Diane Guerrero visits CSUEB and talks about her new book
Kenzi Hilario,
Contributor
February 28, 2018
Actress and immigrant rights advocate Diane Guerrero visited CSU East Bay last Thursday to talk about her memoir, “In the Country We Love: My Family Divided.” Aside from playing Maritza, the young, sassy in-mate in the hit Netflix original series “Orange is the New Black,” Guerrero is als...
Making America White Again: White House proposal shuts the door for immigration
Kenzi Hilario,
Contributor
February 14, 2018
The issue behind DACA and finding a solution for the undocumented youth who are at risk of deportation continues to be a debate between different parties in the government. Unfortunately, this places Dreamers in limbo as their status is used as a bargaining chip in exchange for stricter provisions on immi...
The Department of Homeland Security instills paranoia within the immigrant community
Erika Martinez,
Staff Writer
November 1, 2017
In September, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a document on the Federal Register website detailing their plan to expand the system of records on file for immigrants. On Oct. 18, the DHS began to gather immigrants’ social media information. What Homeland Security claimed to have been ...
Latino Trump supporter told ‘Get out of my country’
Maximino Cisneros,
Contributor
August 30, 2017
Mario Britt is a 21-year-old Latino from Castro Valley and a self-proclaimed conservative supporter of President Donald Trump. He attends Merced Community College and is serving his third year as a specialist in the National Guard. He has never been physically attacked for his support of Trump, but hi...
Undocumented students find support on East Bay campus
Kamille De Guzman,
Contributor
May 3, 2017
Facts about what exactly happened to Juan Manuel Montes in Calexico, California on Feb. 17 have been in question, but reports confirm that the 23-year-old was detained and eventually deported by the U.S Customs and Border Patrol, according to USA Today. Montes lived in the U.S. since age 9 and ha...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
April 26, 2017
What Happened? On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick of the Northern District of California issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against an executive order to cut off federal funding to sanctuary states and cities that President Donald Trump issued on Jan. 25. According ...
Not all immigrants are against Trump
Justin Shiu,
Contributor
March 29, 2017
Despite President Trump’s mocking attitude towards immigrants and anti-immigrant policies, immigrants in California and other “blue” states continue to support Trump. This confuses me. I am the son of conservative Chinese-American immigrants, so I questioned a few of my relatives and friends t...
