Immigration

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One Immigrant Son Tries To Be A Border Patrolman, Is Rejected

Mary Mata September 28, 2011

By Michael Seifert, Musings From Alongside A Border Antonio is the oldest of eight children. Tall and slender, he takes after his father, at least physically. Antonio’s mother is a short, […]

Yellow Peril, Brown Peril & Immigrant Backlash In America

Mary Mata

Report: Widespread Abuse By Patrol Agents Along Border

Mary Mata September 27, 2011

Is Immigration About Jobs, Humans Or Business?

Mary Mata September 26, 2011

By Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez Austin, Texas — A diversity of thought and ideas about the economics of immigration reform informed a panel Sunday at the Texas Tribune Festival. The panel […]

Common Sense Missing From Obama Admin Immigration Reviews

Mary Mata

By Matias Ramos, otherwords.org Now that the electronic shackle is off, it’s really nice not having to listen to the eerie computer-voice commands regularly broadcast from its plastic speaker. [Matias […]

Operation Hold The Line, 18 Years Later

Mary Mata September 23, 2011

About 18 years ago then-El Paso Border Patrol Sector Chief Silvestre Reyes (the El Paso Congressman since 1996), started an operation to deter immigration that came to be called Operation Hold […]

All Latinos Should Come Together For Immigration Reform

Mary Mata

Recently, blogger Julio R. Varela became incensed over comments that Puerto Ricans cannot understand other Latinos when it comes to immigration, due to their automatic U.S. citizenship. For several reasons, […]