Alabama’s HB 56 Disastrous For Top Industry: Agriculture
Alabama’s HB 56 Disastrous For Top Industry: Agriculture
By Raul A. Reyes, otherwords.org Ever since Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley signed the nation’s strictest immigration measure into law, he’s faced criticism from religious leaders and immigrant advocates. Now Bentley […]
Immigrants Contribute Billions Into Social Security, Medicare
I didn’t know, until today, that there’s such a thing as an earnings suspense file. It’s a running count that the Social Security Administration keeps of the wages that don’t […]
Tale Of Latinos In Two Connecticut Cities
If you take I-95 east, from New Haven, Connecticut, it’s hard to tell where that city ends and East Haven begins. But if you’re Latino you’d do well to know […]
Birth Tourism Is An Affront To Americanism
By Javier Ortiz In our nation, we have a basic understanding that anyone born within our borders is afforded all rights and protections as Americans consistent with the Constitution of […]
Texas Dems Enlist Young People To Get Out Vote In 2012
By Anthony Gutierrez and Rebecca Acuña, the Texas Democratic Party Our community is under attack by right-wing extremists. We’re willing to bet, albeit not $10,000, that you’ve had enough of […]
Immigrant Arrests At Border Drop To Lowest Level Since 1970s
The number of undocumented immigrants apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in the past fiscal year dropped to the lowest it’s been since the 1970s. According to statistics from the Department of Homeland Security released […]
English Language Ed In Colorado Found To Be Inadequate
What does it cost to teach English to an immigrant child in the United States? A state district court in Colorado may not have an exact amount, but it knows […]
Most Support Undocumented Immigrants Staying In The U.S.
A new poll found that a substantial majority of Americans would prefer allowing some or all undocumented immigrants to remain in the U.S. The United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection poll asked 1,008 adults […]
For Latinos, Religion And Politics Don’t Mix
Do Latinos see the role of government differently than others? For all the pundits and strategists who are trying to figure and plot Latino behavior at the polls, I have […]
How “A Better Life” Director Became An Immigration Activist
By José Cruz, OurTiempo.com If there is any hope for the future of immigration reform in this country, it will probably come from unlikely places. It has not been that the strategies […]