Rejecting Obama administration’s appeal, federal judge orders release of children from family detention centers by October
Rejecting Obama administration’s appeal, federal judge orders release of children from family detention centers by October
*Homeland Security keeps asking for ways around a 1997 settlement that required that children be released from immigration detention as quickly as possible. This is the second time that Judge […]
How many American children are ‘birthright’ citizens born to illegal immigrants?
*The entire “anchor baby” issue is based on anecdotal evidence. Those who use the term have yet to back their words with statistics, and that may be because the words […]
How Many Candidates Have ‘Taken Advantage’ Of Birthright Citizenship, But Oppose It?
*In case you were wondering, the list of “anchor baby” GOP presidential candidates isn’t short. Several were born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents, some were born outside of the […]
This Is How Much Donald Trump’s Immigration Plan Would Cost America if Mexico Doesn’t Pick Up the Tab
*I like the sarcastic tone of the headline. I don’t like that we’re still talking about Trump. And I like the numbers in this piece. Trump’s immigration plan will cost […]
Donald Trump’s Immigration Principles Would’ve Barred His Own Grandfather
*So Trump’s plan would have kept his own grandfather from coming to the U.S. This piece has a good recounting of the mid-nineteenth century history of the U.S. when German […]
What do we mean when we talk about assimilation?
*Let’s clear a misunderstanding. How do you assimilate into a nation of immigrants, whose culture is constantly changing, whose history of immigration and assimilation is more myth than reality? This […]
Joaquin Avila, lion of voting rights, speaks
*This is important. Joaquín Ávila is rightly called the “lion of voting rights” in this piece. The battles he fought and the roads he opened for Latinos are the some […]
Hillary Clinton Brings On Latino Polling Firm In Key Hire
*A good choice on Clinton’s part. Other well-known national pollsters treat Latinos as a sub-set and the results, taken as truth, are skewed because of it. Latino Decisions polls Latinos […]
I Have a Dream — That Latinos Are Seen Beyond the Prism of Immigration
*Yes! Exactly the work we’re doing at NewsTaco. If you’ve been following us long enough, you know that our work is about changing the Latino narrative. You also know that […]
The Unwelcome Return of ‘Illegals’
*File this under “one step forward, two steps back.” Thanks to Taquista Anna Núñez for sending us this link. VL By Emily Bazelon, The New York Times Magazine Ten years […]
