sanctuary cities
Texas Governor Hits Dallas Latina Sheriff Over “Sanctuary” Policies
*This is a showdown worth watching. Lupe Valdez is Dallas’s Latina Sheriff. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has singled her out for not complying with federal immigration laws. She says she’ll […]
Inaction Spurs New Immigrant Sanctuary Movement
*The fact that the President won’t move on the immigration issue doesn’t mean that the issue isn’t moving. Inaction isn’t an immigrant trait, neither is it an option for immigrant […]
Tale Of Latinos In Two Connecticut Cities
If you take I-95 east, from New Haven, Connecticut, it’s hard to tell where that city ends and East Haven begins. But if you’re Latino you’d do well to know […]
Mexicans Flee Organized Crime But Find Little Sanctuary
By Melissa Del Bosque “Somebody’s taken Carlos.” Ana couldn’t quite believe what her cousin had just told her over the phone. How could it be true? Ana had been preparing […]
Could Hispanic vote push Lupe Valdez into Texas Governor’s Office?
Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez is running as a Democratic candidate for Texas Governor after a year of speaking out on big state issues– particularly the controversial sanctuary cities ban. Experts says […]
US immigration arrests rise — and neighbors sign up to witness ICE operations
The idea of immigration rapid response teams started with Violeta Roman’s story. It was before dawn in 2014, and Roman was already at work — the early shift at a […]
National Latino group pulls convention from Texas over SB4
By Paul Cobler, Houston Chronicle (2.5 minute read) The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators is moving its annual convention from Houston to Chicago in protest of Texas’ “sanctuary cities” bill, SB4. […]
Teenage Activists Stage Quinceañera-Themed Protest of SB 4 at Texas Capitol
By Ignacio Martinez, The Texas Observer (2.5 minute read) Fifteen teenage activists took to the Capitol Wednesday for a quinceañera-themed protest of Senate Bill 4, the so-called sanctuary cities ban. Donning […]
While everyone’s watching Trump’s Tweets he’s gathering information on every voter in the country
By Victor Landea, NewsTaco (2.5 minute read) Let me see if I can pry your attention away from Trump’s off-the-rails Tweets, because this is important. A Washington Post headline warns: Trump’s […]
Tennessee neighborhoods prepare to defend immigrants
*Why you should read this: Because it illustrates two things, one, that U.S Latinos are coming together to support the immigrants in their communities; and two, that even in the […]