Discovering a huge lack of understanding about the needs of undocumented college students, two Arizona State University students formed a program three years ago to educate campus leaders, staff, and faculty about such challenges and about ways to help. Jesus Cisneros and Davier Rodriguez formed DREAMzone in 2012 with the…
A big crowd of fast-food workers and their supporters marched through downtown Phoenix Tuesday afternoon demanding a $15-an-hour minimum wage and union rights. “In today’s economy and with the cost of living, $15 an hour is the bare minimum needed to get by,” said Gilbert Romero, one of the organizers…
Immigration advocates used words like “frustrated” to describe their reaction to the news that a federal appeals court has dealt another setback to President Barack Obama’s plan to shield millions from deportation. In a 2-1 ruling issued Monday night, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided to uphold a…
Supporters of a municipal identification card that Phoenix residents could use to access city services or use as a valid proof of identity say Phoenix City Council members have the votes to approve the plan but have refused to do it. “At this point, there is very little excuse for…
Migrant advocates today announced a November 20 march against deportations and family separations on the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s executive action on immigration. Last November , the president announced a series of orders on immigration that he said were meant to prioritize the deportation of “felons, not families.” But…
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has hired a high-profile Arizona immigration activist to assist his campaign with outreach to Latinos, an increasingly important voting bloc. Erika Anidola, a 28-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico, will join the Sanders campaign as a Latino outreach strategist for the southwest states. She starts work…
In an effort to boost turnout among young voters, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held a “national student town hall” meeting that was live-streamed at colleges and universities across the country, including to Arizona State University. A throng of students gathered at ASU’s Tempe campus Wednesday evening to hear the…
The parents of a teenager — who recently was sentenced to five years in prison after trying to hide her pregnancy by throwing her newborn out of a window — say they’ve been denied custody of their granddaughter because they’re undocumented. Samantha Perez was 15 years old when she was…
When Lily Gallego began attending Carl Hayden Community High School as a freshman, she struggled to keep up with schoolwork and didn’t feel that teachers paid much attention to her. “It was really fast-paced,” she said. “If you didn’t get it, oh well. You moved on to the next lesson…
