Another Look At The Immigration Reform Paradox

Another Look At The Immigration Reform Paradox

Mary Mata April 1, 2013

By Brian Beutler, Talking Points Memo Let’s take another look at the immigration reform paradox I wrote about yesterday. I think these ultimately amount to different ways of explaining the same […]

A Word of Caution From Rubio on Immigration

Mary Mata

By Ashley Parker, The New York Times As several of the senators taking part in a bipartisan effort to overhaul to the nation’s immigration laws appeared on the Sunday talk shows to […]

Educators set to march on Washington for DREAMer students

Mary Mata March 29, 2013

By Félix Pérez, EducationVotes It has been more than 15 years since he was in her classroom, but choral music teacher Jill Denny still lights up when describing Jose. “I […]

As Immigration Reform Looms, What comes Next?

NewsTaco March 28, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco If there was ever a doubt about what the majority of Americans are thinking regarding immigrants and immigration, a just-published Pew Research Center for People & […]

Immigration Reform Revives Cesar Chavez’s Icon Status

Mary Mata

By Erika L. Sánchez, NBC Latino The closest thing Latinos have to a national holiday is Cesar Chavez’s birthday on March 31st. Cesar Chavez’s birthday is already celebrated in ten […]

Obama: Immigration Bill Could Pass by Summer

Mary Mata

By Aamer Madhani, USA Today President Obama expressed optimism on Wednesday that Congress will have a bill that overhauls the nation’s immigration laws ready next month and that passage of […]

A Green Case for Immigration Reform?

Mary Mata

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco Immigration is THE topic for most Latino communities right now and it has the right political buzz in the wake of the 2012 elections. As part of […]

John McCain, Other Senators To Tour Mexico Border

Mary Mata March 27, 2013

By Cristina Silva, Associated Press/Huffington Post A group of U.S. senators who will be influential in shaping and negotiating details of an immigration reform package is traveling to the U.S.-Mexico […]

Obama Talks Immigration on Spanish TV

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By David Jackson, USA Today President Obama takes his renewed immigration push to the airwaves Wednesday, speaking with two Spanish language television networks. Obama will be interviewed by anchors Jose Diaz […]

Junot Díaz Talks “Superman Question” on The Colbert Report

Mary Mata March 26, 2013

By Latino Rebels Last night Junot Díaz appeared on “The Colbert Report” talking literature, immigration, and Freedom University, a college for undocumented student. Like he tells Colbert, “Every single immigrant we […]