Magon: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 3

October 30, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: college of the desert, comprehensive immigration reform, DACA, Deferred Action, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, desert mirage high school, DREAM Act, Dreamer Chronicles, Eastern Coachella Valley, immigration reform, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, S. 744, UFW, United Farm Workers

[Translate]   Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of three reports on the DREAMer movement.

Magon: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 2

October 15, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: AB 540, Alma Torres, California Dream Act, Caravan for Citizenship, CIR, DACA, Deferred Action for Early Arrivals, DREAM Act, Dreamer Movement, DREAMers, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, UFW, UFW Foundation

[Translate]   Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of three reports on the DREAMer movement.

Magon: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 1

October 7, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alma Torres, CA Dream Network, CHIRLA, comprehensive immigration reform, DACA, Diana Colin, DREAM Act, immigration reform, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, S. 744, UFW, UFW Foundation, United Farm Workers, Wise Up!

[Translate]     Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of three reports on the DREAMer movement   The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 27: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 1   It was 2010 and the Immigration movement was at a crossroad— continue advocating for comprehensive immigration reform, or support the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, legislation introduced earlier that year by Senator Durbin (D-IL) which would have benefited undocumented youth exclusively, which is the most common version known today (there was a version introduced in 2001 but that, for reasons I’m sure all of you know, failed in a wave of xenophobia and patriotism).

Magon: A Familiar Scene in Bakersfield

August 19, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: AgJobs, Bakersfield, Coachella, DREAM Act, immigration reform, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Kevin McCarthy, S. 744, S744, The Diary of Joaquín Magón, UFW, UFW Foundation

[Translate]     The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 25: A Familiar Scene in Bakersfield   Bakersfield, CA –The movement for immigration reform brought over 1,000 supporters to Bakersfield last week to put public pressure on House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy – the new “whipping boy” on immigration as Politico newspaper has so dubbed him.

Barred from Federal Programs, DREAMers May Qualify for Medi-Cal

June 25, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DREAM Act, DREAMer, Medi-Cal, New America Media, VIJI SUNDARAM

[Translate] VIJI SUNDARAM/New America Media This article is also available in Spanish. 中文翻譯 OXNARD, Calif.

Cautious Hope After Obama’s Immigration Reform Speech

January 31, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, barack obama, brenda rincon, Coachella, Comite Latino, Cristina Mendez, DREAM Act, DREAMers, Eastern Coachella Valley, Esperanza Navarro, immigration reform, ivan delgado, Johnny Flores, Mario Lazcano, Trinidad Arredondo

[Translate]       By BRENDA RINCON/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA, Calif. – The immigration issue is not about numbers for Esperanza Navarro.

Two Farmworkers’ Daughters, Two Paths to Higher Education

January 28, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: brenda rincon, Coachella, Coachella Valley High School, Cristian Cabrera, DACA, DREAM Act, Farm Workers, immigration reform, Kent Braithwaite, Silvia Paz

[Translate]   COACHELLA, Calif. – Cristian Cabrera was working in the grape fields with her family last summer, saving money for the fall semester, when she received a text from a friend.

Magon: The Deportation Chronicles, Pt. 3

January 23, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: DACA, Deportation Chronicles, DREAM Act, DREAMers, Eastern Coachella Valley, ICE, immigration reform, jesus valenzuela, Jesus Valenzuela Felix, Joaquin Magon, Mary Bono Mack, Raul Ruiz

[Translate]     The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 24: The Deportation Chronicles, Part 3 Raul: Those Who Said Goodbye In 2010, there were an estimated 387,000 “removals” according to Department of Homeland Security documents.