How to reward immigrant essential workers: Give those risking their lives during the coronavirus a path to citizenship

How to reward immigrant essential workers: Give those risking their lives during the coronavirus a path to citizenship

Victor Landa April 29, 2020

Every night at 7 p.m. in New York City, we clap and make noise for essential and frontline workers. In 2017, more than 15% of the health-care labor force were immigrants, […]

California, NY sue Trump administration over addition of citizenship question to census

Victor Landa March 27, 2018

The state of California sued the Trump administration Monday night, arguing that the decision to add a question about citizenship in the 2020 Census violates the U.S. Constitution. The state’s attorney general […]

Vietnam War veteran fears he could be deported

Victor Landa July 7, 2017

*This Vietnam veteran, born in Mexico, was awarded two Purple Hearts and given U.S. citizenship after his service. He’s misplaced his documents and after paying $345 the government wants more […]

Citizenship with a Side of Adobo

NewsTaco September 21, 2016

*Because food is culture and identity. VL By Rob Bonta, California Assemblymember, New America Media (4.5 minute read) I learned what it means to be a U.S. citizen at the family […]

Celebrating Immigrants’ Contributions on Constitution Week

NewsTaco September 16, 2015

*So in the middle of “Hispanic Heritage Month” we have Constitution Day and Constitution Week, when we’d do good to remember that citizenship, as the article says, “is a matter […]

Children of Immigrants Denied Citizenship

NewsTaco July 14, 2015

*The more attention this issue gets, the better. The problem of questionable documentation has long been a problem, to varying degrees, along the border. But it goes beyond being a […]

Millions of Legal Immigrants Skipping U.S. Citizenship

NewsTaco May 5, 2014

By Lori Abbott, Public News Service Many legal immigrants in California and across the country are not pursuing citizenship. Even though more than 8 million nationwide are eligible to apply, many […]

Children Of Immigrants Unaware They’re Already U.S. Citizens

Mary Mata August 15, 2013

By EFE/Fox News Latino A large number of Latinos do not know that they are already U.S. citizens and, after living for years as undocumented, discover this fact when they […]

Rallies Nationwide Today Against Border Militarization

Mary Mata July 17, 2013

By John Michaelson, Public News Service AUSTIN, Texas – Rallies are planned in some Texas cities and across the nation today, in a national day of action against the proposed […]

What do Latinos want in a path to citizenship? The same as everyone else

Mary Mata April 12, 2013

By Chris Cillizza and Sean Sullivan, Washington Post Conventional wisdom dictates that the Hispanic community in the United States is far more supportive of overhauling the immigration system and allowing those […]