5 Reasons Immigration Reform Might Actually Pass

5 Reasons Immigration Reform Might Actually Pass

Mary Mata March 4, 2013

By Benjy Sarlin, TPM Activists and politicians working on a bill are sounding increasingly confident — even cocky — about their chances. There’s a bipartisan Senate plan already making the […]

DREAMer Shares Her Story as an Aspiring American

Mary Mata March 1, 2013

By Félix Pérez, Education Votes Julieta Garibay wells up with emotion when she recounts her journey of being brought at the age of 12 to the United States with her […]

Conservative Hispanic Group to Launch Pro- Immigration Reform Campaign

Mary Mata

By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi As Republicans continue discussing how they must change their view on immigration in order to make inroads with Latino voters, one of the country’s most conservative […]

Immigration Reform Bus Tour – Keeping Families Together

NewsTaco February 28, 2013

By Jesse Luna, NewsTaco When I think of Comprehensive Immigration Reform I think of families.  This isn’t just a policy issue. My father was born in the U.S. but when […]

Becoming Documented

Mary Mata February 27, 2013

By Hector Luis Alamo, Jr., Gozamos Couples in murmuring discussion glanced nervously up at my wife Rocio and I as we entered the second-floor waiting room at the U.S. Citizenship […]

Oakland Introduces Undoc Immigrant Debit Card Program

Mary Mata

By Aaron Sankin, Huffington Post Latino Voices SAN FRANCISCO — The city of Oakland began issuing combination photo identification and debit cards earlier this month to any city resident who […]

Feds Free Hundreds From Immigration Detention

Mary Mata

By Alan Gomez, USA Today Republicans on Tuesday denounced the release of hundreds of illegal immigrants from federal detention centers as an attempt to frighten Americans into supporting President Obama’s […]

Texas Ends Helicopter Sniper Policy, What About Gun Boats?

Mary Mata February 25, 2013

By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw announced Thursday that DPS officers would no longer shoot from helicopters to disable vehicles, “unless we’re being […]

Wisconsin teacher Fights for His students and Immigration Reform

Mary Mata

By Colleen Flaherty, Education Votes In a small town in northern Wisconsin, Spanish teacher Scott Ellingson has two students in his class who traveled a long way to be there. […]

Half of Texas Construction Workers Are Un documented

Mary Mata February 22, 2013

By Ralph Barrera, Austin American-Statesman Half of the construction workers in Texas are undocumented, according to a new report by an Austin immigrant rights group and University of Texas researchers that […]