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Hundreds March in Dilley Protesting Family Detentions
*The Dilley family detention Center, in South Texas, is the largest of its knd, operated by a for-profit company. At $300 per day per detainee, it’s lucrative for the corporation, […]
Latino Health Care 5 Years After the ACA: Findings from the Latino National Health and Immigration Survey
*Here are some interesting numbers that came from this study on Latinos and the ACA: the overall percentage of uninsured Latinos has decreased since Obamacare; 1 in 4 Latinos haven’t […]
Pope Francis will likely discuss immigration in address to Congress
*Acording to this article, Pope Francis has made helping immigrants one of the cornerstones of his papacy. He’s already emphasized immigrants and immigration in his speeches to the European Parliament and during […]
Julian Castro-Dan Patrick Immigration Debate May Happen After All
By Roque Planas, HuffingtonPost Latino Voices Julian Castro is ready to rumble. The Democratic mayor of San Antonio, Texas, challenged immigration hardliner Dan Patrick to a public debate on the subject of […]
Texas Republicans take hard line on immigration
By Chris Tomlinson, Associated Press/Desert News AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans are taking hard-line stances on immigration ahead of the March 4 primary elections to win support from the party’s base, […]
Megamarch of 2006 inspired a new generation of Latino leaders
By Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News It’s 2006, and 19-year-old Arlington native Jennifer Cortez is walking in the megamarch through downtown Dallas. “I saw more clearly then the need for change, for […]
Evangelical pastor continues 40-day immigration fast as House set to leave
By Suzanne Gamboa, NBCLatino House Speaker John Boehner plans to close for business Friday, the same day the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez hits his 40th day of a fast for immigration reform. Other activists […]
‘More Women Than We Thought’ on Front Lines of Immigration Protest
By Miriam Yeung, New America Media On Thursday, Aug. 1, I joined nearly 50 labor leaders, immigrant advocates, environmental activists, people of faith and DREAMers from the “We Belong Together” […]
Young Mother Fights Deportation, Hopes for Immigration Reform
By Melissa del Bosque, The Texas Observer On Tuesday morning, Veronica Ayala, 33, stood next to her three-year old son Damian in a parking lot across the street from the J.J. […]
It’s open mic night for House Republicans on immigration!
By Sean Sullivan, Washington Post Call it open mic day in the House GOP conference. Republicans are set to huddle behind closed doors Wednesday afternoon to discuss the politically complicated issue […]