Immigration Laws Are Affecting Foreign Investments

Immigration Laws Are Affecting Foreign Investments

NewsTaco October 24, 2011

There’s more fallout to report from state-level immigration laws.  It’s important because states like Arizona, Georgia and Alabama have turned into laboratories of consequences. In the weeks and months since those state’s approved […]

Georgia’s Anti-Immigration Law Is Anti-Women

Mary Mata October 4, 2011

By Maria Elena Perez, interim Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health “It’s like my mom… doesn’t exist. My mom doesn’t ask too much of her place […]

Alabama’s Harsh Immigration Law Takes Effect Today

Mary Mata September 29, 2011

So why do you care about this immigration law? I would say these should be your top reasons: If you’re Latino, this law means cops and other authorities can make […]

Waldo Depressed That Nation Is Obsessed With The Undocumented

Mary Mata September 22, 2011

After an exhaustive search spanning two decades and countless books, El Guapo has found Waldo.However, now he (El Guapo) wishes he had never embarked on the journey to find the […]

News Taco Weekly Roundup, September 12-17, 2011

Mary Mata September 17, 2011

Of course this week was the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, so we had a few posts on that, including: Census data, a story about loving and leaving Mexico, trying […]

HB 87, Georgia’s Arizona-Style Law, Is Not About Race?

Mary Mata September 16, 2011

By Jerry Gonzalez, Executive Director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) Just a few weeks ago, our state leaders appointed an all-white male panel to enforce HB87, […]

Lawmakers Trying To Bring Farmworkers Back, Legally

Mary Mata September 13, 2011

After an outcry from American farmers over a shortage of migrant workers in their fields, Republican lawmaker Lamar Smith recently introduced a plan to overhaul the current H-2A program which forces […]

Georgia Tries To Win Latinos Back With “Baby, Please” Letter

Mary Mata August 18, 2011

Georgia is just one of many states to introduce an SB 1070 copycat law and skip arm-in-arm with Arizona down the no-nonsense, iron-fisted-crackdown path as a way to deal with […]

Atlanta Hawks Deal Would Compliment NBA’s Latino Outreach

Mary Mata August 16, 2011

So a lot of hype came up recently when news that a Latino was set to purchase the Atlanta Hawks NBA team. Alex Meruelo is the son of Cuban immigrants […]

Obama Admin Challenges Alabama’s Anti-Latino Law

Mary Mata August 2, 2011

Yesterday the Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against the State of Alabama for its anti-Latino law that not only requires police to inquire about immigration status and penalizing employers […]