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San Diego deferred action center busy with backlog of transcripts

By Diana Guevara, KNSD San Diego

It may not be the mad rush they had last month when they first opened, but at the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Center in Old Town, they are still … Read More

President Barack Obama, left, and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney address the audience during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Pool-Shannon Stapleton)

Romney uses “undocumented illegals” term during answer on immigration

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The second presidential debate lived up to the hype as President Obama and Mitt Romney engaged in an at times heated and contentious town hall debate. The … Read More

While Congress stalls, states advance on financial aid (Photo courtesty of Chris Langer / for NBC News)

No GED? Some undocumented immigrants hit barriers in quest for legal status

By Miranda Leitsinger, NBCNews.com

The government’s new program offering young undocumented immigrants a reprieve from deportation presents an opportunity but also many challenges for an … Read More

A protester opposed to Arizona's Immigration Law SB 1070 prepares to march through downtown Phoenix April 25, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Jonathan Gibby/Getty Images)

Opinion: Americans’ immigration mindset means losing valuable entrepreneurs

By Esther J. Cepeda

CHICAGO -- In a stirring Washington Post column titled "America to immigrants: 'Give me your tired, your poor' but keep your entrepreneurs," Vivek Wadhwa … Read More

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck proposes that undocumented immigrants taken in for minor crimes should be let go.

Los Angeles police chief calls for releasing undocumented immigrants involved in minor crimes

By Associated Press

The Los Angeles police chief said Thursday he wants to stop honoring federal immigration detention requests in cases involving low-level crimes to regain the … Read More

Undocumented immigrants, whose deferred action applications are approved, will be able to apply for a drivers license in California.

Deferred actioners will get drivers licenses in California

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Some undocumented immigrants could get California drivers licenses under a bill that Gov. Jerry Brown announced he signed into law … Read More

Participants and their children, most born in the United States, attend an orientation seminar for illegal immigrants, to determine if they qualify for temporary work permits, at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Immigrants flood consulates and schools with documentation requests

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Schools in Yakima, Wash., are taking nearly a month to deliver transcripts to former students. The Mexican consulate in Denver introduced … Read More

Hispanic voters at the Miami-Dade Government Center on October 21, 2004 in Miami, Florida.

Poll: Latino voter enthusiasm rising, marking possible bad news for Romney

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So far, polling has shown President Obama is suffering from an enthusiasm gap among his constituency compared to the GOP. But recent polls show this may be … Read More

"Dreamers" walked to the Arizona state capitol after Governor Jan Brewer said she would block Dreamers from receiving benefits under the new deferred deportation.

Opinion: Why are deferred action DREAMers denied health coverage?

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

I can’t wrap my head around it.  Why in the world did the President deny deferred actioners coverage under the Affordable Care Act?  It’s puzzling from … Read More

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In Telemundo’s José Diaz-Balart interview, Mitt Romney defends his immigration stance

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In an interview that was conducted today with Telemundo's José Diaz Balart that will air at 6:30pm on Noticiero, Mitt Romney talked about how he would change … Read More