Immigration

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Texas cop asking Latino immigrants to have “calma amigos” goes viral

NewsTaco February 6, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because mainstream media is like a soap opera, you can skip a day or two, go back to it and they’re talking about the same things. […]

How a regional lumber company out-Foxed the Superbowl with a pro-immigrant ad

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13 Legal Actions Challenging Trump’s Immigration Executive Order

NewsTaco February 2, 2017

Trump’s Definition of Deportable ‘Broad’ and ‘Vague’

NewsTaco February 1, 2017

Why you should read this: Actually, you should read this slowly. Because this is what we’ve been talking about for several days, Trump’s border wall executive order and what’s buried […]

How big a problem is crime committed by immigrants?

NewsTaco January 30, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because Trump is trying to cook the books so that it looks like immigrants commit more crimes than they actually do.  Because the truth is […]

From the wall to the burqa: why the politics of immigration is all about big symbols

NewsTaco January 16, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because it helps to understand why the border wall, while nearly impossible to build and pay for, continues to resonate among people who live far […]

America Beyond Detention: Even the birds and animals are free

NewsTaco January 5, 2017

*This is the first of a three-part series of reports that “examines alternatives to the nation’s burgeoning immigrant detention system. Part I explores the human and financial cost of detention. […]