims to end the program.

August 18, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) drops back to pass in the first half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Georgia Teams Push For Legalizing Sports Betting

On this edition of Political Rewind, if you are wagering that sports betting may soon be legal in Georgia, your odds of being correct have just gotten...

November 12, 2019
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  • Bill Nigut
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018.

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  • Politics

Immigration Showdown In Washington

On this edition of Political Rewind, immigration takes center stage in Washington this week. Outrage over the Department of Justice policy of separating...

June 18, 2018
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  • Tom Faust
Author of "3,585 Miles to be an American girl", Nury Castillo-Crawford signs a page of her book at a book release.

3,585 Miles To Be An American Girl: The Long Trek From Peru

Listener Nury Castillo-Crawford of Gwinnett County got in touch with On Second Thought after hearing a interview on mental health issues within...

June 13, 2018
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By:
  • Fenly Foxen and
  • Virginia Prescott
Families of undocumented immigrants in Georgia are made to feel unwelcome, says Belisa Urbina of the organization Ser Familia.

Overcoming Fear And Anxiety Of Being Undocumented In Georgia

With no decisive action on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA) program, young immigrants in the United States face an uncertain future....

June 01, 2018
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By:
  • Fenly Foxen and
  • Virginia Prescott
People march in defense of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in Los Angeles, California.

DACA's Uncertain Future Takes Toll On Georgia DREAMer

In a bid to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Alabama and six other states recently filed a lawsuit against it . The Obama...

May 31, 2018
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  • Fenly Foxen and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Thursday, May 31, 2018

In a bid to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Alabama and six other states recently filed a lawsuit against it . The Obama...

May 31, 2018
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  • Sean Powers ,
  • Susie Davis ,
  • and 5 more
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks to city employees at City Hall, April 10, 2018.

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  • Politics

Atlanta Mayor Calls For Resignations Of City Leaders, Promotes Transparency

On this edition of Political Rewind, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms calls for the resignations of almost everyone in city leadership. Will the move...

April 11, 2018
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
In this  photo, various cannabis oil products are displayed in the office of Georgia State Rep. Allen Peake, R - Macon, in Macon, Ga. Peake is at the center of a semi-legal statewide medical cannabis distribution network.

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  • Politics

A Pirate Cannabis Oil Operation Under The Golden Dome

The race for governor of Georgia has turned into a sprint now that the 2018 general assembly has concluded its business. What ammunition did the session...

April 02, 2018
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
Author Marie Marquardt poses  with her novel "Flight Season" on Feb. 20, 2018.

Author Tells The Immigrant Story In Young Adult Fiction

In less than two weeks, a critical program for many immigrants in the U.S. illegally expires. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or...

February 20, 2018
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  • Adam Ragusea and
  • Sean Powers
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