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Temporary Protected Status Renewals Decline with Declining Economy

Monday, January 5, 2009, 12:24 PM

As of last week, only 54 percent of more than 300,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua had renewed their temporary protected status. The immigrants with the TPS designation need to postmark their applications by Tuesday to remain in the United States legally. The low number of renewals may be another impact the weakening economy is having on immigrants.

California Supreme Court Take on Law Allowing In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens

Monday, January 5, 2009, 9:43 AM

The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will determine the constitutionality of a state law that grants in-state tuition rates to undocumented students. Estimates say hundreds of undocumented students currently attending community colleges and state universities could be affected and forced to pay out-of-state tuition.

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