Racial Profiling – What Would You Do?

Racial Profiling – What Would You Do?

NewsTaco February 9, 2011

I thought this was awesome, especially since John Quiñones is a native San Antonio south sider. He’s got a show on ABC called “What Would You Do?” where situations are […]

Quelino Ojeda Jimenez And The Cost Of No Immigration Reform

Mary Mata February 8, 2011

Okay, this is a really, really sad story that takes us to the extremes of why we all need immigration reform in this country from The Chicago Tribune. Thanks to […]

San Antonio Immigration Discussion Causes Stir

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We didn’t set out for it to be that way, but these things just happen. I was asked several days ago to moderate a panel discussion on PBS’ Spanish sister […]

Undocumented Smuggling? There’s an App for That

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Prosaic as it’s come to sound, it’s true. A company in Boston called Owlchemy Labs has developed a game called “Smuggle Truck: Operation Immigration” where the object is to cross […]

Few Immigrants Cross Border to Give Birth

NewsTaco February 7, 2011

A quick but significant note. Not to belabor the immigration issue, but I found this interesting in its logic, or lack of it. The Chicago Sun Times reports: The vast […]

Racial Profiling Feared in New Mexico

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One of the first things that Susana Martinez, the newly elected and installed Republican Governor of New Mexico, did was undo what her predecessor had done. Five years ago then […]

Native Americans Won’t Enforce Arizona’s SB1070

Mary Mata February 4, 2011

Leaders of Native American tribes in Arizona are charging that the laws written in that state didn’t take their sovereignty into account, and so, they passed a resolution to continue […]

Feds Sending Mixed Messages on Who Gets Deported

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The last thing you need in a heated argument is confusion and mixed messages. If we’re going to bicker we should be able to do it with the same set […]

Are the Undocumented Bullish on the Economy?

NewsTaco February 3, 2011

I’m not sure what this indicates, and I’m open to suggestions form all of you out there in NewsTacolandia. The fact is, as reported by the Washington Post, that the […]

Latinos Reshaping Texas’ Political Future

NewsTaco February 2, 2011

Ask most people who aren’t from Texas what they think about the state and the people from it, and you’ll get a pretty stereotypical response: Boots and trucks, boasts and […]