VACOLAO’s 2014 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA DEBRIEFING

Dear All, Success! We all celebrated a huge win this week when Virginia’s Attorney General Mark Herring announced on Tuesday that DACA holders were eligible under Virginia law to apply for in-state tuition to study at Virginia’s excellent public colleges and universities. VACOLAO thanks everyone for all their hard work in helping to make this […]

DREAMers DACA holders in Virginia can pay in-state tuition (People’s world)

“… The ruling was praised by Latino and immigrants’ rights organizations, as well as business groups and others. In a statement Edgar Aranda-Yanoc, Chair of VACOLAO (The Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations) said “These hard-working Virginia students who have grown up and are an important part of our state’s economic future will finally be able to […]

Virginia apoya a los DREAMers (El Tiempo Latino)

Una interpretación de la ley permite que jóvenes con Acción Diferida paguen como residentes en universidades públicas de Virginia. “…La unión hizo la fuerza, dijeron activistas. “Después que en la Asamblea se cerraron las puertas para estos jóvenes inmigrantes que están protegidos por la Acción Diferida, iniciamos una campaña para que el fiscal se pronunciara […]