Immigrants

March 6, 2023

Family reunited after four years separated by Trump-era immigration policy

José Luis Ruiz Arévalos thought he would be in Mexico for six days. Instead, he was forced to stay out of the country for almost four years, disrupting his kids' education.

February 4, 2022

Noncitizen parents can vote in San Francisco school board recall. But will they?

Elected officials and advocates for allowing noncitizen parents to vote in the San Francisco school board recall say it’s important because many of the district’s parents are not citizens.

September 23, 2021

A family separated and their education derailed

Three siblings have to put their college plans on hold after their stepdad took steps to get a green card – only to be separated from his family for more than two years.

March 23, 2021

Coaches, mentors at California schools key to helping keep recent immigrant students engaged during pandemic

When the pandemic hit, many students who recently immigrated to the U.S. were not attending online classes regularly.

Betty Márquez Rosales And Zaidee Stavely

College & Careers

July 28, 2020

One student’s journey to join the largest group of Latino students admitted to the University of California

After years of constant moving and economic instability, Johana Resendiz is now part of the history-making Latino students accepted into the UC system this year

July 13, 2020

Many undocumented youth remain in limbo after Supreme Court’s DACA decision

Undocumented youth eligible to submit first-time applications remain in limbo after Supreme Court’s DACA decision.

June 18, 2020

Supreme Court upholds DACA, protecting hundreds of thousands from deportation

The decision is a victory for DACA recipients who have been on edge for months.

November 4, 2019

Should non-citizens vote in Los Angeles school board elections?

Los Angeles, home to more immigrants than any region in California, could become the state’s second city to let non-citizen parents vote.

August 13, 2019

Federal government to restrict green cards for immigrants who could use food stamps or other aid in future

There is some evidence that California immigrant families are already disenrolling their children from public benefit programs, even though they are still eligible.

November 14, 2018

Trump's proposed regulations limiting benefits for immigrants could hurt many US-born children

The Trump administration proposes to deny people green cards for using Medi-Cal or food stamps. Benefits received by U.S. citizen children cannot be taken into account, under the draft regulations. But experts say parents could pull hundreds of thousands of California children out of health and nutrition programs out of fear.

Zaidee Stavely

Elections and Education

October 25, 2018

Non-citizen parents hesitant to register for San Francisco’s school board elections

San Francisco is the only city in California where parents without U.S. citizenship are allowed to vote in school board elections, but only 49 registered, amid warnings that ICE could find their addresses.