Immigration, Music

• benefit concert
• Immigration

October 8, 2018

Benefit concert to raise funds for immigrant children separated at US-Mexico border

by Stephanie Rivera    in Immigration, Music

A group of local musicians are coming together Sunday, Oct. 14 to host a concert at an east Long Beach bar benefiting immigrant children who were separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Immigration

• temporary protected status

October 4, 2018

Judge blocks US from ending protections for some immigrants

by The Associated Press    in Immigration

A judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from ending protections that allowed immigrants from four countries to live and work legally in the United States, saying the move would cause "irreparable harm and great hardship."

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Arts & Culture, Immigration

• mural

September 4, 2018

New mural in North Long Beach brings attention to family immigration stories

by Stephanie Rivera    in Arts & Culture, Immigration

Covering the south side of a Salvadoran-Mexican food joint, the piece shows a young girl riding a coyote in a desert night surrounded by agave plants—a metaphor for family separation.

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