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Jacqueline García
Reporter
Jacqueline Garcia is a Los Angeles-based journalist with over ten years of experience covering a myriad of issues ranging from immigration and politics, to health and education. A vast majority of her reporting has focused on issues that affect the Latino population.
Jacqueline is currently a reporter for La Opinion, one of the largest Spanish-language newspapers in the United States.
She has previously reported for Hispanic Link News Service in Washington D.C., Noticias 62 [KRCA Estrella TV] and Eastern Group Publications [EGP News] in Los Angeles.
Garcia is originally from Puebla, Mexico and up until 2017—when she gained her legal residency—she was one of the over 750,000 undocumented immigrants with Deferred Action (DACA).
She graduated from Cal State Northridge with a B.A. in broadcast journalism and a minor in Spanish language journalism.
Articles
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Language barriers mean indigenous farmworkers and their families often don’t know about available health services or are afraid to risk a clinic visit.
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Immigration activists advocate for paid time off for undocumented home caregivers who work with clients who are already ill and vulnerable to infection.
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Many jornaleros at a day labor center in downtown Los Angeles have barely seen any work for the last two weeks due to COVID-19.
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With the extension to enroll in the Covered California state plan about to be over, some consumers have mixed feelings about the affordability of health insurance, even with the new state subsidies available.
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Lawyers fighting the ban say the “new requirement rewrites our immigration and health care laws” and will affect the entry of up to 375,000 individuals each year.
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A Los Angeles reporter reflects on her own immigration story — and how 1994's Proposition 187 seeped into her family's new life in California.
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Some Southern California clinics and health centers are borrowing the “sanctuary” concept from religious groups and some California cities by presenting themselves as safe zones from immigration enforcement.
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En lugares conocidos popularmente como “callejones” o en el área de MacArthur Park es fácil encontrar alternativas a los medicamentos con receta. Los clientes son habitualmente personas que no pueden comprar los medicamentos recetados debido a los altos precios y/o la falta de seguro médico.
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With health care leading much of California’s legislative agenda, a state program that connects people to health services has become a vital gateway for millions of uninsured residents.
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A reporter explores what Obamacare has meant for the health of DACA recipients and their undocumented family members. For many such families, reform has result in a patchwork quilt of eligibility.