LatinaLista — It was only a matter of time that the Obama administration would feel compelled to “set the record straight” on the GOP presidential candidates’ constant campaign rhetoric painting the US-Mexico border as a territory under siege and illegal immigration out of control. What better person to speak out than Secretary of Homeland Security [...]
Alabama immigration law pulls state deeper down national hole of shame
LatinaLista — A Sunday editorial cartoon in the Mobile Press-Register had the title “What can brown do for you?” It was in reference to the extremely harsh immigration law passed in Alabama to rid the state of undocumented immigrants. As of now, it stands as the most punitive law in the country. The short blog [...]
Guest Voz: Women’s delegation to get the word out about the harm of Georgia’s immigration laws
LatinaLista – A delegation of women leaders from over two dozen national human rights organizations traveled to Georgia to spend today and tomorrow speaking out against the recent anti-immigrant laws passed in that state. The women, part of the We Belong Together delegation, plan not only on speaking out against the inhumane bill but listening too. [...]
Massachusetts lawmakers joining anti-immigrant hysteria
LatinaLista — Massachusetts state legislators are about to become the unlikely allies of such states as Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma — all that have passed punitive laws targeting undocumented immigrants. The reason why Massachusetts legislators are more than willing to wade back into the volatile issue is because of an accident that should not have [...]
Reports surfacing that ICE is going ahead with deportation of DREAM students
LatinaLista — More and more reports are surfacing across the country that ICE agents are not practicing what John Morton, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, promised would happen — that ICE agents would exercise prosecutorial discretion when handling the deportation cases of people deemed non-security threats. The opposite has been happening which is gradually [...]
New report highlights difficulty of turning a blind eye to immigrant abuse by Border Patrol agents
LatinaLista – The pictures from a new report titled, A Culture of Cruelty: Abuse and Impunity in short-term U.S. Border Patrol custody, about border patrol agents’ abuse against immigrants they have in custody are not just disturbing but repulsive. Compiled and published by the human rights group No More Deaths, the authors documented more than 30,000 [...]
