Is Arizona Racially Profiling Latinos To Deny Them Civil Rights?

Is Arizona Racially Profiling Latinos To Deny Them Civil Rights?

Mary Mata February 28, 2011

Arizona political leaders seem to be targeting Latinos to prevent them from exercising their civil rights by banning them from the state Capitol. Two things immediately pop into my head […]

Arizona’s Population Collision With Latinos Leads To Silencing Of Critics

Mary Mata February 25, 2011

[Editor’s Note: This story was written jointly by myself and Pa’Lante Latino’s Christina Saenz] Carlos Galindo, a 51-year-old Latino in Arizona, was at the state senate building Wednesday when he was […]

New AZ Bill Requires Hospitals to Check Citizenship

NewsTaco February 15, 2011

Because we promised to keep an eye on it for you, here’s a quick look at the latest immigration nonsense coming from Arizona. The Arizona Republic reports: The Senate Judiciary […]

Latinos Lash Out At Lady Gaga’s Lyrics

Mary Mata February 7, 2011

Here’s how it breaks down. Lady Gaga recently released the lyrics of her upcoming single “Born This Way” and some of the lyrics were found to be offensive to Latinos […]

Native Americans Won’t Enforce Arizona’s SB1070

Mary Mata February 4, 2011

Leaders of Native American tribes in Arizona are charging that the laws written in that state didn’t take their sovereignty into account, and so, they passed a resolution to continue […]

Group Hopes To Save Ethnic Studies In Arizona

Mary Mata January 31, 2011

Save Ethnic Studies, Inc. is a non-profit organization that recently started in Arizona to help challenge HB 2281, the state’s new anti-ethnic studies (or, more appropriately, Chicano Studies) law that […]

Minuteman Vigilante on Trial for Murder of 9 Year Old Latina

NewsTaco

Here’s a story that has been recently getting attention because of its lack of attention. The story of Brisenia Flores, a nine year old girl killed during a home invasion […]

Video Update – Immigration: Issues, State Laws and Challenges

NewsTaco January 27, 2011

Republicans want a return to workplace immigration raids US steps up illegal workers crackdown Bills Denying Birthright Citizenship to be Introduced in Arizona California Republicans Split Over Push to Create […]

State Legislatures Forge Ahead on Immigration Laws

NewsTaco January 26, 2011

Twitter went aflutter last night, at least the corner of Twitter where I was hanging out, when President Obama mentioned immigration reform and the DREAM Act during his third State […]

Mississippi First to Ape Arizona’s SB1070

NewsTaco January 25, 2011

You can put Mississippi at the head of  the line on at least one thing: that state’s seante is the first to approve an immigration law that apes Arizona’s sb […]