Hispanic Community December 2020

Pop-Up School For US Asylum Seekers Thrives

Thanks to more than 200 Amazon tablets, The Sidewalk School for Children Asylum Seekers is continuing to teach Central American children living in a camp of asylum seekers.

Hispanic Community November 2020

Who Is Alejandro Mayorkas?

If the Senate confirms President-elect Joe Biden’s DHS secretary pick, Alejandro Mayorkas, then Mayorkas will be the first Hispanic and the first immigrant to lead DHS.

Hispanic Community November 2020

Biden Picks 1st Latino To Lead Homeland Security

Alejandro Mayorkas who the deputy Homeland Security secretary under President Barack Obama is President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to serve as homeland security secretary.

Hispanic Community November 2020

Mexico Tops 100,000 COVID-19 Deaths

Confirmed COVID deaths in Mexico hit 100,004. Brazil, India, Mexico and the U.S. have all exceeded the 100,000 benchmark. Mexico topped 1 million registered COVID infections.

Hispanic Community November 2020

Peru's Congress Selects New Leader

Lawmaker Francisco Sagasti has been selected to become the next president of Peru. Sagasti is a member of the centrist Purple Party and will be Peru’s third president in a week.

Hispanic Community November 2020

Mexico Changes Immigration Law Regarding Kids

Mexico has changed its immigration law so that migrant children can no longer be held in immigration detention centers can have their legal status provisionally recognized.

Hispanic Community November 2020

South Bronx Mexican Restaurant Helps Poor

La Morada won Michelin acclaim for its Oaxacan food. But after this family-run restaurant had a brush with COVID, they began serving free meals to the poor.

Hispanic Community November 2020

SLCC’s Newest Board Members

Emily Hernandez Alzamora and Silvia Castro have been chosen to be the newest members of Salt Lake Community College’s Board of Trustees. SLCC is Utah’s largest open-access college.

Hispanic Community November 2020

COVID And Students In Latin America

Students in Venezuela, Bolivia, Honduras, Jamaica and Mexico are all falling behind in their education because of the pandemic, and more than 3 million may never return to school.

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Undocumented Dominican Migration

This book is the first comprehensive study of boat migration from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico.

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Returning The Favor

It may be harder for some students, especially first-generation students, to navigate the system on their own when they do not have the adequate resources to be successful.

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Carolina Dominguez-Burciaga

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Leading With Heart, Transforming Community

Written by Roberto C. Orozco PhD Candidate, Higher Education Ph.D. Program 2020-2021 University and Louis Bevier Fellow Rutgers University–New Brunswick