LatinaLista — Over the years in covering the immigration issue, if there is one thing that I’ve noticed, it’s that immigration is discussed by policymakers and politicians in a very sexist manner. It wasn’t until the mid-2000s that they, and the media, even acknowledged that women immigrants were part of the migration flow. It was [...]
Sen. John McCain’s Univision interview leaves impression that old grudges die hard
LatinaLista — According to a Yahoo! news item, things are a little crazier than usual in Washington in advance of the President’s State of the Union speech. Rebuttals and pre-rebuttals have become the new forms of communication between the parties with the Democratic National Committee holding a telephone conference call offering a pre-rebuttal to Sen. [...]
New Pew Hispanic study shows ‘good-faith’ immigration reform must meet two basic needs of immigrants
LatinaLista — A newly released Pew Hispanic study uncovers some startling statistics — of the 5.4 million legal immigrants from Mexico who are eligible to become citizens of the United States, more than 60 percent have not yet done so. The main two reasons are the same criteria we are bound to see contained in [...]
White House loud and clear on immigration reform but ignores Latino community’s outcry over abusive actions by ICE and Border Patrol
LatinaLista — Even though two different immigration reform plans have been laid out, there is still criticism that existing White House directives to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to not apprehend and place in deportation proceedings non-threatening undocumented immigrants is routinely being ignored by ICE agents out in the field. News reports of mass [...]
Proposed immigration reform plans don’t deal with the total reality that exists for undocumented immigrants
LatinaLista — After hearing President Obama’s plan for immigration reform and what the bipartisan committee of senators released yesterday, it’s natural that there would be parts Latinos like and don’t like from each proposal. For starters, it’s obvious that both sides are still more interested in politicizing the issue, with Republicans accusing Obama of using [...]
While the senate blueprint on immigration reform brings cheers, three more challenges exist before breathing sigh of relief
LatinaLista — The announcement this morning that senators had reached an agreement on immigration reform, and the subsequent press conference held by Senators Marco Rubio, (R-FL); John McCain (R-AZ); Chuck Schumer (D-NY); Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), triggered a deluge of congratulatory press releases from major Latino organizations. To see both Republicans and [...]
