Stella M. Chávez
Immigration/Demographics ReporterStella 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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The travel ban, which affected mostly Muslim-majority and African countries, faced several legal challenges and was eventually upheld by the Supreme Court. -
Guy Reffitt of Wylie has been charged with unlawful entry and obstruction of justice. He’s at least the fourth North Texan to face charges related to the attack.
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Genetic sequencing helped county officials determine that a 20-year-old Dallas man was infected with the new variant of the virus.
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President Trump issued a proclamation last year that temporarily banned entry into the U.S. for some employment-based visa holders. That order, which was recently extended to March, plus the impact of COVID-19, has kept some workers in limbo for months.
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The North Texas Alliance to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy in Teens has partnered with the app OkaySo to answer questions about sex from teens and parents.
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Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price announced on Tuesday that she will not seek another term in office. She's the longest-serving mayor of Fort Worth after holding the position for 10 years.
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The DFW Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling on municipal courts to allow head coverings after receiving complaints from people who've been told they can't enter a courtroom.
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Supporters of the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals say any threat to DACA also threatens the economy. Texas has the second largest DACA-eligible population in the U.S. and nearly 94% of this group is employed.
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More than 1.27 million immigration cases around the country are pending. The partial court shutdown due to COVID-19 has contributed to the largest backlog of immigration cases on record.
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President-elect Joe Biden has said his administration would raise the historically-low cap on the number of refugees allowed in the country.
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Los latinos representan alrededor del 40% de la población de Texas, y sus votos podrían ser fundamentales para las elecciones. Las campañas están revelando el hecho de que no existe un bloque “latino” sólido.
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Latinos comprise about 40% of the population in Texas, and their votes could be critical to races up and down the ballot. Campaigns are rediscovering the fact that there is no solid "Latino" bloc. Public Radio reporters across Texas are listening to these voters discuss the issues they care about and give their thoughts on where the nation should be heading. This is the final story in a series about Latino voters in the 2020 Election.
