The Grand Rapids City Commission granted a settlement of $190,000 on November 12th to Marine veteran Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, after he was arrested, wrongfully detained, and subsequently handed over to ICE by the Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD). Ramos-Gomez’s December 14 transfer to an ICE detainment center last year…

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) will provide free tuition for students from households that make less than $75,000 per year beginning academic year 2020-2021. This is a welcome announcement to a mostly Latinx community in Edinburg, Texas. Over half of the UTRGV student body will…

An advocacy group raised $2.1 million to release around 200 detained immigrants and bring attention to the large number of asylum seekers still in U.S. custody. On November 20th, more than 200 ICE detainees were bailed out of over 40 detainment centers across 20 states by the Refugee…

On November 12th the Washington D.C. restaurant called Immigrant Food, which owners call “gastroadvocacy,” opened for business only a few feet away from the White House. They are serving up eclectic blends of immigrant inspired dishes, along with free English classes, advocacy programs, and meetups for customers. “Immigrants…

The gender pay gap continues to negatively impact women, but Latinas feel the consequences harder. Today is Latina Equal Pay Day, which marks the amount of extra days a Latina would have to work to earn what a white male makes in one year, and Nov. 20th is…

Puerto Rican Congressman José E. Serrano of New York State’s 15th Congressional District will retire from the U.S. House of Representatives in 2021, following his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, while two Puerto Rican candidates have emerged as frontrunners to fill his seat come next election. Serrano, who has worked…

Under a new proposal by the Trump administration, fees for citizenship applications would increase by more than 80%, making the challenging process even more arduous, immigration advocates claim. For marriage-based green cards filed within the United States, application fees would increase by 56%, from $1,760 to $2,750, and…

A new California law that requires officers in the state to record the race and gender of the people they stop and search led to findings of racial profiling at traffic stops by an LA Times investigation. Leo Hernandez was stopped twice by Los Angeles Police Department officers…

It’s been a tumultuous time for people living in the United States under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The program, known as DACA, put in place by the Obama administration in 2012 has been in danger of ending. And on Tuesday, November 12, the Supreme Court will hear…

A Texas high school student has her gaze set on the stars, while NASA has their sights set on her. Junior Perla Bautista was chosen for a coveted spot at National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program, the Terrell Independent School District announced Nov.…