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NEWS
SANTA ANA
Hundreds of angry activists
stormed outside the Mexican
Consulate in Downtown Santa
Ana Nov. 20, counting from one to
43 in Spanish, “uno, dos, tres…”
The numbers represent the 43
students who disappeared in
Iguala, Guerrero in September.
On their way to protest an event
being held by the Iguala mayor’s
wife, the students were stopped
by local police and detained.
Details of their whereabouts after
that remain unclear.
Marchers gathered at Cabrillo
Park and walked about a mile with
posters in hand, yelling, “Alive you
took them; alive we want them.”
Mass graves were found in
Cocula, Jalisco in October, but
none contained the students’
remains.
Mexican authorities suspect all
the young people are dead, but
others believe differently.
“We still have hope they’re alive,”
said Catalina Chavez, a Santa Ana
resident. / JOANNA MEZA
OVERHAUL / About 200 people gather Nov. 20 on Aliso Street, outside the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center, to watch
a jumbo screen of President Obama’s speech on executive action on immigration. / GINA FERAZZI / TNS
TEMPORARY RELIEF
By executive order, President Obama expands immigrants’ rights
BY JOVANY LEON / el Don
About five million immigrants
without legal status could stay in
the U.S. temporarily without fear of
deportation, President Obama said in
his speech to the nation Nov. 20.
The requirements stated by the
president apply to immigrants who
have lived in the U.S. at least five
years, have children born in the
country, register and pass a criminal
background check, as well as pay
taxes can apply to stay in the country
for up to three years.
In addition, the president announced new requirements for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
that will be less restrictive.
The DACA cutoff date was changed
from June 2012 to Jan. 2010 and the
age limit for anyone 31 years or