LatinaLista — While the rest of the world is transfixed and horrified by the cruel retaliation — some are saying it’s genocide — against protesters in Libya today by their president, Col Muammar Gaddafi, the U.S. Latino community in Arizona is battling its own onslaught of oppression by state leaders — and not one national [...]
Juarez artist draws on the violence and heartache of her city to produce unique exhibit
LatinaLista — Juarez may literally be under siege these days by drug cartels that would like to stifle any kind of expression, whether it be from the people, the news media or the artists. One Juarez artist, Gilda Lorena Martínez, refuses to cease expressing herself the best way she knows how, though in the last [...]
Immigrant survivors of domestic violence to testify before Congress how immigration enforcement puts abuse victims at risk
LatinaLista — Tomorrow, five women will travel to Capitol Hill to deliver testimony at an ad-hoc congressional hearing examining violence against immigrant women. They will speak on behalf of the hundreds of immigrant victims of domestic violence who have been doubly victimized — first by their attackers and secondly by the U.S. federal government’s current [...]
Yet another game takes illegal immigration to an offensive level
LatinaLista — Once again, the issue of illegal immigration goes from the halls of Congress, grassroots protests and Latino communities under siege by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel to — gameland. Ever since the issue has become almost a daily headline, there has been an eerie fascination with the idea of making sport of [...]
Ft. Worth’s new no-bias rule stands in sharp contrast to proposed AZ legislation
LatinaLista — A quick review of this week’s legislative schedule for Arizona’s state legislators is disturbing and disheartening in how xenophobia and prejudice are being masqueraded as justice and law. For example, today SB1308: interstate compact; birth certificates was to be discussed. It authorizes and directs the Governor to enter into an Interstate Birth Certificate [...]
Failed virtual border fence has politicians pointing to success in Yuma area
By Lauren Gambino Cronkite News Service SAN LUIS – U.S. Border Patrol agents Robert Lowry and Mike Espinoza examine a footprint in the sandy road that parallels the U.S.-Mexico border fence south of Yuma. The 20-foot steel fence casts a large shadow over the road where a Border Patrol vehicle is dragging tires to smooth [...]
