Deferred Action Applications Increase after Election

Deferred Action Applications Increase after Election

Mary Mata November 27, 2012

By Latinovations With President Obama re-elected into office and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) secure, there has been an increase of interest and applications from undocumented students. “I’ve seen an […]

Returning Migrant Kids Pose Educational Challenge in Mexico

Mary Mata November 26, 2012

By Kent Paterson, New America Media/Frontera NorteSur In different migrant-sending regions of Mexico, educators are coping with the new challenge of teaching children of return migrants who speak little or […]

We Expect Holiday Food to be Cheap, But It Has a Price

Mary Mata November 23, 2012

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco As we all recover from our turkey related indulgences and move on to leftover turkey tortas and other such delights, further holiday feasts await—along with continuing the […]

STEM Visa Considered for a House Vote Next Week

Mary Mata

By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi After the Thanksgiving break, Congressional members in the House will consider voting on a Republican-backed STEM Visa bill next week adding to their list of legislative […]

Thanksgiving Made Possible By Immigrant Farm Workers

Mary Mata November 22, 2012

By Roque Planas, Huffnigton Post Latino Voices When giving thanks for a Thanksgiving meal, there’s one group who deserves a disproportionate amount of gratitude: the farm workers of the United […]

Illinois Wants to Give Licenses to the Undocumented

Mary Mata November 19, 2012

By Hector Luis Alamo Jr., Being Latino Once again, my home state of Illinois is at the epicenter of the immigrant rights movement. From Fox News Latino: “Activists, administrators of Chicago […]

Repubicans Working For Immigration Reform

Mary Mata November 16, 2012

By Jose Cruz, Our Tiempo Last Tuesday’s election will go down in history as the moment when the “sleeping giant” known as the Latino vote finally woke up dealing a […]

U.S. Bishops Call for Immigration Reform in 2013

Mary Mata November 15, 2012

By Hispanically Speaking, Agenzia Fides Baltimore (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Los Angeles, His Exc. Mgr. Jose Gomez, who chairs the Committee on Migration of the Catholic Bishops Conference […]

Undocumented Law School Grads and Students Prepare Lobby

Mary Mata November 14, 2012

By Leslie Layton, Chico Sol/New America Media An organization calling itself the DREAM Bar Association (DBA) is launching a national campaign on behalf of undocumented immigrants who want licenses to […]

Photo Collection: Immigrants as Superheros

Mary Mata November 13, 2012

By Angelina, Our Tiempo “Superheroes: Latino Immigrants Who Make New York,” is now on display at Columbia University. Photographer Dulce Pinzón has captured images of New York immigrants who daily […]