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**Tell Governor Brown to Sign SB 68 (Lara) Today!**   As you may know, we have less than 12 hours left to go in the 2017 Legislative Session.  The Legislature has been on the Senate and Assembly Floor for the last two weeks working through hundreds of bills in preparation for adjournment this evening. By the time they adjourn, they will be sending hundreds of bills to the Governor for his signature by October 15th.    One of the key bills CAEAA and CCAE have actively supported is SB 68 (Lara) related to postsecondary education and nonresident tuition exemptions. More specifically, the bill would modernize AB 540 (2001), thus enabling more students to pursue their higher education dreams, regardless of their immigration status.  It expands the AB 540 eligibility criteria for the exemption from paying nonresident tuition at California's public postsecondary institutions, in part, to include students who have two years of full-time enrollment at...

Update about DACA From the blog:   mydocumentedlife.org – If you qualify for DACA, but have not submitted your application: DACA initial request applications will no longer be reviewed. – If you currently have DACA: ...You can keep using your employment authorization/social security number. – If your DACA is going to expire before/on March 5, 2018: You can apply to renew it. Note: You should try to submit your renewal application by October 2017 (this will be within the six-month period needed to receive a decision). - Regarding advance parole: If you have DACA and had plans to travel abroad using advance parole (AP), new Form I-131 applications for advance parole will not be reviewed. If you received your AP approval before 9/5/17, it will still be honored. Pending applications will be denied and the money will be refunded. The full post: Earlier this summer, Ken Paxton (attorney general of Texas) issued a statement where he called on the current administration to terminate the De...