Matos, national field director of GetEQUAL, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality organization, is among the couples affected by the Department of Homeland Security’s recent announcement that would officially define same-sex couples as families for the purposes of deportation orders.
The Obama administration said Friday it will grant a two-year protection from deportation to undocumented students who were brought to the United States before the age of 16 and allow them to apply for work permits.
There are more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
DREAM Act supporters have proposed two bills that would allow undocumented students to receive financial aid in colleges and universities in the state of New York.
What happens with the 65,000 undocumented students in Florida once they graduate from high school?
The United States has a population of 312,978,280 in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, as of February 7, 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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