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Aliento founder Reyna Montoya, center, at the UnidosUS awards. She is flanked by friends Devin O’Brien, left, and Cynthia Aragon and, back row from left, Frankie Pastor, Denise Garcia and Frank Sharry.

An Arizona nonprofit was honored Tuesday for its push to win in-state tuition for undocumented students, a change that organizers said has moved the state from an “epicenter of hate toward immigrants into an epicenter of hope.” Read more»

High school and college students gather in November 2019 in central Phoenix to advocate for immigration reform that covers undocumented families.

A ruling from the 5th Circuit Court that kept the ultimate fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in limbo has left the more than 22,000 DACA recipients in Arizona, and as many as 44,000 more who could potentially qualify for the program, without recourse. Read more»

Jordi Santos, 18, smiles after receiving his high school diploma during North High School’s commencement ceremony on May 22, 2019. Santos is among the 2,000 students without immigration status that graduate from high school every year in Arizona.

Republican Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita says voters shouldn’t get to weigh in on a ballot measure next year that would repeal a state law prohibiting undocumented students from accessing in-state tuition because not enough Republicans supported the proposal. Read more»

Immigration officials have added COVID-19 to the list of illnesses requiring vaccinations, including polio, measles, mumps and hepatitis.

Immigrants to the U.S. seeking permanent residency are now are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 under a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy update that took effect Friday. Read more»