CA 4th Graders Unite to Bring DREAMer Classmate Home

CA 4th Graders Unite to Bring DREAMer Classmate Home

Mary Mata March 22, 2013

By Diana Bohn, Berkeley Daily Planet Rodrigo was a happy nine-year-old fourth grader at Jefferson Elementary School in Berkeley, where he lived since he was two years old. On January […]

NC Scraps Proposed Pink-striped License for Undoc

Mary Mata

By Associated Press/The Independent North Carolina said Thursday it is abandoning its plan to issue pink-striped driver’s licenses to certain undocumented immigrants, beset by mounting criticism of the specially designed […]

Complaint: Rampant Abuse by Border Patrol Agents

Mary Mata March 21, 2013

By John Michaelson, Public News Service AUSTIN, Texas – The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agency (CPB) is facing a handful of lawsuits and potential lawsuits over claims of rampant misconduct […]

Mother Faces Deportation for Having Barking Dogs

Mary Mata March 20, 2013

By Jennie Pasquarella, ACLU of Southern California and Axel Caballero, Cuéntame  Where would you expect to find half-a-dozen patrol cars on New Year’s Eve?  In Bakersfield, California, ranked in the highest […]

Latinos Extend Reach Beyond Enclaves

Mary Mata

By Miriam Jordan, Wall Street Journal South Americans, Puerto Ricans and Cubans are settling among the existing U.S. population more readily than Mexicans, the nation’s largest Hispanic group, a trend […]

Latino Voters Personal Connections to Immigration Reform

Mary Mata March 19, 2013

By Matt Barreto, Latino Decisions Latino Decisions released new polling data today highlighting why immigration reform has become the number one political issue for Latino voters, and the answer is close personal connections […]

Share Your DREAMer Story, be Selected for DC Rally

Mary Mata March 18, 2013

PRESS RELEASE NEA DREAMer STUDENT CONTEST RULES The Inspiring DREAMer Student Voice: One Dream ·     Write a story that describes your pursuit of the American dream, the role an educator has […]

Psychiatric Research of Immigrants Under Microscope

Mary Mata March 12, 2013

By Jim Shelton, New Haven Register NEW HAVEN — The Yale University psychiatrist at the heart of a recent controversy over teaching interviewing techniques to soldiers is embroiled in a […]

Living in Dual Shadows – LGBT Undoc Immigrants

Mary Mata March 8, 2013

By Crosby Burns, Ann Garcia, and Phillip E. Wolgin, Center for American Progress In a first of its kind analysis, the Williams Institute at UCLA today estimates that there are at least 267,000 […]

Latino Civic Engagement Key in Achieving Immigration Reform

Mary Mata March 6, 2013

By Ben Monterroso, National Executive Director, Mi Familia Vota Education Fund  America is all about opportunities and giving a chance to those who want to achieve the American Dream. Our government […]