Is Immigration About Jobs, Humans Or Business?

Is Immigration About Jobs, Humans Or Business?

Mary Mata September 26, 2011

By Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez Austin, Texas — A diversity of thought and ideas about the economics of immigration reform informed a panel Sunday at the Texas Tribune Festival. The panel […]

Common Sense Missing From Obama Admin Immigration Reviews

Mary Mata

By Matias Ramos, otherwords.org Now that the electronic shackle is off, it’s really nice not having to listen to the eerie computer-voice commands regularly broadcast from its plastic speaker. [Matias […]

Tony Garza: Why The U.S., Mexico Need Each Other

Mary Mata September 24, 2011

By Zach Gonzalez & Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez Addressing the question of why the U.S. and Mexico need each other, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza opened his remarks this morning […]

Operation Hold The Line, 18 Years Later

Mary Mata September 23, 2011

About 18 years ago then-El Paso Border Patrol Sector Chief Silvestre Reyes (the El Paso Congressman since 1996), started an operation to deter immigration that came to be called Operation Hold […]

All Latinos Should Come Together For Immigration Reform

Mary Mata

Recently, blogger Julio R. Varela became incensed over comments that Puerto Ricans cannot understand other Latinos when it comes to immigration, due to their automatic U.S. citizenship. For several reasons, […]

Waldo Depressed That Nation Is Obsessed With The Undocumented

Mary Mata September 22, 2011

After an exhaustive search spanning two decades and countless books, El Guapo has found Waldo.However, now he (El Guapo) wishes he had never embarked on the journey to find the […]

How 1,600 Bills Forced Latinos To Care About Immigration

NewsTaco

There’s been a subliminal debate – if such a thing can exist – concerning Latinos and immigration that’s been going on since since California had it’s proposition 187 conniption. The […]

New Hotline Offers Advice For Undocumented Immigrants

Mary Mata September 21, 2011

Operating out of Chicago, a hotline providing legal aid and assistance to undocumented immigrants is moving out of its trial stage and was formally introduced this week. The Chicago Tribune […]

Obama Says His Jobs Plan Will Help Latinos

NewsTaco September 20, 2011

It was bound to happen. Given the political grudge match in Washington; given the lackluster state of the economy; given all the talk of the Latino vote potential; and given […]

Obama Polls Are More About Spin Than About Latinos

NewsTaco September 19, 2011

Interesting question posed by the Washington Post: With Hispanic support for Obama waning, could Latino vote be up for grabs in 2012? I don’t know if the question was meant […]