Survey: Over Six in Ten Americans Back Citizenship
Survey: Over Six in Ten Americans Back Citizenship
By Ted Hesson, ABCNews/Univision Over six in ten Americans think undocumented immigrants should be given a path to citizenship, according to a survey released Thursday by the Brookings Institution and the Public […]
Children Of Latino Immigrants Skew More Democratic Than Parents
By Gene Demby, NPR While most immigrants from Latin America identify with the Democratic Party, Hispanic members of the second generation — those born in the United States with at […]
Mexicans Naturalize at Lower Rate Than Other Immigrants
By Jacquellena Carrero, NBCLatino Compared to other groups of immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexicans have the lowest rate of naturalization. Nearly 61 percent of immigrants eligible for naturalization […]
Texas Immigrants to Rally on Int’l. Human Rights Day
By Peter Malof, Public News Service EL PASO, Texas – Immigrant advocates in Texas are marking International Human Rights Day today by decrying what they call “systematic violations” of international law […]
President Obama’s Deferred Action: A Fair Compromise On Immigration Enforcement
By Kristian Ramos, Latinovations President Barack Obama’s move to prioritize the deportation of criminal immigrants, while giving exemplary undocumented immigrants the ability to remain in the country through deferred action, is smart […]
Bien Hecho: Latino Pastor In Alabama Becomes A Citizen
An interesting story came to us this week from Alabama, where Panamanian pastor Cristobal Echevarria recently earned his U.S. citizenship. His is a long story, starting with a violent life in […]
Illinois Dream Act Signed Into Law
The Illinois DREAM Act, which will help undocumented students in the state pay for college, was signed into law by Governor Pat Quinn on Monday. The law will create a […]
Bien Hecho: Washington’s Blanca Gonzalez Torres Honored By Legislature
Blanca Gonzalez Torres was an advocate for the Latino community in Washington state who died unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm last August. Last week she was honored by the state senate […]
Latino Republicans Work To Recall Arizona’s Pearce
A group of conservative Arizona Latinos, Somos Republicans, is behind a move to recall that state’s senate president Russell Pearce. For those not in the know, this is the kind […]
14 States To Tackle Birthright Citizenship
Seriously? According to a recent report, 14 states have legislators who are set to file bills about birthright citizenship this year. That is, they are going to propose laws that would […]