Marnette Federis
PRI
Sacramento, CA, United States
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First DACA student pushed the boundaries of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
In an increasingly uncertain time for DACA recipients, Jin Kyu Park hopes his scholarship win shows other undocumented students that change is possible. → Read More
After deportation, a family from Wisconsin will start anew in Cambodia
The number of deportations to Cambodia — and the speed at which they’re processed — is on the rise. Sothy Kum is among them. → Read More
How immigration raids have — and haven't — changed under the Trump administration
A spokesperson for the federal immigration agency has quit over what he says are lies from the Trump administration. So what’s the truth about immigration raids? → Read More
No immigration bill as feds ink contract to monitor license plates
A new contract could give the federal government a way to track license plates. But it’s with a private company that is collecting a lot of data, which concerns the mayor of Alameda, California. → Read More
Chloe Kim’s family’s immigrant success story is everywhere — but it’s a ‘double-edge sword’ for immigrants
She is just one out of 1.7 million Korean Americans living in the US. Do they all have to be exceptional to deserve to immigrate? → Read More
For immigrant Republicans, Trump’s turn to limit legal immigration creates divisions
They haven’t changed their positions on illegal immigration, but conservative immigrants are now contending with the Trump administration’s proposals to curb legal immigration. → Read More
Four things to know about Trump’s latest immigration proposal
What you need to know ahead of a tumultuous immigration debate in Congress. → Read More
Nearly 40 percent of DACA recipients are high school or college students. Now their future is in limbo.
Students like Maria Genva Reyes wonder what they will do with a communication degree. "No one will hire me without papers, without DACA." Many DACA recipients are students, waiting to transfer to University or a better life. With the program in limbo, how will they navigate their future? → Read More
Immigration wasn’t part of the San Francisco trial for the death of Kathryn Steinle — but here’s why it became part of the story
For immigration hardliners, the shooting death of Kathryn Steinle was an example of failed immigration enforcement and sanctuary policies. For those who study both immigration and the criminal justice system, it’s a distraction from a real conversation about immigration reform. → Read More
Some Vietnamese immigrants were protected from deportation, but the Trump administration may be changing that policy
The US has an agreement with Vietnam not to deport people who came to the US before 1995. But now some Vietnamese immigrants, in the US since childhood, are worried the Trump administration will change its policy. → Read More
California governor signs sanctuary bill into law. Supporters say it's 'probably not enough.'
Supporters of the bill negotiated with law enforcement groups for the state’s sanctuary law. That limited, but also maintained, how much local agencies can connect with ICE. → Read More
Five things to consider if you are reading ‘My Family’s Slave’
The internet is flooded with comments and critiques of Alex Tizon’s explosive essay in The Atlantic. Here’s a primer on the conversation. → Read More
As California considers a ‘sanctuary state’ bill, this sheriff isn’t ready to give up his relationship with immigration agents
For Sheriff Scott Jones, how the city of Sacramento approaches immigration doesn’t matter — as long as he can keep allowing immigration agents into the county’s detention center and can contract with the federal government to detain immigrants. → Read More