Colorado Store Sells Illegal Immigrant Hunting Permit

Colorado Store Sells Illegal Immigrant Hunting Permit

Mary Mata February 8, 2013

By Latino Rebels Just when you think the anti-immigrant (code word: anti-Latino) racism will go away, it doesn’t. Case in point, the following report from Colorado’s 9News.com, called “‘Illegal Immigrant Hunting […]

2nd Generation Exceed Immigrants in Income & Education

Mary Mata

PRESS RELEASE Second-generation Americans—-the 20 million adult U.S.-born children of immigrants—-are substantially better off than immigrants themselves on key measures of socio-economic attainment, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of […]

SLIDESHOW: The Faces of the Great Immigration Debate

Mary Mata February 7, 2013

By, writer Dulce-Marie Flecha of Viviana Hurtado’s The Wise Latina Club From Superbowl Champion Baltimore Raven James Ihedigbo, the son of Nigerian immigrants, to DREAMer Activist turned Congressional aid Erika Andiola, these photos explore the theme […]

There’s No Such Thing as an Illegal Immigrant

Mary Mata February 6, 2013

By Eric Posner, Slate Immigration reform is not going to solve the problem of illegal immigration. That’s because illegal immigration is not really a problem, or if it is a problem, it […]

Border Patrol Get Bonuses & Vacations for Increased Arrests

Mary Mata February 5, 2013

By Pilar Marrero, NewsTaco You would say that a nice incentive program is a good thing to have when you are looking to reach some goals in an organization. The […]

Michigan Reverses: Will Give Licenses to DREAMers

Mary Mata February 4, 2013

By Emily Deruy, ABCNews/Univision In a reversal from its original position, Michigan said Friday that DREAMers will be eligible for driver’s licenses. Click on picture to read story. [Photo by  UMHealthSystem]

LA: The Plaster Vendor, or how I spent my Sunday morning

Mary Mata

By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog What’s nice about the Los Angeles of today is that you can go out a meet folks with worthwhile stories almost without trying. I […]

Latino Immigrants Assimilating As Fast As Earlier Groups

Mary Mata February 1, 2013

By Dylan Matthews, The Washington Post Wonkblog In 2007, the political scientists Jack Citrin, Amy Lerman, Michael Murakami and Kathryn Pearson decided to test Huntington’s theory against the available evidence about Latino assimilation. They found […]

The Rise of The Second Generation U.S. Latinos

Mary Mata

By Joseph M. Humire and Fernando D. Menéndez, The Hill Click on picture to read story. [Photo by mahalie]

Before We Bicker on Immigration, Let’s agree On Definitions

NewsTaco January 31, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco If we’re going to get anywhere in this looming immigration debate, we’ve got to start in the same room, using words we all understand. I don’t […]