Both Sides of the U.S.-Mexico Border Want to Renegotiate NAFTA
Both Sides of the U.S.-Mexico Border Want to Renegotiate NAFTA
*NAFTA left a lot on the table for workers. I’m not sure that’s what Trump has in mind. VL By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer (3 minute read) President […]
ICE agents arrest high schooler hours before prom
*The first thought that came to my mind when I read this: ¡Que poca ma . . . ! VL By Michael P. McKinney and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, AZ Central (3.5 minute […]
Federal Judge Calls a Critical Part of Texas ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Crackdown Unconstitutional
*This is huge. A Federal Judge says immigration detainers are unconstitutional. It makes sense, you can’t hold people with no charges on an administrative warrant. VL By Michael Barajas, San Antonio […]
Immigration and Trust
*This is fascinating. Trust equals assimilation and the trust level of second-generation Americans is the same as that of Americans whose families have been in the U.S. for at least […]
Trump’s Border Wall: A ‘Progress’ Report
* By Jane C. Timm, NBC News (7.5 minute read) More than four months into his term, how close is President Donald Trump to making good on his signature […]
Apparently, all you have to do to be deported is be hit by a truck
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2 minute read) That’s what happened to Marcos Antonio Huete, 31, an immigrant from Honduras whose bicycle’s back-tire was hit by truck, crashing Huete to […]
Law Enforcement Officials Take On DACA Students’ Roles In Colorado Play
*Thanks to our friend Tom Cosgrove for pointing us to this wonderful story! VL By WBUR (6 minute read) “Do You Know Who I Am?” is a one-act show featuring […]
Eugenics in the Trump Era
*To understand eugenics is to understand some of the motivation in the Trump White House. It cloaks raw bigotry in scientific terms and fills public discussions with dog-whistle racism. Please, […]
One Republican’s plan to save money: Turn 82,000 non-English-speaking school kids over to ICE
*Why you should read this: Because the underlying story is about how this type of extreme bigotry has been emboldened in the Trump era. Becasue it’s a cautionary tale that […]
How Trump Won: White Working Class Voters Motivated by Fear of Immigrants not Economic Woes
*Why you should read this: Because we’ve been saying this all along. Because mainstream media has been excusing political racism. Because ya basta with the whitewash. VL By Jason Le […]
