Undocumented Immigrants Go On Hunger Strike For Organ Transplant

Undocumented Immigrants Go On Hunger Strike For Organ Transplant

Mary Mata August 6, 2013

By Huffington Post Latino Voices Undocumented immigrants who want access to organ transplants went on a hunger strike to call attention to their cause. The group of Mexican immigrants, 14 in total, […]

‘Dream 9’ Tactics Take Debate Beyond Halls of Congress

Mary Mata August 1, 2013

By Valeria Fernández,  New America Media ELOY, Ariz. — From inside the tiny rectangular windows at the Eloy Detention Center, the Dreamers arrested in last week’s protest could see the long […]

Young Mother Fights Deportation, Hopes for Immigration Reform

Mary Mata

By Melissa del Bosque, The Texas Observer On Tuesday morning, Veronica Ayala, 33, stood next to her three-year old son Damian in a parking lot across the street from the J.J. […]

United States Deported Over 13,000 Unaccompanied Mexican Minors Last Year

Mary Mata

By Esther Yu-Hsi Lee, Think Progress On Tuesday, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) released a report confirming that 13,454 unaccompanied Mexican minors under the age of 18 were […]

For ‘Undocuqueers,’ SCOTUS Rulings Only Half the Battle

Mary Mata July 31, 2013

By Michael Lozano, New America Media/Long Beach VoiceWaves LONG BEACH, Calif. – Last month’s Supreme Court decision striking down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act marked a major […]

33 Members Of Congress Sign Letter Supporting ‘DREAM 9’

Mary Mata July 30, 2013

By David Martin Davies, Fronteras The nine immigration activists, called the DREAM 9, who were taken into custody after crossing the Nogales Port of Entry on July 22, remain in custody. But they […]

US-Mexico border: The ‘Cicatriz’ of Tecate

Mary Mata

By Johanna Mendelson Forman, Voxxi Tecate is a small border town of 65,000 people that serves as a gateway to the Mexican state of Baja California. It is famous for […]

Court rules against Hazleton immigration law

Mary Mata

By Ben Finley, Philadelphia Inquirer Hazleton, Pa., has lost another round in federal court as it tries to enforce ordinances that crack down on illegal immigrants. The U.S. Court of […]

The Real Housewife of Ciudad Juarez

Mary Mata July 29, 2013

By Debbie Nathan, The Texas Observer It’s 5:45 a.m. on a Monday, and we’re stuck in traffic, slowly inching northward on a bridge that joins Mexico to the United States at […]

Reluctant Citizens

Mary Mata

By Jacob Lewin. Latino USA Not everyone who immigrates to the United States wants to become a citizen. There are around ten million legal permanent residents who aren’t applying. We’ll […]