The New York State Education Department's Board of Regents has approved a plan allowing certain Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients who came to U.S. as children to apply for classroom teaching certificates and other forms of professional licenses.
César Vargas, a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, was finally sworn as a lawyer in New York after a lengthy court battle.
Cesar Vargas is a lawyer from Brooklyn, New York that fights for Latinos facing Immigration issues. Cesar Vargas is an undocumented lawyer from New York who serves as Presidential candidate Bernie Sander's Latino Outreach Strategist and is also the co-founder of Dream Action Coalition.
In effort to beef up his outreach to the Latino community, Bernie Sanders has hired high-profile immigration rights activist Cesar Vargas to work for his presidential campaign.
House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, representative for Ohio’s 8th Congressional District, announced his resignation from the Congress, and calls for immigration reform have further increased.
Immigration activist and DREAMer Cesar Vargas announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States on Tuesday. However, the law school graduate is not eligible to run for the office. He only seeks to make a point about the requirements for the presidency.
Activist Cesar Vargas's struggle to become an attorney has been dealt another blow after an Iowa judge refused to end Vargas' probation early, which would have allowed him to enter the New York State bar. However, the immigration activist is not down for the count.
The DREAM Action Coalition, an immigration activism group, launched a petition to release activist and DREAMer Cesar Vargas from probation so he can obtain his lawyer's license in New York.
Immigration activist Cesar Vargas continues his fight to obtain a license to practice law in his home state of New York. Despite passing a legal hurdle, another one has been thrown on his path, but the DREAMer and activist is not deterred.
Cesar Vargas, co-director of one of the most prominent immigrant rights groups in the country, was not allowed to practice law until Wednesday, when a New York court ruled in his favor. The decision culminated a years-long struggle that ended up making history.
A video of two undocumented immigrants confronting Rep. Steve King, R-IA, went viral, but one notable aspect of the meeting is Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, leaving the scene.
Two DREAMers confronted Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, at a fundraising event to discuss his opposition to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which exempted up to 500,000 undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children from deportation.
