Immigration

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Obama’s DREAM Act Promise Could Help Millions Of Youth

Mary Mata January 25, 2012

“We should be working on comprehensive immigration reform right now. But if election-year politics keeps Congress from acting on a comprehensive plan, let’s at least agree to stop expelling responsible young people […]

Romney’s Self Deportation Rhetoric Is Offensive To Latinos

Mary Mata

The Tale Of Romney And The DREAMer

NewsTaco January 23, 2012

South Carolina’s Immigration Law Challenges The Constitution

Mary Mata January 19, 2012

By Christopher Rangel South Carolina ranked number one in Latino growth for the 2000-2010 decade with a growth rate of 148%, at the same time that  legislators followed Arizona’s footsteps with one […]

Anti-Latino Politics In AZ Spurs New Political Leadership

Mary Mata January 18, 2012

The anti-Latino political environment that has characterized Arizona’s state politics for the past several years is beginning to have it unintended consequence: empowering Latinos in that state to run for […]

Mexican Immigration Is Slowing While Asian Immigration Grows

Mary Mata

Data recently released by the Pew Hispanic Center allows us to draw two conclusions about Latinos in the U.S.. First, the myth that Mexicans are “flooding America” is proven to be that […]

María Hinojosa Film Sparks Immigrant Sexual Abuse Inquiry

Mary Mata January 17, 2012

Democratic Congressman Jared Polis co-authored a letter this week asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to launch an investigation into sexual violence against immigrants in the custody of the Department […]