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Steven Seagal Hunting Immigrants In Texas
By Melissa del Bosque Last seen driving a SWAT team tank through a man’s home in Phoenix, which resulted in a dead puppy and a lawsuit, middle-aged action hero Steven […]
The End Of Texas As We Know It
By Cindy Casares There’s no doubt the world is in a crazy place right now, and Texas is no exception. It seems we’re entering a whole new era in the […]
Columbus Day, Also Known As Día De La Raza
By Sarah Joseph, otherwords.org Many of us will never forget that famous elementary school rhyme: “In fourteen hundred ninety-two / Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” At the time, it’s not […]
Don’t Be Fooled, There Are No Pro-Immigrant GOP Candidates
So ever since Rick Perry joined the circus that’s been the Republican presidential candidate field, I’ve been so annoyed. All this talk about how Latinos love him and how great […]
Security, Voter ID As Racializing Immigration Reform
The single most important public policy issue for Latinos of all nationalities is immigration reform. According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) which used to be called Immigration and Naturalization […]
What’s A “Good” Immigration Policy?
By Mariana Garza What would “good” immigration policy look like? I think about immigration — the act of entering and settling in a country of which you are not a […]
Romney Uses Immigration To Challenge Perry, Recruit Rubio
Mitt Romney seems to be using immigration as a way to challenge Rick Perry in the Republican presidential fight. In a speech today at the Republican National Hispanic Assembly in Tampa, […]
Shame In A Name: Why It Was Embarrassing To Speak Spanish
“Franciiiscoooo, eh,?” That was the way my former roommate pronounced my birth name with just enough mockery and disdain to let me know there was something wrong with it. “Uh, […]
King:Deported DREAMers Like Peace Corps Voluteers
Apparently, and according to a Fox News Latino post, the new chairman of the House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, spent his childhood reading the US […]
Latino Market Growing at Highest Rate in US
Let me see if I’ve got this right. Latino unemployment is 12.4 percent, the national average is 9.6 percent. Latinos earn less per year than the general population. Latino educational […]