US officials must now say “illegal aliens,” not “undocumented immigrants”

US officials must now say “illegal aliens,” not “undocumented immigrants”

Victor Landa July 27, 2018

The US Department of Justice wants US attorneys offices to stop referring to undocumented immigrants, the term that media and immigrant advocates have increasingly used to refer to people who […]

Long-Lost Photos Reveal Life of Mexican Migrant Workers in 1950s America

NewsTaco April 14, 2017

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1 minute read)   TIME magazine has published a series of revealing photographs of the Bracero program from 1957. Sixty years ago the Saturday Evening Post […]

Nation with crumbling bridges and roads excited to buil giant wall

NewsTaco August 31, 2015

*An ironic chuckle to start your week. Borowitz nails it, with a knowing smirk. VL By Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—As the United States’ bridges, roads, […]

An attorney speaks to Tijuana deportees

NewsTaco November 26, 2014

*What about the immigrants not covered in the President’s executive action? Sam Quiñones tell us about a group of them in Tijuana. VL By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog I […]

Landscaper Refuses to Help Berkeley Students Because of ‘F*cking Illegal Immigrants’

NewsTaco October 2, 2014

*Thanks to the good folks at Latino Rebels for posting this. This kind of nonsense happens daily across the country, but in this case the Berkeley kids spoke out, loudly. […]

Hey, Mr. Anti Immigration Man, Can we see Your Grandpa’s Papers?

NewsTaco April 9, 2013

By Comic Saenz, Pocho Ñews Service Bend the Arc, a Jewish social justice organization, just introduced an online legal widget that applies immigration laws to your family’s history. Answer some questions […]

Underworld Saint Becoming More Popular in the US

Mary Mata March 5, 2013

by Russell Contreras, Associated Press/NBCLatino ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A follower in New Orleans built a public shrine in her honor. An actor in Albuquerque credits her with helping him land […]

Deporting A Cause Celebre: The Case Of Pedro Gutierrez

Mary Mata April 18, 2012

By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi Today was to have been Pedro Gutierrez‘ final day in the United States before being deported to his native Mexico. The 24-year-old has spent 17 years of […]

Waldo Depressed That Nation Is Obsessed With The Undocumented

Mary Mata September 22, 2011

After an exhaustive search spanning two decades and countless books, El Guapo has found Waldo.However, now he (El Guapo) wishes he had never embarked on the journey to find the […]