Not Everyone Wants the American Dream

Not Everyone Wants the American Dream

Mary Mata July 9, 2013

By Seth Holmes, New America Media On my 16th birthday, in an indigenous village in southern Mexico, I translated for a church group of white Americans from my hometown in eastern […]

Could you pass the US citizenship test?

Mary Mata July 8, 2013

By U.S. News/NBCNews When immigrants want to become Americans, they must take a civics test as part of their naturalization interview before an immigration officer. Could you pass it? The […]

Court Upholds Nebraska Town’s Ban On Renting To Undocumented Immigrants

Mary Mata July 5, 2013

By Fox News Latino OMAHA, Neb. –  Opening the door for the town of Fremont to begin enforcing its law and offering implications for other cities with similar ordinances, a […]

9 Latinos Whose Families Arrived Before July 4, 1776

Mary Mata

By Carmery Trinidad, Latina Listening to the immigration debate, you could easily get the idea that all Latinos are newcomers to this country. Nothing could be further from the truth. […]

Mexican American mobility

Mary Mata July 3, 2013

By Helen B. Marrow and Tomás R. Jiménez, Los Angeles Times Now that the Senate has passed its immigration bill, the future of reform lies in the hands of the […]

Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage benefits immigrants

Mary Mata June 27, 2013

By Teresa Puente, Chicanísima After hearing about the two Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage Wednesday morning my husband and I wondered if 50 years ago our partnership would have […]

Mexican Roots for Majority of Latino Americans

Mary Mata June 20, 2013

By Jim Avila, ABC News Mexican Latinos make up more than two thirds of all Latinos in the United States, according to a new Pew Hispanic report. Of the 51.9 […]

Immigration Law Changes Seen Cutting Billions From Deficit

Mary Mata June 19, 2013

By Ashley Paker, Washington Post WASHINGTON — Congressional budget analysts, providing a positive economic assessment of proposed immigration law changes, said Tuesday that legislation to overhaul the nation’s immigration system […]

Dream Act applicant says man took money, ran

Mary Mata

By Kerry Kavanaugh, wsbtv ATHENS, Ga. — Local students working to qualify for the Dream Act say their efforts may have been derailed. They say the former director of an Athens nonprofit, […]

Bracero Pay Day on Hold

Mary Mata June 10, 2013

By Mónica Ortiz Uribe, Latino USA While Congress debates provisions for a new guest worker program, elderly Mexican farmworkers called braceros protest about retirement money they say they’re owed. Mónica Ortiz […]