States React Differently To Immigration Law

States React Differently To Immigration Law

Mary Mata June 10, 2011

A controversial immigration enforcement program has been suspended in New York, while Texas looks to expand it. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently suspended the Secure Communities program, which is […]

Celebrating American Holidays With My Mexican Father

Mary Mata June 8, 2011

As a child, my father would always take my sister and I to the front door and repeat his favorite saying, “No me importa lo que diga Tom Bradley ni […]

News Taco To Go: Felons, Border War, Wisconsin, Pesticides

Mary Mata June 7, 2011

Latinos, Immigrants Comprise Half Of Federal Felons Hometown Exile: Saying Goodbye To Visiting Mexico Latinos In Wisconsin Organize To Ensure Representation Latina Students Fight Pesticides In California  

Latina Students Fight Pesticides In California

Mary Mata June 6, 2011

And now for a great story out of California, where a group of young Latinas and other high school students organized to protect their families from a harmful pesticide, convincing […]

Latinos, Immigrants Comprise Half Of Federal Felons

Mary Mata

A new investigation by the Associated Press found that almost half of those sentenced in federal court for felonies are Latino. These numbers are bolstered by immigration cases, the AP […]

Mexican Immigrants Make Dreams Come Through With Ice Cream

Mary Mata June 3, 2011

Carlos Flores went from being a doctoral student in Mexico to pushing an ice cream cart to selling shaved ice out of a truck to being the successful owner of […]

SB 1070 Author Russel Pearce To Be Recalled In Arizona

Mary Mata June 2, 2011

Thousands of Arizona citizens have signed a petition to recall the sponsor of the state’s controversial anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, state Senate President Russell Pearce. Fed up with Pearce’s divisive […]

New Georgia Immigration Laws May Affect Your Pocketbook

NewsTaco June 1, 2011

There’s a direct link between what’s happening with  the latest SB1070-type laws in Georgia and your trip to the supermarket. It has to do wiht the availability of labor and […]

What’s Worse Than Lazy Racism?

Mary Mata May 27, 2011

You know what I think is worse than racism? Lazy racism. That’s the kind of racism that you just kind of adhere to because — because. I mean, I don’t […]

Will Democrats Pass The DREAM Act This Time? Prolly Not

Mary Mata May 25, 2011

Do you remember the disappointment you felt when the DREAM Act didn’t pass? I do, it was a heavy kind of disappointment, the kind you know will last for a […]