NPR Discovers the Prison Industry’s Role in SB 1070

NPR Discovers the Prison Industry’s Role in SB 1070

Mary Mata October 28, 2010

Long after the rest of us have already figured out that the prison industry was an integral part of conceiving, drafting and implementing Arizona’s anti-immigrant law SB 1070, NPR also […]

Arizona’s Governor’s Long Lost DUI

Mary Mata

Arizona governor, immigrant hater and signer of the SB 1070 anti-immigrant bill in Arizona Jan Brewer loves the law — as long as it doesn’t apply to her.  The proof […]

Moving Past Bumper Stickers: The Complexity of ‘Border Issues’

Mary Mata

As you may or may not know, this month’s Texas Monthly magazine is billing itself the immigration issue, “Eighteen Texans tell us exactly what they think about illegal immigration.” Some […]

Brother of Chihuahua AG Says: We Worked for Drug Gang

Mary Mata October 26, 2010

The brother of a former Chihuahua State Attorney General said on a recently released video that both he and his sister worked for a drug gang. The video of attorney […]

Tantos Tacos: Hate, Escándalo, Food, Tech, Mexico and Hate

Mary Mata October 23, 2010

This week on NewsTaco we talked about food, hate, politics, voting, tech and a little more hate.  It was a long week! We started off the week talking about hate, […]

Mexican Senate: Not Drug War, ‘Limpia Social’

Mary Mata October 22, 2010

I have to give props to Molly Molloy for sending this out, but it’s pretty terrifying to think about.  Apparently, the Mexican Senate has officially requested details from CISEN (Centro […]

Mexican Student Becomes Police Chief, No One Else Will

Mary Mata October 21, 2010

A 20 year-old criminology student became the police chief in a Mexican town Wednesday after no one else would accept the job — since no one else would take the […]

Mexican Military Human Rights Violations in Juárez

Mary Mata October 14, 2010

A new report jointly put together by the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center (Center Prodh) discovered that human rights violations […]

The Most Racist Political Ad You’ve Seen

Mary Mata October 10, 2010

Courtesy of Nevada Republican (read:  Teabagger) senatorial candidate Sharron Angle. I like the reenactment by the scary brown people, I feel it gives a strong realism to the fear.  Don’t […]

10 Economic Facts About Immigration

Mary Mata October 4, 2010

The Brookings Institution put together an interesting list of 10 economic facts about immigration, something I think we can all appreciate given the heavy current anti-immigrant climate. Today’s Immigrants Hail […]