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Tara García Mathewson & Carolyn Jones CalMatters California school districts are short hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grant money they had already budgeted for this year. While Congress approved the funds as part of its 2025 budget, the Trump Administration today refused to release them, sending districts across the...
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The new “big and beautiful” budget, tax, and border security bill allocates more than $170 billion for deportation policy, hiring agents, and approximately 700 miles of border wall. But one aspect that has gone unnoticed is that it increases the price of several immigration services, which could make it...
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The Supreme Court’s incomplete decision on the executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants has historic implications for the future of the United States. Civil rights and immigrant advocacy organizations believe that if birthright citizenship is ultimately denied to children of undocumented immigrants, it would be...
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Grupos defensores de los derechos de los migrantes están considerando emprender acciones legales para restablecer una ley de Texas que permite el pago de matrículas estatales a estudiantes universitarios indocumentados. La medida se produce después de que el Departamento de Justicia demandara a Texas, y en cuestión de horas,...
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Immigrant rights groups have said they are considering legal action to restore a Texas law allowing in-state tuition rates for undocumented college students. The move comes after the Department of Justice sued Texas and within hours, state officials complied without a fight. According to the U.S. attorney general, federal...
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Medicaid is in the crosshairs, as Republicans in Congress are expected to lay out proposals in May to cut $1.5 trillion from the federal budget, prompting strong opposition from educators. Around 15 million Californians rely on Medicaid, known here as Medi-Cal, for their health care. However, as Mayra Alvarez,...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Los líderes de varias organizaciones de derechos civiles se reunieron en Washington DC el 31 de marzo para manifestar su oposición a la Ley de Protección de la Elegibilidad del Votante Estadounidense (SAVE), que privaría del derecho al voto a millones de votantes elegibles....
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Leaders of several civil rights organizations gathered in Washington DC March 31 to state their opposition to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would disenfranchise millions of eligible voters. The SAVE Act — HR 22 — introduced by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is currently...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters The Newsom administration is moving swiftly to distribute by May billions of dollars from the 2024 mental health bond narrowly approved by voters, but concerns are emerging about whether areas of the state that have the greatest need will be left behind, according to testimony at...
Tara García Mathewson & Carolyn Jones CalMatters California school districts are short hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grant money they had already budgeted for this year. While Congress approved the funds as part of its 2025 budget, the Trump Administration today refused to release them, sending districts across the...
The new “big and beautiful” budget, tax, and border security bill allocates more than $170 billion for deportation policy, hiring agents, and approximately 700 miles of border wall. But one aspect that has gone unnoticed is that it increases the price of several immigration services, which could make it...
The Supreme Court’s incomplete decision on the executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants has historic implications for the future of the United States. Civil rights and immigrant advocacy organizations believe that if birthright citizenship is ultimately denied to children of undocumented immigrants, it would be...
Grupos defensores de los derechos de los migrantes están considerando emprender acciones legales para restablecer una ley de Texas que permite el pago de matrículas estatales a estudiantes universitarios indocumentados. La medida se produce después de que el Departamento de Justicia demandara a Texas, y en cuestión de horas,...
Medicaid is in the crosshairs, as Republicans in Congress are expected to lay out proposals in May to cut $1.5 trillion from the federal budget, prompting strong opposition from educators. Around 15 million Californians rely on Medicaid, known here as Medi-Cal, for their health care. However, as Mayra Alvarez,...
Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Los líderes de varias organizaciones de derechos civiles se reunieron en Washington DC el 31 de marzo para manifestar su oposición a la Ley de Protección de la Elegibilidad del Votante Estadounidense (SAVE), que privaría del derecho al voto a millones de votantes elegibles....
Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Leaders of several civil rights organizations gathered in Washington DC March 31 to state their opposition to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would disenfranchise millions of eligible voters. The SAVE Act — HR 22 — introduced by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is currently...
Kristen Hwang CalMatters The Newsom administration is moving swiftly to distribute by May billions of dollars from the 2024 mental health bond narrowly approved by voters, but concerns are emerging about whether areas of the state that have the greatest need will be left behind, according to testimony at...