Four Year-old US Citizen, Trapped in Guatemala, Returns Home

Remember little Emily Ruiz? She’s the four year old girl, born in the US, who had traveled to Guatemala with her grandfather. On their return trip the grandfather was denied entry into […]

The President went on Univision last night to talk directly to Latinos about education. We’re glad he did. But is that enough? And what comes next? The truth is that […]

How many of you watched President Obama’s town hall meeting on Univision? I ask because a report in The Hill names the Spanish language broadcaster as an influencer in the […]

Here’s a statistic that makes cultural sense: “Hispanics, especially first- and second-generation Mexican-Americans, are less likely to donate organs than Americans as a whole, according to organ donation experts.” The […]

President Barack Obama gave a speech about Libya last night in which he clarified the U.S.’s role there, even as a woman who was claimed she was raped by Moammar […]

My sister and I spent many afternoons at my Tía Lupita’s house when we were kids. We were always welcomed by a hot Mexican meal that was usually accompanied by […]

Presente.org’s campaign to gather 50,000 signatures to demand that Kansas Rep. Virgil Peck resign after calling for the shooting of immigrants from helicopters was wildly successful. Presente.org’s National Campaign Director […]

The term has been synonymous with the gay rights movement, but recently college students have appropriated the idea and applied it to their immigration status. It’s become a deliberate “thing” that aims to put […]

This hits really close to home.  I have a 90 year old father who hasn’t been feeling well these past few days. The doctor says he caught a virus and […]

Last week’s defeat of five stringent immigration bills in the Arizona legislature was no fluke. Ever since that state’s notorious SB1070 was signed into law, Arizona has become the focus […]