Category: Social Justice
Issue of undocumented immigrants in healthcare debate has potential to splinter the Latino community
LatinaLista — In a recent Pew Research Center report, “Where the Public Stands on Immigration Reform,” data was included that showed Latinos themselves did not rank immigration reform as a priority issue. The economy, education, health care, national security and the environment all ranked higher than immigration reform. The only issue to rank lower than [...]
As Senate preps for healthcare debate, petition gets underway to include undocumented immigrants
LatinaLista — Anyone who expects a bipartisan compromise to be reached on the healthcare bill lives in La La Land. The point was explicitly brought home in a morning interview on the Today show between Sen. Dick Schumer and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. The back-and-forth, while civil, clearly showed that the line in the sand [...]
Deporting undocumented students affects the chances for legal return if Congress doesn’t address it in immigration reform bill
LatinaLista — When it comes to Congress undertaking immigration reform, there is one special demographic for whom it will mean a world of difference — undocumented students. It’s known that any type of immigration reform will include a provision called the DREAM Act — an official recognition of those young people, who were brought here [...]
Non-profit expects word-of-mouth to force Chevron to do what is right for Ecuadorian indigenous
When newspapers cut their foreign news bureaus, they did more than just save themselves a few extra bucks — they created a vacuum for news happening outside the United States. One of the casualties is news of an ongoing $27 billion pollution lawsuit between 30,000 indigenous Ecuadorians and the American oil company Chevron. The lawsuit [...]
New bill recognizes families’ military sacrifices not tied to citizenship status
LatinaLista — On this Veteran’s Day, while we honor the men and women who have volunteered to put their lives on the line to serve in the nation’s military, we can’t help but think of how some of our military veterans are being rewarded for their sacrifice in the most cruel form a government can [...]
“Silent” immigration raid in Minneapolis is more humane but still traumatic for mixed-status families
LatinaLista — Last month in Minneapolis, over a thousand janitors were fired from their jobs with a janitorial cleaning service. Not because they didn’t do their jobs well. From all accounts, they did their jobs just fine. No, they were let go because they couldn’t prove they were in the country legally. Unlike the Bush [...]
U.S. officials wrong in celebrating fall of the Berlin Wall as work continues on our own border wall
LatinaLista — On this day, when so many dignitaries assemble in Germany toasting the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, it seems hypocritical that our country’s leaders can’t see that we are repeating what was considered the disgrace of Germany along our U.S.-Mexico border. Supporters of the U.S. wall say that our [...]
“American Dream” becomes nightmare in Texas colonia
By Johnny Hernandez SOUTH TEXAS — It’s kind of interesting and ironic that as you turn off the main highway leading to this subdivision, there’s a sign out there that reads, ‘Welcome to Sweet Water Estates…country living at its best,’ that’s just a farce,” said Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott at a recent press conference [...]
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus took the right stand on threatening to withhold healthcare votes
LatinaLista — Yesterday, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) met with President Obama to discuss their concerns that punitive language targeting undocumented immigrants in the Senate healthcare plan would be repeated in the House version that is supposed to be voted on this weekend. If that’s the case, CHC members have vowed to vote [...]
The memory of Marcelo’s death still horrifies but the atmosphere that created it still exists
LatinaLista — Today’s defeat of the Republican-authored amendment that would have forced federal officials to discount the presence of non-citizens in the 2010 US Census seems like a small tribute to the memory of Marcelo Lucero. Defeating that amendment recognizes that people like Marcelo Lucero are a part of this country and their presence should [...]
