Alabama’s HB 56 Disastrous For Top Industry: Agriculture

Alabama’s HB 56 Disastrous For Top Industry: Agriculture

Mary Mata January 3, 2012

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

NewsTaco December 29, 2011

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

NewsTaco December 21, 2011

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

Mary Mata December 15, 2011

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

Mary Mata

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

Mary Mata December 14, 2011

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

NewsTaco December 13, 2011

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.

Mary Mata December 12, 2011

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

NewsTaco

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

Mary Mata December 9, 2011

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 […]