Latino voters eyeing lawmakers on immigration

Latino voters eyeing lawmakers on immigration

Mary Mata September 30, 2013

By Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — A significant majority of Latino voters list immigration overhaul as a crucial issue and would be less likely to support a candidate who blocked […]

Dominican Court Ends Citizenship of Some Residents

Mary Mata September 27, 2013

By The Associated Press/The New York Times SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Thousands of Dominican Republic residents have been thrown into limbo by a ruling from the country’s highest court […]

Population Decline of Unauthorized Immigrants Stalls, May Have Reversed

Mary Mata

By Jeffrey S. Passel, D’Vera Cohn and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Latino Decisions The sharp decline in the U.S. population of unauthorized immigrants that accompanied the 2007-2009 recession has bottomed out, and the number may be […]

Get set, Ready, and Go Obamacare

Mary Mata September 26, 2013

By Latinovations Despite a recent vote to unravel President Barack Obama’s health care law, Obamacare remains good to go and is expected to benefit an estimated 10 million eligible Latinos […]

Deported Vets

Mary Mata September 24, 2013

By Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA Serving in the military can help immigrants gain U.S. citizenship. But vets who commit crimes may find themselves deported despite their service to the country. […]

LATISM13 conference: harnessing social media to improve Latinos’ lives

Mary Mata September 23, 2013

By Maria Camila Bernal, NBCLatino In less than five years, Latinos in Social Media (LATISM) has been able to unite thousands of Latinos in the nation in hopes of helping advance their social, […]

Defense contractors see possible bonanza in immigration reform

Mary Mata September 19, 2013

By Fox News Latino Security and defense contractors are preparing to take advantage of the hundreds of millions of dollars that approval of a new immigration law that will increase […]

High rate of deportations continue under Obama despite Latino disapproval

Mary Mata

By Mark Hugo Lopez and Ana Gonzalez-Berrra, Pew Research Cetner In an interview with Telemundo’s Jose Diaz-Balart on Tuesday, President Obama said that it would be difficult to halt the deportation of immigrants living in […]

After brutal summer heat, border-crosser deaths up this year over 2012

Mary Mata September 18, 2013

By Elisa Cordova, Cronkite News TUCSON – Following brutal summer heat, deaths of border crossers in Pima County so far this year are up from 2012, the chief medical examiner […]

California passes bill to license more undocumented immigrant drivers

Mary Mata September 13, 2013

By Patrick McGreevy and Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — Laboring late into the night Thursday to finish their work for the year, state lawmakers acted to allow many […]