Immigrant Lives Devastated in Wake of Superstorm Sandy
Immigrant Lives Devastated in Wake of Superstorm Sandy
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco As usually happens, news stories about natural disasters and their aftermath in the U.S. miss the devastating effect that storms and earthquakes and such have on the communities of undocumented […]
Family Forced to Abandon The US in Order To Be Together
By Beth Caldwell & Joel Medina, New America Media Rodrigo Ortega, 35, lives in Rosarito, Mexico with his American wife and two American-citizen children. A little over a year ago, Ortega […]
PBS Continues Series on Alleged Abuses by US Border Patrol
By Latino Rebels The latest from the PBS Need to Know series about alleged abuses by the United States Border Patrol continues this Friday, November 30. For local listings, click here. To […]
Deferred Action Applications Increase after Election
By Latinovations With President Obama re-elected into office and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) secure, there has been an increase of interest and applications from undocumented students. “I’ve seen an […]
Returning Migrant Kids Pose Educational Challenge in Mexico
By Kent Paterson, New America Media/Frontera NorteSur In different migrant-sending regions of Mexico, educators are coping with the new challenge of teaching children of return migrants who speak little or […]
We Expect Holiday Food to be Cheap, But It Has a Price
By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco As we all recover from our turkey related indulgences and move on to leftover turkey tortas and other such delights, further holiday feasts await—along with continuing the […]
Thanksgiving Made Possible By Immigrant Farm Workers
By Roque Planas, Huffnigton Post Latino Voices When giving thanks for a Thanksgiving meal, there’s one group who deserves a disproportionate amount of gratitude: the farm workers of the United […]
Mass. To Grant In-State Tuition To DREAMers
By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices Undocumented immigrants who qualify for deferred deportation will get tuition breaks at public colleges and universities inMassachusetts. An unnamed official told The Boston […]
Illinois Wants to Give Licenses to the Undocumented
By Hector Luis Alamo Jr., Being Latino Once again, my home state of Illinois is at the epicenter of the immigrant rights movement. From Fox News Latino: “Activists, administrators of Chicago […]
Undocumented Law School Grads and Students Prepare Lobby
By Leslie Layton, Chico Sol/New America Media An organization calling itself the DREAM Bar Association (DBA) is launching a national campaign on behalf of undocumented immigrants who want licenses to […]
