South Carolina Politico: Blacks, Whites Don’t Work Like Latinos

South Carolina Politico: Blacks, Whites Don’t Work Like Latinos

Mary Mata February 9, 2011

Not sure if this is a back-handed comment, just plain racist or simply an honest opinion. South Carolina State Senator Robert Ford, D-Charleston, said that Latino immigrants were necessary because […]

Quelino Ojeda Jimenez And The Cost Of No Immigration Reform

Mary Mata February 8, 2011

Okay, this is a really, really sad story that takes us to the extremes of why we all need immigration reform in this country from The Chicago Tribune. Thanks to […]

NewsTaco To Go: Cold, TSA, Juárez, Immigration, Middle East

Mary Mata February 2, 2011

The Middle East continues to boil over, the TSA tests new body scanners, undocumented immigration has remained stable in the U.S., it’s cold across the country and Ciudad Juárez sees […]

U.S. Border Guards Operate With Violent Impunity

Mary Mata December 27, 2010

An interesting story from The Dallas Observer that details the violent death of an immigrant in Border Patrol custody in San Diego, Calif. and then tells us about the bigger […]

Immigrants Can Sue Immigration Officials

Mary Mata December 23, 2010

A lawsuit in New Haven, Connecticut created a whole new way to think about the immigration debate in this country. U.S. District Court Judge Stefan Underhill ruled that Immigration and […]

The Science Behind Obama’s Deportation Record

Mary Mata December 14, 2010

[Editor’s Note: I wrote last week about the way the Obama Administration had immigration enforcement agencies twist the rules so they could reach their “record” deportations goal. This week we […]

Arizona-Style Immigration Laws Cropping Up in Oklahoma

NewsTaco November 22, 2010

I wish it weren’t necessary to bring such things up, but we have to keep an eye on these developments. Arizona-type anti-immigrant laws are spreading like mala yerba. The Associated […]