U.S. is separating immigrant parents and children to discourage others, activists say

By | February 20th, 2018|Immigration, Police & Community|

Thousands of parents who crossed illegally into the U.S. in recent years have been held with their children at immigration detention centers. But the case of a Brazilian woman and her son illustrates what migrant advocates call a harsher approach to immigration enforcement that aims to separate parents

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This Week in White Supremacy tracks battle for racial justice

By | February 20th, 2018|Extremism, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

What do Ohio teens chanting slurs at black and Asian high school athletes have in common with the anti-immigrant fanaticism that intensified with the president’s lie about a border agent’s death?

And how are those incidents associated with a tiny neo-Nazi group that has been linked to at least five killings, including the death of a

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Even as gay rights battles are won, transgender people continue to face obstacles

By | February 19th, 2018|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

In post-marriage-equality America, where same-sex couples live openly and increasingly are embraced in their communities, those on the conservative right who once pushed back against gay rights now appear to have shifted their focus to the transgender community.

So far this year, 10

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Census ‘citizenship’ question sets off new California vs. Trump immigration argument

By | February 19th, 2018|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

Are you a U.S. citizen?

It’s a simple question, but Southern California public officials say it could complicate political life in this immigrant-rich region if the Trump administration succeeds in making a question like it part of the 2020 national census.

So they’re fighting back with hot rhetoric and threats of legal action, making the census the

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After 2016 Election, Campus Hate Crimes Seemed to Jump. Here’s What the Data Tell Us.

By | February 19th, 2018|Education, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

In the charged weeks after the election of Donald J. Trump, analysts and advocacy groups noted a rise in reports of hate crimes. Colleges seemed to be seeing that rise as much as any public spaces.

Anecdotal evidence suggested that acts of campus harassment and violence were on the upswing. (The Chronicle collected much of that

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Amid anti-immigrant and racial clashes, ethnic studies programs blossom in public schools

By | February 16th, 2018|Education|

As public debates swirl around “Dreamers,” President Trump’s border wall and Black Lives Matter, the study of race and ethnicity is booming in public schools.

Nationwide, states and school systems are refining, expanding or adopting courses that explore history, literature and politics through

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ICE steps up enforcement at businesses in California, targeting employers and workers

By | February 16th, 2018|Immigration|

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents put on their navy blue jackets and walked into a trucking company’s office in Carson this week, sending waves of anxiety rippling through the building.

In the lobby, a nervous office manager greeted the team from ICE’s

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No Room for Debate: Senate Floor Fight Over Immigration Is a Bust

By | February 16th, 2018|Immigration|

WASHINGTON — In terms of rip-roaring debates, it certainly didn’t rival Calhoun versus Webster. It definitely was not in the pantheon with Lincoln and Douglas. In fact, it really didn’t even measure up to Biden meets Palin.

The promised freewheeling, take-on-all-comers Senate showdown over immigration policy never really

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Amid tense immigration climate, LAPD revises rules for working with ICE, place-of-birth questions

By | February 14th, 2018|Immigration, Police & Community|

Students of the Academia Avance charter school in Highland Park, and many of their parents, were on edge last February.

It was the morning after a classmate’s father, Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez, had been detained by federal immigration agents as he dropped off his children at school. So when a parent drove by and spotted uniformed law

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Applications for college aid through the California Dream Act are down again

By | February 13th, 2018|Education, Immigration|

Each year, California invites students who are in the country without legal permission to apply for the same financial aid packages available to others. But officials once again are concerned that fears are keeping those they want to help from seeking the funding.

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