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Dying Inside the Border Should Be Enough

Mary Mata December 10, 2012

By Jesse Treviño, HispanicLatino The recent fire in a factory in Bangladesh that claimed the lives of114 garment workers generated international headlines and calls for reform of working conditions in […]

Bay Area Dreamers Organize With Unexpected Impact

Mary Mata

Texas Immigrants to Rally on Int’l. Human Rights Day

Mary Mata

The New Border: Illegal Immigration’s Shifting Frontier

Mary Mata December 7, 2012

By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Mexico — Oscar and Jennifer Cruz knew that crossing the border would be the easy part.  The Salvadoran brother and sister made their way over […]

Unauthorized Immigrants: 11.1 Million in 2011

Mary Mata

PRESS RELEASE There were 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. in March 2011, unchanged from the previous two years and a continuation of the sharp decline in this […]

Not All DREAMers Are Latinos

Mary Mata

By Claudia Tristán, The HUB@TTU She graduated in the top 2 percent of her high school, is in the Honors College at Texas Tech University, and is a Howard Hughes Medical […]

Secure Communities Is Optional In California

Mary Mata December 6, 2012

By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices Secure Communities is optional in California, according to the state’s Attorney General Kamala Harris. Harris told local law enforcement Tuesday they didn’t have […]