Immigration Reform? – Should be About Immigrants Too

Immigration Reform? – Should be About Immigrants Too

Mary Mata March 8, 2013

By Cuéntame Agreed, the window of opportunity is in fact wide open for the passage of substantial immigration reform. Immigration reform is after all the next big ticket item. The coveted […]

Julian Castro Takes Immigration Fight Nation Wide

Mary Mata

By Josh Baugh, San Antonio Express-News MIAMI — Though fast becoming a national spokesman for immigration reform, when Julián Castro addressed activists, their benefactors and so-called DREAMers here Thursday night, he made […]

Immigrants Are Coming!: Is Nativism Driving The Immigration Debate?

Mary Mata March 6, 2013

By Axel Caballero, Cuéntame Agreed, the window of opportunity is wide open for the passage of substantial immigration reform. Immigration reform is, after all, the next big ticket item. It’s […]

Latino Civic Engagement Key in Achieving Immigration Reform

Mary Mata

By Ben Monterroso, National Executive Director, Mi Familia Vota Education Fund  America is all about opportunities and giving a chance to those who want to achieve the American Dream. Our government […]

Immigration policy stance directly tied to winning the Latino vote

Mary Mata

By Matt Barreto, Ph.D., Latino Decisions A new Latino Decisions poll finds that Latino voters are paying very close attention to the immigration debate in Congress and that a candidate’s stance […]

Poll: Immigration Reform Now Top Issue for Latinos

Mary Mata

By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino Latino voters want the President and Congress to address immigration more than any other issue, with 58 percent saying this is more important than jobs (38 percent), education (19 […]

Latino Voters and the Debate Over CIR

Mary Mata March 5, 2013

By Sylvia Manzano, Latino Decisions Today Latino Decisions presented results from our most recent polling on Latino voters and the immigration policy debate. Immigration has quickly emerged as the most […]

Focusing U.S. Immigration Detention Costs

Mary Mata

By Ali Noorani, Reuters There was much controversy last week about federal officials releasing hundreds of immigrants from detention centers ahead of the looming budget cuts. But the real issue […]

Jeb Bush’s Book “Immigration Wars”: No Path to Citizenship

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By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino Former Florida Republican Governor Jeb Bush spoke to NBC Latino’s Sandra Lilley about his new book, Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution.  Increasing the country’s immigrants and enacting […]

Hopeful Art Rebrands the Immigration Movement

Mary Mata March 4, 2013

By Cristina Costantini, ABC/Univision Every year, during their mating season, millions of monarch butterflies make the journey from Canada and the U.S. to a small town in Mexico called Angangueo […]