The Story Of One Deported Latino Veteran

The Story Of One Deported Latino Veteran

Mary Mata November 11, 2011

Immigrants have served in the United States armed forces since the Revolutionary War, and one veteran we spoke to noted that, being an immigrant sometimes makes things a little bit […]

Obama’s Newest Immigration Policy Not Being Enforced

Mary Mata November 10, 2011

By Palma Yanni, AILA Media-Advocacy Committee On November 10, 2011, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the American Immigration Council (AIC) issued a report chronicling the implementation of Immigration and Customs […]

Georgia Authorities Silence Immigrant Rights Advocate

Mary Mata

Jerry Gonzalez, an engineer and the Executive Director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO), was invited to speak on a professional panel on immigration in Rome, Georgia recently. […]

Obama Tops Univision Polls, GOP Seen As Openly Hostile

Mary Mata

According to the latest Univision poll, Barack Obama leads the top three GOP candidates by a two-to-one margin among Latino voters.   But that doesn’t mean it’s smooth sailing for […]

Russell Pearce Recall About More Than Immigration

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Yes it was historic – the first state senate president to be recalled since the birth of the nation. Yes there was an overflow of reactive energy – starting with Latinos and spreading to […]

Russell Pearce’s Recall Shows Power Of The Vote

Mary Mata November 9, 2011

Do you remember April 23, 2010? That was the day that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070, the most heavy-handed immigration state law in the country at the time, […]

SB 1070 Sponsor Russell Pearce Recalled In Arizona

Mary Mata November 8, 2011

With 16 of 16 precincts reporting, Senate President and SB 1070 sponsor Russell Pearce has been recalled. The results were: Pearce 9,188 (45.36%) and Republican challenger John Lewis 10,816 (53.4%). As we’ve reported, he’s […]

SB 1070 Sponsor Faces Recall Election

Mary Mata

The author of the controversial immigration law passed in Arizona last year is facing a tough recall election over his staunch stance on the issue. Russell Pearce, president of the […]

The GOP’s Empty Rhetoric On Obama’s Immigration Record

Mary Mata November 7, 2011

By Matias Ramos, otherwords.org The Obama administration, which is currently deporting a record 400,000 people each year, took a minor step to protect immigrants. Now many Republicans are accusing him […]

Undocumented Youth Occupy Wells Fargo In Oakland

Mary Mata

Undocumented youth leaders of the group 67 Sueños helped to shut down a Wells Fargo branch in Oakland as part of the Occupy Oakland movement over the weekend. We spoke to organizer […]