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CA Governor to sign bill allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses
By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino California Governor Jerry Brown will sign a bill Thursday allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses, an issue which has long been advocated by the state’s […]
California passes bill to license more undocumented immigrant drivers
By Patrick McGreevy and Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — Laboring late into the night Thursday to finish their work for the year, state lawmakers acted to allow many […]
Over 100 women, including undocumented, arrested in pro-immigration action
By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino A group of women representing immigration, civil rights, labor and women’s rights – joined by undocumented immigrant women – blockaded an intersection outside the House of […]
Just before Labor Day, a report shows struggles of Latino workers
By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi A new report by the AFL-CIO depicts how, even after four years since the recession officially ended, Latino workers continue to be disproportionally affected by the weak […]
I Define Myself: Undocumented and Unafraid (Video)
By Reyna Jacqueline Peña, Gozamos On Thursday, June 28th, Gozamos joined The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum for “I Define Myself: Undocumented and Unafraid.” The Museum collaborated with the national Coming Out of the Shadows campaign […]
Chinese Immigrants Will Be The Next Undocumented Wave
Someone once asked me if I would be as outspokenly pro-immigration as I am if the immigrants were not Latino. There is so much implied in that question that it would take […]
Are the Undocumented Bullish on the Economy?
I’m not sure what this indicates, and I’m open to suggestions form all of you out there in NewsTacolandia. The fact is, as reported by the Washington Post, that the […]
‘Sanctuary Cities’ Bill Attacks Immigrants Who Made ‘Texas Miracle’ Possible
*Why you should read this: Because Latino legislators staged an epic battle in defense of sanctuary cities in Red-State Texas. Because the fight lasted until past 3am. VL The Texas […]
“Ocotillo Dreams” A Poetic, Political, Riveting Novel
Melinda Palacio’s novel, Ocotillo Dreams (Bilingual Review Press, 2011) is an intrepid first novel fashioned with the ocular chops of a poet, and the restraint and rhythm of a mid-career […]
Lou Dobbs, Un Hipócrita Bien Hecho
In case you’ve been sleeping under a rock this week, I’d like to direct your attention to something that has NEVER before happened with conservatives on high horses: the fall. […]