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Los Angeles Plans $10 Million Immigration Defense Fund
*It looks like we’re going to get an interesting start to 2017. VL December 19, 2016 Juliana Rose Pignataro Displayed with permission from International Business Times Making good on a […]
What Immigrant Communities Can Do to Prepare for Trump
*With Trump’s election immigrant communities have gone from hopeful anticipation to circling the wagons. Many are preparing for the worst. VL By Elena Shore, New America Media (7 minute read) SAN […]
Texas Sheriffs, Jails on Immigration Front Line
*For all the talk about securing the border and being strong on immigration enforcement, it’s not the politicians who bear the brunt of it, it’s local, county law enforcement that’s […]
Surviving the Drought in California: Farm Workers Struggle to Put Food on the Table
*”If there’s no water, there’s no work. This is huge problem for a mother.” – Enedina Bibanco, California farmworker. VL By Dyan Ruiz and Joseph Smooke, New America Media [tweet_dis]Undocumented […]
Detainees Fight for Freedom of Speech
*The main issue in this story is whether the undocumented have legal standing to seek protection under the First Amendment. Critics argue that if the Federal Government prevails it will, […]
Chicago’s Tamal Underground
*What a great story! The entrepreneurial resilience of street vendors who should be brought out of the underground economy shadows. VL By In These Times/Feet In 2 Worlds Each afternoon […]
The Republican Primary Border War Dance
By Melissa del Bosque , Texas Observer When a normally buttoned-down Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst dons a bulletproof vest and poses next to a machine gun on the Rio Grande, it can […]
Why Iowa Evangelicals Haven’t Flocked To Rick Perry
By Abby Rapoport On a drizzly, gray November day, the First Federated Church in Des Moines looked particularly formidable. The mega-church is a gigantic brick building, a converted high school […]
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 […]
Rick Perry Throwing Latinos Under The Bus To Win
By Raul A. Reyes, otherwords.org Texas Governor Rick Perry had a busy summer. In July, he told reporters he felt “called” to run for president. In August, he hosted “The Response,” […]