A UMD organization called PLUMAS, the Political Latinx United for Movement and Action in Society, is using funds raised from a gala to help UMD students in the DACA program to pay for their renewal fees. They also provide one academic scholarship from the funding. The first Dream Gala was held in February 2017. In... Continue Reading →
Some of you are probably looking at the title of this post and thinking, "Good grief, what did she find this time?" But I think you'll find this worth a laugh On August 15th, 2016, months before the election, YouTube group Funny or Die uploaded a video that parodied a trailer for the movie The Great... Continue Reading →
On September 25th, 2017, YouTube group we are mitú uploaded a video that consisted of a conversation between Emmanuel Ramos Barajas, a Mexican to immigrated to America, and his mother. While in the background of a montage of many other Mexicans and tidbits of their daily lives, the conversation provides a very hopeful message. One of... Continue Reading →
March 5, 2018 was supposed to be the terrible day. President Trump declared that date as the last day that DACA will be in legislation. "DACA is dead" is what President Trump posted in an angry rampage on twitter. Well, frankly, it's not. More than 55,000 DACA initial and renewal applications were approved in the first three... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfSLjNU9dBo The video above follows the lives of 6 medical students and reveals their thoughts on the possibility of losing their work permits and having to go back to their native countries. At least 65 DACA recipients are in medical school, and half of them are enrolled in the Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago.... Continue Reading →
DACA has cemented itself as the centerpiece for most of our political news at the conclusion of this Easter Sunday. President Trump has headlined a variety of media outlets by demanding that "DACA is dead," and that all talks for a deal have been tabled. FOX news recently hosted "Angel Moms," people who have had... Continue Reading →
DACA and DREAMERS: The Road to Citizenship 