Bien Hecho: First Latina NJ District Court Judge

Bien Hecho: First Latina NJ District Court Judge

Mary Mata June 21, 2011

Judge Esther Salas has become the first Latina appointed to be a U.S. District Court judge in Newark, New Jersey. She’s of Cuban heritage and, according to a story from […]

Anti-Immigrant Laws Moving To Moderate States Next

Mary Mata June 16, 2011

Anti-immigrant laws could soon emerge in states that have traditionally stayed away from passing the divisive legislation within their borders, according to the author of two of the harshest immigration […]

California Law To Give Farmworkers Union Rights

Mary Mata June 15, 2011

By Dylan J. Anderson, United Farm Workers Recently, both the California Senate and Assembly passed SB 104, “The Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act.” Introduced by Senator Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), SB 104 […]

Latino Gang Profiled African Americans In LA

Mary Mata June 8, 2011

The Azusa 13 gang in the San Gabriel Valley, east of LA, systematically targeted African-Americans in that community with the aim of running them out of town, according to a […]

AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Can Benefit Latinos

Mary Mata June 6, 2011

By Jason A. Lorenz, Esq., Executive Director of the Hispanic Technology and Telecommunications Partnership (HTTP). As represented in the FCC docket, the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile has received substantive support […]

Latinos, Immigrants Comprise Half Of Federal Felons

Mary Mata

A new investigation by the Associated Press found that almost half of those sentenced in federal court for felonies are Latino. These numbers are bolstered by immigration cases, the AP […]

SB 1070 Author Russel Pearce To Be Recalled In Arizona

Mary Mata June 2, 2011

Thousands of Arizona citizens have signed a petition to recall the sponsor of the state’s controversial anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, state Senate President Russell Pearce. Fed up with Pearce’s divisive […]

Florida Cop Targeted Latinos, Robbed Them

Mary Mata May 19, 2011

Lantana, Florida police officer Mark Ott has spent much of this year targeting Latinos in his community, pulling them over as they left check cashing stores for no reason, then […]

NY Latinos Harassed For Speaking Spanish At Work

Mary Mata May 18, 2011

Eight Latino employees of the City of Rochester in New York claim that they were subject to harassment at work because of an “English only” policy in the public works […]

Immigrant Kids Not Receiving Legal Rights In U.S.

Mary Mata April 28, 2011

By Melissa del Bosque Unaccompanied Mexican migrant children are not receiving the government protections from human trafficking, and exploitation that they should, according to a report released today by the nonprofit […]