Dropping the ‘i’ Word — History, Humanity and Martians

By Andrew Lam, Helen Zia and Chitra Divakaruni, Texas Observer Ed. Note: In early April the Associated Press announced that it would no longer use the word “illegal” when referring to undocumented […]

By Associated Press, Santa Fe New Mexican WASHINGTON — The immigration overhaul pending before Congress is picking up more high-profile support as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, […]

By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan immigration bill soon to be introduced in the Senate could exclude hundreds of thousands of immigrants here illegally from ever becoming […]

By Chris Cillizza and Sean Sullivan, Washington Post Conventional wisdom dictates that the Hispanic community in the United States is far more supportive of overhauling the immigration system and allowing those […]

By Ignacio Torres, NBCLatino Dr. Yadira Perez, Oral Historian from New York City’s Tenement Museum, and Dr. Jose C. Moya, historian at Barnard College, go through our country’s history of […]

By Xuan Thai, MSNBC Immigration reform took another step forward as the Gang of Eight group of senators appeared to reach an agreement on a path to citizenship and border security. The […]

By Mark Murray, NBC News With a bipartisan group of senators expected to unveil immigration-reform legislation in the next few days, a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that nearly […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The fall of the “I” word continues. This time it was USA Today that followed the Associated Press’ lead and has decided to no longer use […]

By Valeria Fernández, New America Media PHOENIX, Ariz.–Teresa Ramirez learned to live with the pain of ovarian cysts after she was diagnosed a year ago. As an undocumented immigrant, she […]

By Lily Eskelsen, Lily’s Blackboard Wednesday I will stand on the West Lawn of our nation’s capitol with thousands of others and demand that a dream come true. Congress isn’t Disneyland and […]