Immigration policy stance directly tied to winning the Latino vote

Immigration policy stance directly tied to winning the Latino vote

Mary Mata March 6, 2013

By Matt Barreto, Ph.D., Latino Decisions A new Latino Decisions poll finds that Latino voters are paying very close attention to the immigration debate in Congress and that a candidate’s stance […]

Hopeful Art Rebrands the Immigration Movement

Mary Mata March 4, 2013

By Cristina Costantini, ABC/Univision Every year, during their mating season, millions of monarch butterflies make the journey from Canada and the U.S. to a small town in Mexico called Angangueo […]

DREAMer Shares Her Story as an Aspiring American

Mary Mata March 1, 2013

By Félix Pérez, Education Votes Julieta Garibay wells up with emotion when she recounts her journey of being brought at the age of 12 to the United States with her […]

Immigration Reform Bus Tour – Keeping Families Together

NewsTaco February 28, 2013

By Jesse Luna, NewsTaco When I think of Comprehensive Immigration Reform I think of families.  This isn’t just a policy issue. My father was born in the U.S. but when […]

Becoming Documented

Mary Mata February 27, 2013

By Hector Luis Alamo, Jr., Gozamos Couples in murmuring discussion glanced nervously up at my wife Rocio and I as we entered the second-floor waiting room at the U.S. Citizenship […]

Oakland Introduces Undoc Immigrant Debit Card Program

Mary Mata

By Aaron Sankin, Huffington Post Latino Voices SAN FRANCISCO — The city of Oakland began issuing combination photo identification and debit cards earlier this month to any city resident who […]

Wisconsin teacher Fights for His students and Immigration Reform

Mary Mata February 25, 2013

By Colleen Flaherty, Education Votes In a small town in northern Wisconsin, Spanish teacher Scott Ellingson has two students in his class who traveled a long way to be there. […]

If Immigration Reform Stalls, DREAMers at Risk

Mary Mata February 19, 2013

By David Von Drehle, TIME When President Obama and Democrats in Congress say they would like to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill this year, it’s entirely possible that they mean exactly what […]

Immigration Reform: Will Farming Finally Get Fixed?

Mary Mata February 18, 2013

By Adrian Florido, PRI’s The World, New America Media Noel Stehly’s organic farm is at the end of a winding country road just north of San Diego. It’s a 200-acre […]

Rethinking the Cuba Immigration Perk

Mary Mata

By Chicago Tribune Editorial For Cubans who want to immigrate to the United States, the hardest part is getting here. Since 1966, they’ve essentially been granted automatic refugee status upon […]