Latinas for Latino Lit (L4LL) Summer Reading Program Named One of the Best in the Nation

Latinas for Latino Lit (L4LL) Summer Reading Program Named One of the Best in the Nation

NewsTaco July 17, 2014

PRESS RELEASE Latinas for Latino Lit (L4LL) proudly announces our selection as one of the nation’s top summer reading programs, according to Univision Educación. L4LL’s Latino Children Summer Reading Program, including the L4LL Do It […]

Arizona politician mistakes YMCA campers for migrant children

NewsTaco July 16, 2014

*When ignorance and nastiness give you a punchline, you have to share. This is funny and sad at the same time. VL By Brahm Resnik, 12 News/ azcentral.com Republican congressional […]

Underground Networks Spring Up to Help Migrant Kids in U.S.

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*Because all we hear about are the protests and the ignorant nastiness, we think it’s important to highlight how Americans are coming together to lend a hand. VL By Laura Sánchez, […]

Crisis at the Border – P.O.V with Eddie G

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Eddie G’s at it again. We love his videos at NewsTaco, and this time he takes on a more serious, and very timely, issue. The new […]

Jose Antonio Vargas Released From Border Patrol Custody

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*An update on Vargas’ detention yesterday in the Rio Grande Valley. He was “provided with a notice to appear before an immigration judge.” VL By Igor Bobic, Huffington Post Jose Antonio […]

Journalist-turned-immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas detained at Texas airport

NewsTaco July 15, 2014

*Just when you thought that the immigration debate couldn’t get any more intense … this. VL By J. Freedom du Lac, Washington Post Jose Antonio Vargas, a former journalist who has […]

Pope Francis: Child Migrants to U.S. Must Be ‘Welcomed and Protected’

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By Mirren Gidda , TIME The Pope has called for tens of thousands of unaccompanied child migrants to be “welcomed and protected” as they attempt to enter the U.S. from Central America and Mexico. […]

‘Book Of Life’ Animates The Day Of The Dead

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*I’m looking forward to this. Premieres this Halloween. VL By Sandy Cohen, Associated Press/Huffington Post Latino Voices LOS ANGELES (AP) — Guillermo del Toro is helping to open the “Book […]

AZ sheriff provokes protesters to block road with trucks to stop ‘invasion’ of 40 child refugees

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*In case you were wondering if the Murrieta protests were a one-off occurrence, there’s this. Hate filled protests, threats of militia action, this time in Oracle, Arizona. VL By David […]

Debunking Myths About Flood of Central American Children

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*It’s not about parents sending their children to take advantage of American largess. From the article: “In El Salvador, police report this year’s murder rate of children 17 and under […]