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NYT: Latinos will skip election over immigration

Mary Mata October 10, 2010

Like Latinos were turning out in humongous numbers and elevated percentages before, right? We’ll see. The opposite might be true, so says The New York Times.

Lou Dobbs, Un Hipócrita Bien Hecho

Mary Mata

The Most Racist Political Ad You’ve Seen

Mary Mata

10 Economic Facts About Immigration

Mary Mata October 4, 2010

The Brookings Institution put together an interesting list of 10 economic facts about immigration, something I think we can all appreciate given the heavy current anti-immigrant climate. Today’s Immigrants Hail […]

Arte: Baroque on the Border

Mary Mata September 21, 2010

Reynosa, Mexico-born and El Paso-living artist Rigoberto A. Gonzalez is amazing.  His latest exhibit at the Las Cruces Museum of Art in New Mexico, “Barocco en la Frontera;Baroque on the […]

Mexican resilience will win in the end

NewsTaco September 17, 2010

It’s hard to imagine a more tumultuous time for Mexico to celebrate its bicentennial. Its economy is suffering; its cities are under siege by drug lords and their minions; its […]

U.S. Unauthorized Immigration Flows Are Down Sharply Since Mid-Decade

NewsTaco September 14, 2010

According to the latest report from the Pew Hispanic Center, “The annual inflow of unauthorized immigrants to the U.S. was nearly two-thirds smaller in the March 2007 to March 2009 […]