We Are All Alabama When Laws Target The Best Of Us
We Are All Alabama When Laws Target The Best Of Us
By Dustin Mendus It all began when the kids stopped showing up to school. Hundreds of Latino kids disappeared from school when Alabama began enforcing it’s brutal immigration law, HB […]
Who Answers Burning Questions For The Children Of Immigrants?
By Elaine Dove I wonder about the girls and boys I see during the day at my once-a-week volunteer gig at a local school. Most of “my kids” at the […]
Only U.S. Citizens Allowed At New Hampshire Rick Perry Event
New Hampshire-based Associated Press writer Steve Peoples reported on Twitter that staffers at a Rick Perry campaign event there were asking reporters if they were U.S. citizens because only citizens […]
13 Arrested In Alabama Protest
A total of 13 pople were arrested yesterday in Montgomery, Alabama after a protest in front of the Alabama State Legislature. The undocumented students, their parents and supporters were protesting […]
Native Tribe Requiring Proof Of Citizenship Status
A native American tribe in New Mexico is asking renters in their tribal-owned mobile home park for proof of citizenship. If the renters can’t prove their citizenship or authorized immigrant status, they […]
Why Aren’t Americans Taking The Dirty Jobs In Alabama?
Back to Alabama for the moment, because I read something that I hadn’t seen regarding the issue of work and immigrants and that state’s economy. I came across an article in Bloomberg Businessweek titled: Why […]
White House Came To Listen At New Mexico Summit
By Maria Elena Alvarez Albuquerque, New Mexico — The White House has put a bead on the Hispanic community, and if Albuquerque were a microcosm of what is happening across […]
17 Years Ago CA Prop. 187 Declared Unconstitutional
If there’s ever been a case to prove that history repeats itself, Proposition 187 is the perfect example. Let’s go back to the 90s and revisit California’s failed attempt at […]
Attacks On Cecilia Muñoz Escalate In Arizona
The scrutnity aimed at President Barack Obama’s Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Cecilia Muñoz ramped up Thursday night in Phoenix, Arizona. Roberto Lovato, co-founder and strategist for Presente.org, has been calling Muñoz to […]
No One Is “Illegal,” Tell The Associated Press
I don’t need to signal my bias, I’ve never hidden it – I deplore the word “illegal” when used in referenced to undocumented workers in the United States. I use it only […]