Undocumented Immigrants Come Out Of The Shadows, Take To The Road

Undocumented Immigrants Come Out Of The Shadows, Take To The Road

Mary Mata August 16, 2012

By Priscila Mosqueda, Texas Observer It was around midnight Friday when the Undocubus rolled into Austin. It was 12 hours late, but then driving across the country in a refurbished […]

Morning NewsTaco

Mary Mata

Thursday August 16, 2012 Univision Protestes Lack of Hispanic Moderator for Presidential Debate (Variety): Univision’s Randy Falco today sent a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, expressing disappointment that no […]

As Deferred Action Begins, There Is Work To Be Done

Mary Mata August 15, 2012

By Latino Rebels Today, the United States government initiates a deferred action process providing temporary relief from possible deportation to young people “who were brought into this country through not fault of […]

Undocumented Latinas More Vulnerable To Domestic Violence

Mary Mata

By Silvia Casabianca, Voxxi The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) waits in limbo for reauthorization in Congress. While legislators discuss content, thousands of women are suffering the physical and mental consequences of […]

On Day One, Following Deferred Action On Social Media And Blogs

Mary Mata

By Feet in 2 Worlds The deferred action application forms went up online Tuesday and the reaction on social media among DREAMers has been ecstatic. The forms may not work on […]

Deferred Action: A Youth Grassroots Movement, Fraught With Uncertainty

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Depending on who’s counting, anywhere between 800,000 and 1.4 million (OK, 1.7 million according to some counts) young undocumented immigrants will begin the process of applying for […]

American DREAMin’: Deferred Action for Undocumented Youth Begins

Mary Mata August 14, 2012

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco If we believe in the American Dream, we need to believe in the partial immigration reform that President Obama passed earlier this summer. On June 15, Secretary […]

To The DREAMers: Godspeed

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Victor Landa, NewsTaco This is a really big deal, this first day of application for deferment under President Obama’s immigration directive. It’s been two months coming and that time has […]

The Road to Deferred Action – Tracing The Story Of The DREAM Act

Mary Mata

By Aaron Leaf, Feet In 2 Worlds The Deferred Action program, which starts on August 15, is a milestone for DREAMers.  Introduced by the Obama administration in June, the program is aimed […]

Tyranny, the Border Patrol, Laredo, And More…

Mary Mata

Tyranny, the Border Patrol, Laredo, and More… | via QueFregados From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio As with most posts here on the Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog, click the image for […]