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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From 2018 to 2019, more than 48,000 new immigrants moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to a new analysis of Census data by the group New American Economy. -
All eight victims were taken to local hospitals and were in stable condition early Sunday morning.
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From a Honduran teen's journey to the U.S. to Gov. Greg Abbott's plans for a wall, here’s a rundown of border and immigration news from Texas and beyond.
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Migrant teen Oscar made the difficult trek to the U.S. from Honduras to escape the gangs and pursue his dreams of being a pediatrician. An unaccompanied minor, his arrival in the U.S. was complicated by an order from Gov. Abbott to yank state licenses for permanent shelter for these children.
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Dhaval Babu is one of many temporary visa workers who was unable to re-enter the U.S. during the pandemic because of a temporary travel ban. After nearly 15 months in India, he and his family are back in Texas, but their return has been bittersweet.
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The new policy comes after a recent report found Black and Latino residents in Dallas are more likely to be arrested for low-level offenses.
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Baylor Scott & White Health officials say they want to eliminate as many barriers to getting the vaccine as possible by taking their vaccination program to the community.
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LULAC’s request comes after Gov. Greg Abbott said migrant children are being brought to the U.S. by human traffickers or being used as drug mules.
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The emergency intake site at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas will temporarily house up to 3,000 boys ages 15 to 17 for up to 90 days.
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The multilingual website and hotline are available in English, French, Arabic and Spanish and was launched by the Human Rights Initiative of North Texas.
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Some residents of Dallas' Vickery Meadow neighborhood still did not have running water. A City of Dallas attorney says property owners could face legal action if repairs aren't made or alternatives for residents aren't provided.
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Texas farmers say this week's winter storm was unlike anything they've experienced before. The below-freezing temperatures as well as power and water outages have severely disrupted the country's food supply chain.
