The Supreme Court Minus Scalia, a case breakdown
The Supreme Court Minus Scalia, a case breakdown
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (5.5 minute read) The big news over the weekend is the passing of Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Justice Antonin Scalia. There’s been a relentless stream of reports […]
U.S. rights group leads effort to identify Mexican immigrant on life support for 16 years
*What a tough story to read. An immigrant from Mexico has been on life support for 15 years. He’s finally identified using DNA. His family was notified, but this isn’t […]
Seante probe faults government for migrant child abuse
*An Associated Press report published this week found that “more than two dozen unaccompanied children were sent to homes across the country where they were sexually assaulted, starved or forced […]
Migrants’ interest in voting rises
*Back in June, when Donald Trump made his infamous “Mexicans are rapists” campaign kick-off speech, there was a prediction: that Latinos would be so insulted by his remarks that they […]
Why immigration is a big deal to conservatives
*You may have been asking yourself this same question. One answer is to brand immigration opponents as nativist – there’s a history of intolerance tied to extreme conservatism that’s hard […]
U.S. illegal immigrant population falls below 11 million
*Facts are pesky things when you’re trying to convince voters that immigrants are swarming across the U.S. border. The number of undocumented in the U.S. has been declining steadily for […]
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Obama Immigration Actions
*The Obama administration and immigration activists are breathing a collective sigh of solace. The U. S. Supreme Court had left the president’s executive actions on immigration case out of its initial […]
Immigration and the 2016 Election
*There’s one interesting point in this article – most of it is a rehash of the same old ideas about immigration and politics. What’s interesting is buried in the 6th […]
After immigration raids, Latino leaders ask Obama to show ‘moral leadership’
*The issue seems to be a simple choice of following, or not, the deportation orders issued by immigration judges. But the action is laden with nuance and contradictions. In November […]
Hasty raids led to mistakes: Deportation halted for at least 20 migrants targeted
*Some of the affected families were apprehended in their homes, sent to a detention facility in Texas, placed on a plane and were about to be deported when the Board of […]
