Category: Immigration
Immigration reform proposal brings all immigrant laborers into the conversation
LatinaLista — The main thesis of a new paper about immigration titled Rationalizing U.S. Immigration Policy: Reforms for Simplicity, Fairness, and Economic Growth revolves around this simple assertion: The economic consensus is that, taken as a whole, immigrants raise living standards for American workers by boosting demand and increasing productivity, contributing to innovation, and lowering prices [...]
Facing federal lawsuit, Sheriff Joe Arpaio having a change of heart towards local Latino community
LatinaLista — It’s too bad that the Department of Justice is filing a lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, a.k.a. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, in a presidential election year. It’s too bad not because it shouldn’t be done, but precisely because it’s been needed to be done. But because we are in an election year, [...]
In light of Pew Hispanic research, why are the GOP still authoring border security bills like it’s 2005?
LatinaLista — When the Pew Hispanic Research Center released their report last month stating that unauthorized migration from Mexico was at a standstill, many wondered if the GOP would pay attention to it. Well, we have our answer. Republican Rep. Rob Bishop from Utah is continuing with his bill the National Security and Federal Lands [...]
Pew Hispanic reports Mexican migration no longer an issue, but will it make any difference to conservatives?
LatinaLista — It doesn’t get any clearer than this, or as definitive, but the real question arising from today’s Pew Hispanic report, Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero—-and Perhaps Less, is if conservatives and anti-immigrant zealots will believe it. After studying data from five different Mexican government sources and four U.S. government sources, the [...]
Possible new AZ law could let a militia of George Zimmerman’s take border patrolling into their own hands
LatinaLista — Though public outrage was loud and clear over the shooting of Treyvon Martin, the shooter, George Zimmerman, was legally protected by Florida’s Stand your Ground law until today
ICE quietly reveals they’ve deported over 46,000 undocumented parents. But where are the children?
LatinaLista — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department of Homeland Security has not had a good last couple of weeks. No matter which way they turned they were getting hammered for not being transparent enough either in their count of undocumented immigrants who escaped capture or their practices treating undocumented immigrants in detention. It [...]
Mississippi legislators latest blind mice to follow the Pied Piper of anti-immigrant legislation
LatinaLista — The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi has an ironic name that served him very well yesterday during a protest of the new immigration law the state wants to enact. Bishop Joseph Latino joined fellow Bishop Roger Morin of the Biloxi diocese to protest the Alabama-style proposed immigration legislation now being [...]
Alabama legislators still aren’t feeling the love from passing anti-immigrant bill HB56
LatinaLista — On a day when most people are feeling warm and fuzzy towards one another, it’s worth noting that in those states that passed legislation targeting undocumented immigrants and labeling them as “burdens” on their state coffers, the feeling among most of these legislators should be turning from smug satisfaction to outright regret and [...]
TX Latino creates grassroots solution to nation’s illegal immigration issue
LatinaLista — Roland Hernandez knows his idea on how to reform immigration is going to make a lot of people mad, but he’s willing to take that chance. Especially, if his idea accomplishes his main goals — rebuilding social security, providing better health care to disabled veterans and getting an accurate census of undocumented immigrants. [...]
Latino GOP group gets no response from message to GOP women’s org not to host speaker from recognized hate group
LatinaLista — Since 2007, many young and new Latino voters have, from time to time, written into Latina Lista to ask how I could publish the viewpoints and stories of Latinos who self-identify as Republicans. It’s a natural question from those newly engaged in the nation’s civic process, especially the young. It has to be [...]
