Financing June 2018

Immigrant Tuition Law Debated In Kansas Governor's Race [Education News]

A Republican candidate for Kansas governor who has advised President Donald Trump is attacking a state law that helps young people living in the U.S. illegally go to state colleges, appealing to his party's conservative base in a tough GOP primary race.

Global June 2018

Volcano of Fire' Erupts in Guatemala

A volcanic eruption in Guatemala has killed at least 25. Rudy Giuliani weighs in on the Russia probe. Congress is back in session and facing a showdown with the House over immigration. Beijing, China, has said that it will narrow its trade surplus with the United States, but it will not change technology development tactics.

Hispanic Community June 2018

Guatemala Volcano Toll Up As Rescuers Dig In Ash, Mud Flows [Beyond Education]

Rescuers used heavy machinery and shovels found the bodies of several more victims of an eruption at Guatemala's Volcano of Fire on Monday, and rescuers pulled 10 people still alive from ash drifts and mud flows.The official death toll stood at 25 but Associated Press journalists saw more burned and ash-covered bodies being unloaded after being dug out in the village of El Rodeo.

Hispanic Community June 2018

Team Studies Bones To Identify The Disappeared In Mexico [Beyond Education]

The fragments of burnt bone laid out by investigators for the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team are among the remains of tens of thousands of people who have simply disappeared in Mexico's long and bloody drug war. These particular bones come from one of three isolated ranches in the city of Cuauhtemoc in the northern border state of Chihuahua.

Global June 2018

Teen With Cerebral Palsy Stuns Mom By Walking At Graduation [On A Positive Note In Education]

An Ohio teenager who has cerebral palsy and was never expected to be able to walk has shocked her family by doing just that at her high school graduation. The Kent-Ravenna Record-Courier reports 19-year-old Lexi Wright left her wheelchair and used a walker to cross a stage in her cap and gown to accept her diploma at the Ravenna High School ceremony last week.

Hispanic Community June 2018

Only A Few Of Guatemala Volcano's Dead Have Been Identified [Beyond Education]

People of the villages skirting Guatemala's Volcano of Fire have begun mourning the few dead who could be identified after an eruption killed dozens by engulfing them in floods of searing ash and mud. Mourners cried over caskets lined up in a row in the main park of San Juan Alotenango on Monday evening before rescuers stopped their work for another night.

Global June 2018

DeVos: School Safety Panel Will Not Look At Role Of Guns [Education News]

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday said the federal commission on school safety set up after a Florida high school shooting won't be looking at the role of guns in school violence. DeVos was asked during a congressional hearing whether the panel, which she is chairing, will look at guns in the context of school safety.

Hispanic Community June 2018

Immigration Agents Arrest 114 In Landscaper Sting [Beyond Education]

U.S. immigration agents made more than 100 arrests Tuesday at an Ohio gardening and landscaping company, one of the largest such stings in recent years and part of the Trump administration's growing crackdown on employers for hiring people who are in the country illegally.

Hispanic Community June 2018

New Evacuations Near Guatemala Volcano Set Off Panic [Beyond Education]

Frightened people living near the Volcano of Fire fled with their children and few possessions when fresh flows of super-heated debris were announced, taking no chances after authorities gave them little time to evacuate before a deadly eruption over the weekend. Traffic came to a standstill on choked roads Tuesday and those without vehicles walked, even in central Escuintla, which was not under an evacuation order.

Legal June 2018

ACLU Sues Over Plans For Citizenship Question On 2020 Census [Beyond Education]

Civil rights lawyers sued the U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday to try to stop plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The Manhattan federal court lawsuit on behalf of immigrants' rights groups says racial animus was behind a recent announcement that the census will include a citizenship question for the first time since 1950.

Hispanic Community June 2018

House GOP In Eleventh-Hour Attempt For Immigration Accord [Beyond Education]

House leaders want to push fractured Republicans toward consensus on immigration, racing the clock as they seek to defuse a GOP civil war threatening to wound their hopes for keeping control of the chamber in November's elections. Republicans planned a closed-door meeting on the topic for Thursday morning.

Hispanic Community June 2018

Military Base Calls Immigration Agents On Pizza Delivery Man [Beyond Education]

A guard at an Army garrison in Brooklyn called Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a pizza delivery man who made a delivery there Friday. Now, Ecuadorean immigrant Pablo Villavicencio is in ICE custody pending removal from the country, agency spokeswoman Rachael Yong Yow said.

Hispanic Community June 2018

At Guatemala Volcano, Weather And Danger Halt Search [Beyond Education]

Guatemala's national disaster agency on Thursday suspended search and rescue efforts at the zone devastated by the eruption of the Volcano of Fire, saying climatic conditions and still-hot volcanic material makes it dangerous for the rescuers. It said it decided to suspend the search now that 72 hours have passed.

Hispanic Community June 2018

Detention Centers Fill Up; Border Detainees Sent To Prisons [Beyond Education]

More than 1,600 people arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border, including parents who have been separated from their children, are being transferred to federal prisons, U.S. immigration authorities confirmed Thursday. They said they're running out of room at their own facilities amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Global June 2018

Trump Optimistic Amid Final Kim Summit Prep

President Donald Trump expresses optimism prior to his meeting with the leader of North Korea. Meanwhile, North Koreas have just officially heard about the upcoming summit between their leader and Trump. While a Florida immigration firm got what it wanted, AT&T and Novartis are expressing regret turning to Michael Cohen for assistance.