Stella M. Chávez
StellaChávezisKERA’seducation reporter/blogger. Her journalism roots run deep: She spent a decade and a half in newspapers – including seven years at The Dallas Morning News, where she covered education and won the Livingston Award for National Reporting, which is given annually to the best journalists across the country under age 35. The award-winning entry was “Yolanda’s Crossing,” a seven-partDMN series she co-wrote that reconstructs the 5,000-mile journey of a young Mexican sexual-abuse victim from a smallOaxacanvillage to Dallas. For the last two years, she worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,where she was part of the agency’s outreach efforts on the Affordable Care Act and ran the regional office’s social media efforts.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's office is requiring organizations that help at-risk populations to certify they aren't violating immigration laws — or risk losing funding. -
Beneficiarios de DACA de todo el país, incluyendo Texas, van a reunirse con líderes y trabajadores del congreso el miércoles para urgirles a crear medidas de protección durante el periodo de tiempo antes de que los nuevos miembros del congreso entren a su término.
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La composición de los votantes de Texas es mucho más diversa hoy que durante las elecciones de 2016. Y parte de ese crecimiento es el resultado de un aumento de casi dos puntos porcentuales en el número de inmigrantes elegibles para votar.
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The makeup of Texas voters is much more diverse today than during the 2016 elections. And some of that growth is the result of a nearly two percentage point increase in the number of eligible immigrant voters.
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Afghan lawyer Latifa Sharifi and her three sons arrived at DFW Airport on Tuesday, after spending more than a year hiding and fearing for their safety.
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Una década después de que la era del programa de DACA de Obama fue creado, su futuro permanece incierto. Afecta a más de 101,000 residentes Tejanos que son temporalmente protegidos de la deportación.
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Almost 1 out of every 5 Texans was uninsured in 2021. That's according to the Census Bureau’s 2021 American Community Survey 1-year estimates.
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The Biden administration's actions roll back a Trump-era policy that some said deterred immigrants from applying for benefits like SNAP and WIC.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to bus thousands of migrants to Washington D.C. and New York increasingly has become a political flashpoint. Conservatives applaud the move while immigrant rights groups and the cities' mayors say it's a stunt that exploits and misleads migrants.
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Marysol Davis perdió a su “pequeña prima”, Maite Rodriguez, en el tiroteo masivo ocurrido en la escuela Robb la semana pasada. El lunes, condujo hasta Uvalde – la ciudad donde creció – para asistir a la vigilia de la estudiante de Robb Elementary que apenas tenía 10 años de edad. También asistió a la vigilia de Amerie Garza, de 10 años. Varios funerales están programados para los próximos días, incluidos los de Amerie y Maite que se llevarán a cabo el martes.
