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That is the question facing the Los Angeles Police Department and the handful of other law enforcement agencies who employ police officers protected by DACA, the Obama-era program that is short ...
Los Angeles is one of a number of Democratic-led cities in California, Colorado and Illinois that have instituted sanctuary city policies restricting cooperation with federal immigration officials ...
Numerous reports suggest between 700,000 and 800,000 DACA recipients live in the U.S. The Los Angeles Times reports there are 578,680 on record with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
Research has shown that DACA increased the wages and employment status of DACA-eligible immigrants, [17] [18] [19] and improved the mental health outcomes for DACA participants and their children. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Research also suggests it reduced the number of undocumented immigrant households living in poverty. [ 23 ]
DACA provides young immigrants who meet specific criteria with protection from deportation and eligibility for work authorization for two years. Since 2012, about 800,000 people have been granted DACA. [2] On September 5, 2017, President Trump ordered an end to the DACA program and established a phasing out plan for DACA. [3]
During the late 1980s, CHIRLA's activities focused on three major areas: education, political advocacy, and community organization.At this time, majority of their advocacy work was centered around helping undocumented immigrants fill out their applications that would grant them a form of legal status through the amnesty provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act. [1]
Yessenia Lopez stands with supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipient during a rally outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California on September 1 ...
On February 2, a large anti-mass deportation protest began at Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, California. The event was organized in response to increased immigration enforcement activities by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).