Immigration

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Federal Judge Calls a Critical Part of Texas ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Crackdown Unconstitutional

NewsTaco June 9, 2017

*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

NewsTaco June 6, 2017

Apparently, all you have to do to be deported is be hit by a truck

NewsTaco May 26, 2017

Anxiety Grips California Students Amid Immigration Crackdown

NewsTaco May 16, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because the anxiety is real and not just in California. VL By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, New America Media (6.5 minute read)   Each time 17-year-old Stephanie gets a […]

One Republican’s plan to save money: Turn 82,000 non-English-speaking school kids over to ICE

NewsTaco May 12, 2017

*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 […]

Texas Governor launches preemptive sanctuary-city lawsuit. MALDEF says it’s on!

NewsTaco May 9, 2017

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2 minute read)    Did you hear the one about the Governor who sued some of his state’s citizens because he thought they were going to […]

The real story of Latino immigrants – setting roots

NewsTaco April 27, 2017

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (3 minute read)   Buried in the fourteenth and fifteenth paragraph of a Pew Hispanic Center FacTank post is the future of Latinos in the U.S. That’s […]