Cuban Perks Under Scrutiny in U.S. Immigration Reform

Cuban Perks Under Scrutiny in U.S. Immigration Reform

Mary Mata February 11, 2013

By David Adams and Tom Brown, Reuters/Yahoo News Under the Cuban Adjustment Act, Cubans receive unique and highly favorable treatment, including granting of permanent residency a year after arrival, as well […]

Pocho Ocho steps on the GOP’s ‘Path to Citizenship’

Mary Mata February 8, 2013

By Especial Correspondents, Pocho Ñews Service The Republican Party has jumped on the immigration reform bandwagon with their own “Path to Citizenship” proposals. Here are the GOP’s pocho ocho ways undocumented […]

How Marco Rubio’s Mom Influenced Him on Immigration Reform

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By Arlette Saenz, ABCNews In an interview with Time magazine, Rubio said his mother, Oriales Garcia Rubio, left him a voice mail in December that urged him to tread cautiously when it came […]

Why Higher Education Must Be Part of Immigration Reform

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By Wendy Koop, TIME Education is the gateway to the American Dream. But today our immigration laws make higher education — a virtual requirement for financial security — out of reach […]

Immigration is Mostly About Fertility

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By Jonathan V. Last, Los Angeles Times When it comes to immigration, demographers have a general rule of thumb: Countries with fertility rates below the replacement level (2.1) tend to […]

Colorado Store Sells Illegal Immigrant Hunting Permit

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By Latino Rebels Just when you think the anti-immigrant (code word: anti-Latino) racism will go away, it doesn’t. Case in point, the following report from Colorado’s 9News.com, called “‘Illegal Immigrant Hunting […]

SLIDESHOW: The Faces of the Great Immigration Debate

Mary Mata February 7, 2013

By, writer Dulce-Marie Flecha of Viviana Hurtado’s The Wise Latina Club From Superbowl Champion Baltimore Raven James Ihedigbo, the son of Nigerian immigrants, to DREAMer Activist turned Congressional aid Erika Andiola, these photos explore the theme […]

iPhone and Android Apps Take on Immigrant Rights

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By Kacy Capobres, Fox News Latino With apps for everything from finding a date to 3-D maps, it seemed inevitable, if perhaps a bit unusual, that apps would start popping […]

There’s No Such Thing as an Illegal Immigrant

Mary Mata February 6, 2013

By Eric Posner, Slate Immigration reform is not going to solve the problem of illegal immigration. That’s because illegal immigration is not really a problem, or if it is a problem, it […]

Conservative Restaurant Owner Can Teach GOP About Immigration

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By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer “I’m an honest-to-God conservative. I even have a dog named W,” said Brad Bailey by way of introduction. In his mid-30s, with close-cropped, sandy blond […]