Hispanic Community February 2018

Senate Rejects Immigration Bills; Young Immigrants In Limbo [Beyond Education]

The Senate has left hundreds of thousands of "Dreamer" immigrants in limbo, rejecting rival plans that would have spared them from deportation and strengthened the nation's border security. Senators dealt President Donald Trump an especially galling defeat as more than a quarter of fellow Republicans abandoned him on an issue that helped propel him to the White House.

Global February 2018

Students Going To State Capital To Push For Gun Law Changes [Education News]

A hundred Stoneman Douglas High School students are busing 400 miles to Florida's capital Tuesday to urge lawmakers to act to prevent a repeat of the massacre that killed 17 students and faculty last week. The students plan to hold a rally Wednesday in hopes that it will put pressure on the state's Republican-controlled Legislature to consider a sweeping package of gun-control laws, something some GOP lawmakers said Monday they would consider.

Hispanic Community February 2018

Trump Revives Push For Limits On Immigrants Bringing Family [Beyond Education]

The White House is aiming to limit the relatives that immigrants-turned-citizens can sponsor, a profound change to a fundamental piece of the American immigration system. Self-described "restrictionists," including President Donald Trump, want a narrower, nuclear definition of family, making spouses and minor children the only relatives a citizen could sponsor.

Global February 2018

Florida Shooting Survivors In Capital, Demand Action On Guns [Education News]

Students who survived the Florida school shooting prepared to flood the Capitol Wednesday pushing to ban the assault-style rifle used to kill 17 people, vowing to make changes in the November election if they can't persuade lawmakers to change laws before their legislative session ends. About 100 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students arrived at a Tallahassee high school to extended applause late Tuesday after a 400-mile (640-kilometer) trip on three buses.

Legal February 2018

Lawsuit: Trump's Ending Immigrant Program Racially Motivated [Beyond Education]

Haitian and Salvadoran immigrants sued President Donald Trump on Thursday, arguing that the Republican administration's decision to end special protections shielding them from deportation was racially motivated. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston seeks to block the administration from terminating temporary protective status for thousands of immigrants from Haiti and El Salvador.

Global February 2018

Survivors Allowed Back in Florida School to Collect Belongings

Stoneman Douglas High School students returned to their school to collect their belongings, which they had to leave behind during the massacre. Syria endures additional damage even as it begins rebuilding its war torn infrastructure. President Donald Trump has said that he wants to meet with the nation's governors and discuss the mass shooting at the Florida high school.

Hispanic Community February 2018

Supreme Court Declines To Decide Fate Of 'Dreamers' Just Yet [Beyond Education]

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's highly unusual bid to bypass a federals appeals court and get the justices to intervene in the fate of a program that protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The decision affecting "Dreamers" means the case will almost certainly have to work its way through the lower courts before any Supreme Court ruling is possible.

Legal February 2018

High Court: Detained Immigrants Not Entitled To Bond Hearing [Beyond Education]

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigrants the government has detained and is considering deporting aren't entitled by law to a bond hearing after six months in detention and then every six months if they're still being held. The case is a class-action lawsuit brought by immigrants who've spent long periods in custody.

Legal February 2018

Judge Sides With Trump On Challenge To Mexico Border Wall [Beyond Education]

A judge who was taunted by Donald Trump during the presidential campaign sided with the president Tuesday on a challenge to building a border wall with Mexico, removing what could have been a major obstacle to the signature campaign pledge. U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel rejected arguments by the state of California and advocacy groups that the administration overreached by waiving laws requiring environmental and other reviews before construction can begin.

Hispanic Community March 2018

Congress' Immigration Push Sputters As Guns Grab Attention [Beyond Education]

It's taken just two weeks for Washington's immigration battle to fade from blistering to back-burner. Lawmakers now seem likely to do little or nothing this election year on an effort that's been eclipsed by Congress' new focus on guns, bloodied by Senate defeats and relegated to B-level urgency by a Supreme Court ruling. Talks have gone dormant that sought a bipartisan package: A chance for citizenship for young immigrants brought to the country illegally and $25 billion for President Donald Trump to erect his treasured wall with Mexico. Even a proposal dangling modest wins for both sides seems a longshot.

Global March 2018 Premium

Not Real News: A Look At What Didn't Happen This Week Beyond Education

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked each of these out, including the original sources, and debunk them.

Global March 2018

Where Help May Finally Reach the Desperate and Bombarded

"The Shape of Water" won for best picture at the Oscars. An aid convoy has entered the suburbs of eastern Ghouta. President Donald Trump announced that he intends to place tariffs on imported aluminum and steel. Despite Euroskeptic parties forcing a surge in Italy's parliamentary election, neither party gained enough support to govern alone.

Hispanic Community March 2018

AP News Guide: DACA Deadline Arrives With Diminished Urgency [Beyond Education]

A program that temporarily shields hundreds of thousands of young people from deportation was scheduled to end Monday but court orders have forced the Trump administration to keep issuing renewals. In September, Trump said he was ending the DACA program but gave Congress six months to develop a legislative fix. Those whose permits expired by March 5 had one month to apply for renewal.

Legal March 2018

Trump Administration Sues California Over Sanctuary Laws [Beyond Education]

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is taking the fight over the nation's immigration policy directly to California by suing to block state laws that extend protections to people living in the U.S. illegally. He is expected to speak to law enforcement officials in the state's capital Wednesday, just hours after the U.S. Justice Department filed suit.

Global March 2018

Mexico, Canada And Others May Be Exempted From US Steel and Aluminum Tariffs [Beyond Education]

The White House said Wednesday that Mexico, Canada and other countries may be spared from President Donald Trump's planned steel and aluminum tariffs under national security "carve-outs," a move that could soften the blow amid threats of retaliation by trading partners and dire economic warnings from lawmakers and business groups.