Thomas Schaller, professor and chair of political science, along with colleagues at UCLA and Stanford, recently published a column in the Huffington Post that examined the legacy of President Obama’s Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive action that took affect three years ago. DACA directed the government to temporarily defer action on young immigrants in the United States who came to the country at an early age as undocumented immigrants with their parents. Schaller, who is political director of the polling and research firm Latino Decisions, wrote about the political significance of the action on immigration policy.

“While DACA’s primary, real-world policy legacy is the dramatic relief it provided to these young immigrants, President Obama’s DACA announcement three years ago today also reshaped the national political debate on immigration, and particularly the use of presidential executive action as a solution to legislative gridlock. For Latinos, support for DACA specifically–and the use of unilateral presidential power in immigration politics generally–was on the ballot in 2012 and will be again in 2016.”

Schaller also published an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun on June 9 and wrote about the American electoral structure and its impact on representation of women in state and national politics. To read the column titled “Our electoral structure not only shuts out third parties; it shuts out women,” click here.

ROOM FOR RENT

$450.00/month

4205 Euclid Ave., Baltimore, 21229

(gas, electricity, water, laundry and Internet included)

•  2 rooms available on the 2nd  floor of the house, built-in closets, windows

•  Currently only 2 female UMBC/CCBC students in the house

•  Two full bathrooms with showers, central air

•  Kitchen with gas stove, two fridges, microwave, etc.

•  Fully furnished:  bed, desk, chair, window AC, etc.

•  Free parking, library/common area, backyard

•  Arbutus/Irvington UMBC shuttle bus, MTA bus # 10, 20, +

•  3.25 miles (or about 10 min drive) to CCBC and UMBC campuses

•  20 min to Downtown, 10 min to Ellicott city,

15 min to BWI, 5 min to MARC

From 695 exits # 12, 13 (toward Irvington) or 14 (East)

For more info please contact:

Tel. (316-371-1462) (410) 340-2720   or   tribushhomes@yahoo.com

Job Description:

Young Audiences/Arts for Learning’s (YA) Program Director is responsible for all aspects of the organization’s core programming and expanding school and student reach in accordance with the 5 year strategic plan which went into effect for FY15, while instituting efficient operational practices and ensuring quality support services to partner organizations and artists.

Job Description:

Young Audiences/Arts for Learning’s (YA) Program Director is responsible for all aspects of the organization’s core programming and expanding school and student reach in accordance with the 5 year strategic plan which went into effect for FY15, while instituting efficient operational practices and ensuring quality support services to partner organizations and artists.

Military's Use Of Social Security Numbers A Vulnerability For Veterans
By Patricia Murphy – KUOW (Seattle Public Radio)

A massive data breach at the federal Office of Personnel Management has exposed the Social Security numbers and personnel records of nearly every federal worker. The implications for federal employees, military service members and the intelligence community could be extraordinary.  

But at a very basic level U.S. service members have been at high risk for identity theft for decades.

In the military your nine-digit service ID number is used for everything, whether you're checking out gym equipment or picking up your laundry. Since the late 1960s that number has been a service member’s Social Security number.

Rick Forno is the assistant director of the University of Maryland Baltimore County Center for Cybersecurity. He said using Social Security numbers as a unique identifier isn't new….

Source: KUOW