New Pew Research Portrait: A Nation of Immigrants

New Pew Research Portrait: A Nation of Immigrants

Mary Mata January 30, 2013

By Pew Research Hispanic Center In 2010, nearly two-thirds of unauthorized immigrants had lived in the U.S. for at least a decade and nearly half (46%) were parents of minor […]

Advice to GOP Politicians: Don’t Call Immigrants ‘Illegal’

Mary Mata

By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices Will the revitalized immigration debate change the language politicians use? Organizations and advocates including journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, the publication Colorlines, and the National Association of […]

La Migra y Usted: Se Abre una Esperanza

Mary Mata

Armando García, Nuestra América News El mes de enero ha dado pasos gigantes en materia migratoria. En columnas anteriores expliqué los procedimientos para perdonar la presencia ilegal de ciertos familiares […]

How a U.S. Guest Worker Program Worked Before

Mary Mata January 29, 2013

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco With the Obama administration and the bipartisan senate Gang of Eight poised to move on comprehensive immigration reform soon, which may include an agricultural guest worker program, our country has […]

Immigration Reform May Add Millions Under Obama Health Law

Mary Mata January 28, 2013

By Elise Viebeck, The Hill Comprehensive immigration reform could make millions of people suddenly eligible for assistance under President Obama’s healthcare law, assuming a final deal paves the way for undocumented […]

Janet Napolitano Defends Arrest Of DREAMer Family

Mary Mata January 24, 2013

By Elise Foley, Huffington Post Click on picture to read story. [Photo by  Center for American Progress]

More States Adding Lower Tuition for Undoc. Students

Mary Mata January 22, 2013

By Nadine Natour, NBC Latino Click on picture to read story. [Photo by DreamActivist]

Latino Evangelical at MLK Keynote: People Are Not “Illegal”

Mary Mata

By Latino Rebels During his keynote address the 45th Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Commemoration Service today in Atlanta, the controversial Rev. Sam Rodríguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership […]

DREAM Activist Erika Andiola Joins Cong. Staff

Mary Mata January 18, 2013

By Associated Press/NBC Latino Click on picture to read story. [Photo courtesy Erica Andiola Facebook page]

ICE Raids Wrong Home: Leaves Oklahoma Family Shaken & Angry

Mary Mata January 17, 2013

By Latino Rebels The following story from Oklahoma is the latest example of an immigration system that is broken. According to the following video reports, a family from Moore, Oklahoma was mistakenly raided […]