America’s War With Aliens And Their Families

America’s War With Aliens And Their Families

Mary Mata April 12, 2012

By  Hector Luis Alamo, Being Latino In the time it takes you to read this article, alien parents will be torn away from their children by armed men (possibly in […]

Two Immigrants Gunned Down in Arizona

Mary Mata

By Dustin Mendus A truck carrying twenty “Illegal aliens” was intercepted Sunday, April 8th, by “individuals in camouflage uniforms brandishing rifles” in Pima, Arizona. Two people in the truck were […]

Texas Sen. Carlos Truan, A Living Legacy

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If you venture too far from South Texas or the mired halls of Texas’ state capitol politics you may not not run into too many people who’ve heard of Carlos Truan. But […]

Surnames In English And Spanish: What’s In A Name?

NewsTaco April 9, 2012

By D.C. Basset To name everything, to name it all, is the endless task humankind has endeavored to accomplish since the beginning of language. Flora, fauna, activities, qualities, science, the divine, the […]

Digital Latinos Defined: The Hispanic Persona Project

Mary Mata April 8, 2012

Latinos currently fall into different levels of technology adaption, but increasingly Latinos will be adopting technology and leading the way as consumers in this space, according to a presentation from […]

Where Pew and Trayvon Meet A Question Arises

NewsTaco April 6, 2012

I had dinner last night at a sea food place that, being Holy Thursday, was less crowded than I expected. Still, there was a low-level din – we were sitting outside, near […]

Latino Vs Hispanic: The Problem Is The Choice

NewsTaco April 5, 2012

So what is it? Latino, Hispanic, Mexican, Chicano, what? I avoid this topic like I avoid heavy traffic – sometimes it’s impossible. Sometimes, like when the Pew Hispanic Center does a study on it and releases […]

Nebraska Grapples With Unborn Undocumented Immigrants

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Let’s see if we can help the lawmakers in the state of Nebraska figure this one out. A person is undocumented if they came to this country with no legal […]

Deportation of parents of US children ‘unacceptable’

Mary Mata

By Raisa Camargo The revelation  that immigration officials deported an estimated 46,000 parents of U.S. children during the first part of 2011 is “completely unacceptable,” several members of the Congressional Hispanic […]

Why You Need To Vote, Now

Mary Mata April 4, 2012

By Phillippe Diederich If you’re one of the undecided, I will give you a few reasons why you need to vote, now! Riots! When I read the headline about riots in […]