LatinaLista — Today’s revelation that Lou Dobbs, the most vocal and mean-spirited critic of illegal immigration, and undocumented immigrants, was discovered to have employed undocumented immigrants for years on his horse farm goes to show just how intertwined undocumented labor is with our economy. Lou Dobbs The trouble with Dobbs, Whitman and every other public [...]
Pima County, Mexican officials agree to share DNA data on border remains
By REBEKAH ZEMANSKY Cronkite News Service TUCSON – In 2004, DNA analysis first helped forensic anthropologist Dr. Bruce Anderson give a family answers about one young woman who disappeared while crossing illegally into Arizona. “It showed everyone in our office that there’s nothing we can’t do to try to identify a person,” Anderson said. “If [...]
The Race Issue in the Shenandoah Hate Crime Trial
By Gustavo Martinez Contreras LatinaLista Posted on October 7, 2010 SCRANTON, PA — In opening statements today, defense attorneys said race is not an issue in the trial against two white Shenandoah, Pa., men charged with a federal hate crime after the beating death of a Mexican undocumented immigrant in 2008. Both James Swetz and [...]
New record-breaking stats on deportations fail to tell the true story
LatinaLista — If the Obama administration wanted to prove to GOP critics that they are indeed tough on undocumented immigrants, today’s announcement from Dept. of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano should do the trick. According to departmental record keeping, the highest number of deportations of undocumented immigrants in U.S. history has been achieved — 392,000. Department [...]
Jury Selected in Shenandoah Hate Crime Trial to Start Listening to Testimony
By Gustavo Martinez Contreras LatinaLista Posted on October 6, 2010 SCRANTON, PA — When opening statements begin at 1:45 p.m. today, there will finally be a jury seated in the federal trial of the two Shenandoah, Pa., men charged with a federal hate crime for the beating death of an undocumented Mexican immigrant in 2008. [...]
Jury in Shenandoah Hate Crime Trial To Be Ready Wednesday
By Gustavo Martinez Contreras LatinaLista Posted on October 5, 2010 SCRANTON, PA — The trial of the two Shenandoah, Pa., men charged with a federal hate crime for the beating death of a Mexican undocumented immigrant could be under way before the week comes to an end. Today, the prospective juror pool narrowed from 75 [...]
