New Obama Memo May Let DREAMers, Vets, Avoid Deportation

New Obama Memo May Let DREAMers, Vets, Avoid Deportation

Mary Mata June 22, 2011

On Friday the Obama Administration issued a memo that apparently enacts several portions of the DREAM Act. The memo, from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), notes that employees (agents, lawyers, […]

News Taco To Go: Green Energy, Latino Cities, McCain & China

Mary Mata

Latino Politician Takes Lead On Green Energy Policy The Top 10 Cities With The Largest Latino Populations Sinvergüenza Spotlight: Mexicans & McCain Mexico Buys American and the U.S. Buys Chinese

El Cucuy Scores Big For Immigrants

NewsTaco June 21, 2011

It looks like El Diablo scared some sense into the conservative Southern Baptist congregation. Some background: The Southern Baptists had a two-day convention in Phoenix where they talked about their […]

News Taco To Go: Latinos United, Wildfires, Border Culture

Mary Mata

Hispanic? Latino? Mexicano? Chicano? Does It Matter? John McCain: Arizona Wildfires Caused By Immigrants Floating On The Border

Floating On The Border

Mary Mata June 20, 2011

By Belinda Acosta My father was born in Xilitla, a speck near another speck in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. To hear him talk, Xilitla is heaven on earth. The women […]

Texans Protest For-Profit Prisons On World Refugee Day

Mary Mata

This year, Austinites will be celebrating World Refugee Day a little bit differently. In addition to welcoming new refugee communities, tonight Austin groups will be defending a future detained community. […]

John McCain: Arizona Wildfires Caused By Immigrants

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John McCain says that the wildfires that have destroyed almost half a million  acres of land in Arizona were caused by undocumented immigrants. Seriously. I saw the fires, literally, as […]

News Taco To Go: Rubio, Fathers, Venezuela & Immigration

Mary Mata June 17, 2011

The Two Marco Rubios On Immigration Who Are We Celebrating On Father’s Day? Texas Anti-Immigrant Bill Is Filled With Inconsistencies Socialist Dreams And Beauty Queens: Arriving In Venezuela  

Anti-Immigrant Laws Moving To Moderate States Next

Mary Mata June 16, 2011

Anti-immigrant laws could soon emerge in states that have traditionally stayed away from passing the divisive legislation within their borders, according to the author of two of the harshest immigration […]

Texas Anti-Immigrant Bill Is Filled With Inconsistencies

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The big news has been the vote in the Texas state senate to approve a bill, SB 9, called the sanctuary cities bill, which allows local police officers to question […]