ICE: DREAM Activist’s Role Didn’t Prompt Family’s Detention

ICE: DREAM Activist’s Role Didn’t Prompt Family’s Detention

Mary Mata January 14, 2013

By Associated Press/Washington Post Click on picture to read story. [Photo courtesy Erica Andiola Facebook page] More related stories: Prominent DREAM activist watches mother, brother taken from home by ICE, NBC Latino

ICE Raids Home of DREAMer Activist Leader Erika Andiola

Mary Mata January 11, 2013

By Latino Rebels UPDATE: 5:00am January 11, 2013, Andiola posted more information on her public Facebook page. Here is the latest: I want to thank everyone for all of your support. […]

ICE Officers: Deferred Action For DREAMers Not Constitutional

Mary Mata August 29, 2012

By Priscila Mosqueda, Texas Observer Just as undocumented immigrants across the country celebrated a historic victory granting them temporary relief from deportation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, seven of them […]

Deporting A Cause Celebre: The Case Of Pedro Gutierrez

Mary Mata April 18, 2012

By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi Today was to have been Pedro Gutierrez‘ final day in the United States before being deported to his native Mexico. The 24-year-old has spent 17 years of […]

The Case Of Yanelli: Why The DREAM Act Is Important

Mary Mata January 30, 2012

By Flavia de la Fuente, dreamactivist.org Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are about to face their first real test with the Latino community in the Florida primary. Can they moderate […]

The GOP’s Empty Rhetoric On Obama’s Immigration Record

Mary Mata November 7, 2011

By Matias Ramos, otherwords.org The Obama administration, which is currently deporting a record 400,000 people each year, took a minor step to protect immigrants. Now many Republicans are accusing him […]

Immigration Agent: His Warrant Is His Genitalia

Mary Mata October 26, 2011

Nashville, Tennessee residents were the victims of overzealous and perhaps unlawful policing when police there entered their homes to search without warrants. When asked for those warrants, one of the […]

10 Things to Know About Alabama’s New Immigration Law

Mary Mata October 19, 2011

By America’s Voice Education Fund On September 28th, 2011, the most sweeping anti-immigration law in the country went into effect in Alabama.  The law, HB 56, has already had harsh […]

Record ICE Deportation Numbers Are Nothing To Be Proud Of

Mary Mata

 By U.S. Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez Today, the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bureau released new statistics on how many people are being deported from the […]

Common Sense Missing From Obama Admin Immigration Reviews

Mary Mata September 26, 2011

By Matias Ramos, otherwords.org Now that the electronic shackle is off, it’s really nice not having to listen to the eerie computer-voice commands regularly broadcast from its plastic speaker. [Matias […]