Obama’s Immigration Plan B: Similar To Comprehensive Reform
Obama’s Immigration Plan B: Similar To Comprehensive Reform
Somewhere in a White House West Wing strategy room there must be an outline of an immigration policy plan scrawled on a whiteboard. And I imagine that the plan is as […]
Exotic Or Toxic? Latinos In America
By Justin Garratt Burke Manuel Vasquez, Assoc. Prof. at the University of Florida, recently delivered the keynote address to the “Imagining Latin America in Australia” Workshop at University of Western Sydney. […]
2,600 Activists Arrested Since Obama Took Office
An interesting report came out of Counterpunch.org earlier this year that documents the number of activists — from immigration activists to green activists — who have been arrested under the […]
America Has A New Hero, And He’s Undocumented
This is a major disruption. Just when you thought you had the immigration issue sorted, boxed, wrapped and tidy, an undocumented worker does something heroic. Now we have to re-sort everything. It happened […]
Obama Admin Trying To Win Back Latino Voters
So we all knew it was coming, the immigration announcement last week, the big Latino conference at the White House, and here it is, an exclusive storyin the insider-ey Washington Post, […]
Nuns Run Safe Haven For Immigrants Near Border
By Melissa Del Bosque For migrants who have been tortured, kidnapped or shot on the journey to asylum in the United States, Catholic nuns Zita Telkamp and Therese Cunningham are […]
Florida Becoming Less Cuban, More South American
Florida, traditionally a cubano stronghold, is becoming a lot more diverse when it comes to its Latino population, according to a new report from the Associated Press. South Americans edged […]
When Politicians Speak, What Do We Hear?
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Tom Tancredo To Raise Tons Of Money Against 14th Amendment
Former Colorado congressman and virulently anti-immigrant personality Tom Tancredo has filed paperwork to form the American Legacy Alliance, a political action committee that has one purpose: stemming illegal immigration and […]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez Says Deport Criminals, Not DREAMers
By U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) I have been vocal in my criticism of the President and his Administration over the dramatic increase in deportations on his watch and have […]
