LatinaLista UNITED NATIONS — At a noon press conference, live streamed from the United Nations (UN), the new Under-Secretary-General for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, former Chilean President Michele Bachelet, faced a room full of international reporters. Speaking mostly in English, Under-Secretary General Bachelet reminded reporters that she’s only been on the job [...]
Without the DREAM Act, more U.S. jobs will be needlessly foreign outsourced
LatinaLista — Every argument I have ever heard about why the DREAM Act — the bill that grants citizenship, affordable college access and the opportunity to enter the military to young undocumented students who were brought to this country as children and meet certain criteria — makes sense. It makes sense that by allowing these [...]
Documentary “Train to Nowhere” relives the harrowing last journey of 11 undocumented immigrants
LatinaLista — Before we had daily reports of indiscriminate murders of undocumented Central American immigrants committed by Mexican drug carteles, Americans weren’t so accustomed to hearing about mass deaths of undocumented immigrants. The first such report that brought this issue “home” was in 2002 when 11 bodies were found at the bottom of a railroad [...]
Undocumented student: “For justice, for human rights, for the economy, for America, please, help us pass the DREAM Act
LatinaLista — It’s been over two months since Latina Lista joined with Citizen Orange and America’s Voice to elevate the voices of undocumented students who are fighting to be recognized as Americans. The “DREAM Now Series: Letters to Barack Obama” is a social media campaign that launched Monday, July 19, to underscore the urgent need [...]
DREAM Act student: “I am ‘in (immigration) line’ but my real wait is more like 18 years.”
LatinaLista — Next week, it is widely anticipated that the DREAM Act will come up for a vote on the Senate floor as an attached amendment to the Defense Reauthorization bill — IF there are 60 votes to support it. We urge Congress to do the right thing by these students, put petty politics aside [...]
TX report finds undocumented children five times more likely in state care due to sexual abuse
LatinaLista — By now, even the most casual observer of the news knows about DREAM Act students, or at least has heard the term, in reference to those students who are undocumented and have grown up in this country. However, there is a small percentage of the undocumented youth population that nobody really knows about. [...]
