SB 1070 Sponsor Faces Recall Election

SB 1070 Sponsor Faces Recall Election

Mary Mata November 8, 2011

The author of the controversial immigration law passed in Arizona last year is facing a tough recall election over his staunch stance on the issue. Russell Pearce, president of the […]

Latino Unemployment Still Higher Than National Average

Mary Mata November 7, 2011

Latinos continue to suffer from a higher unemployment rate than the national average, according to a report from Hispanic Business: The unemployment rate for Hispanics ticked up a notch in October to […]

Alabama’s Tough Immigration Law, 36 Days Later

Mary Mata

Thirty-six days after the implementation of Alabama’s HB 56, immigrants have fled jobs in record numbers, Latino children are still absent from school and crops of Alabama’s $5.5 billion-agricultural industry […]

State Immigration Laws Could Begin To Fall Like Dominoes

NewsTaco November 4, 2011

South Carolina is up next, they’re calling it Alabama-lite. Think of it as the next falling domino in the contrived line of  state-level immigration laws. The Alabama  law has become the high standard […]

House Democrats Headed To Alabama This Month To Protest Law

Mary Mata November 3, 2011

Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez, a staunch pro-immigrant advocate, organized other House Democrats this week to make a trek to Alabama in protest of that state’s harsh anti-immigrant law. According to […]

Al Davis, Raider Jerseys And Breaking The NFL Color Barrier

Mary Mata

A few weeks ago, one of the greatest Mexican-American icons passed away. His smiling face brought joys to many. He was a polarizing individual – those who loved him would […]

Surgery Can Change Brown Eyes To Blue

Mary Mata

Yahoo reports that a new surgery allows people with a bluish tint under their brown eyes to undergo a laser procedure to turn them blue. The report noted: The operation […]

Key Democrats Call For Voter ID Investigation

NewsTaco November 1, 2011

Consider this: 37 states in the union have either passed voter ID laws or are considering doing so. The proponents of those laws claim they’re needed to fight voter fraud — as […]

Non-Latino Immigrants In Alabama Not Worried

Mary Mata October 31, 2011

Turns out that Alabama’s law seems to be pretty targeted to Latinos after all, at least non-Latino immigrants do not appear to be afraid. Some of Alabama’s Vietnamese, Korean and […]

Feds Let Alabama Wallow In Its Mess

NewsTaco

The federal government’s official position on Alabama’s immigration law seems to be to let the state wallow in it’s own mess. I don’t think the feds even have plans for an after-mess […]