Stella M. Chávez
Stella M. Chávez is KERA’s immigration/demographics reporter. 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-part DMN series she co-wrote that reconstructs the 5,000-mile journey of a young Mexican sexual-abuse victim from a small Oaxacan village 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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Refugee Services of Texas, the state’s largest resettlement agency, is shutting down after 45 years. RST made the announcement on Friday. -
A series of a domestic violence cases in the Muslim American community has advocates speaking out. Community leaders in Texas are organizing forums and educating others.
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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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DACA recipients from around the country, including Texas, will meet with Congressional leaders and staff on Wednesday and urge them to enact protective measures during the lame duck session.
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Republicans once again won top statewide seats in Tuesday's midterm election. That includes Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who will serve a third term after defeating Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke.
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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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A decade after the Obama-era DACA program was created, its future remains uncertain. It affects more than 101,000 Texas residents temporarily protected from deportation
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After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched a controversial program to bus migrants to other states, he appealed to private donors to help cover the costs. But contributions to the so-called "Border Transportation Funding" are well short of the $12 million that's been spent.
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The Biden administration's actions rolls back a Trump-era policy that some said deterred immigrants from applying for benefits like SNAP and WIC.
