LA Walkout for DACA
Gerardo Hernandez, Reporter
November 13, 2019
Hundreds of students in the LA Unified school district participated in the Rise For DACA walkout rally. The event occurred on Tuesday, November 12 at MacArthur Park to demonstrate the impact of undocumented immigrants in our society. Surprising Result Kathia Garcia, the Lead Youth Organizer, had been...
Undocurun at Rio Hondo College
Joseph Rodriguez, Staff Writer
October 20, 2019
A Good Cause On Friday Rio Hondo College ended its Undocumented Student Week of Action with the first annual Undocurun. The Undocurun is a 5k walk/run that will start out of the LRC. It will then go around circle drive and end at the LRC. The 5k will also include the "Monarch Challenge" in which ru...
ICE Protest Breaks Out at El Monte Northgate Market
Ramon Alvarado, Editor-in-Chief
February 21, 2018
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were expected to investigate the Northgate Market in El Monte early Wednesday, Feb. 21 morning. The agents were to check the Northgate Market’s employees work permits, making sure they were all legally able to work. Police, media and El Monte residents flooded...
An Uncertain Future: Helping to Keep the DACA Dream Alive
Jaime Aparicio, Reporter
February 14, 2018
A healing circle and empowerment session for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA for short, was held Thursday, February 8 at the Student Union Center to help those who are undocumented on the Rio Hondo Campus. The meeting was conducted by staff who are both documented and undocumented in ...
Rio Hondo Hosts Healing Circle Following DACA Announcement
Ramon Alvarado, Editor-in-Chief
September 5, 2017
With the Trump Administration announcing the elimination of the DACA program, many undocumented students are left wondering what’s in store for them now. Keeping this in mind, Rio Hondo held a Healing Circle inside the school’s Student Union on Tuesday afternoon. The event, which was open to students...
DACA Program Ended by Trump Administration
Ramon Alvarado and Noah Garcia
September 5, 2017
The Trump Administration announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (better known as DACA) Tuesday morning. DACA protected around 800,000 “Dreamers” from being deported. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was the man that announced the final decision Tuesday. Stating that...
DACA recipient sues Trump administration after being deported
Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer
April 25, 2017
Juan Manuel Montes, a 23-year-old DACA recipient, is suing the Trump Administration following his deportation back in February. Montes was granted permission to stay in the United States under the Obama-era program that protects young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally from deport...
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