LatinaLista — No matter where he turns these days, President Obama is being soundly rebuked for his administration’s immigration enforcement policies. It doesn’t seem to matter what policy changes are issued from Washington because reports from immigrants, immigration lawyers,…
LatinaLista — Regardless of where one stands on the issue of guns, there’s no getting away from one fundamental fact when guns are looked at in the context of law enforcement: Guns are a sign of force but they…
LatinaLista — Mention the name Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and depending on which side of the immigration reform fence a person is on, will illicit two entirely different responses. For immigrant advocates/sympathizers and undocumented immigrants, he’s a member of the…
LatinaLista — Frustration and disappointment continue to rise among the Latino community with the Obama administration over its policy for deporting undocumented immigrants. In spite of a much publicized announcement earlier this year that those immigrants not considered a…
LatinaLista — Much news has been made over Alabama’s tough immigration policy, HB 56, and how it has adversely affected the state’s agriculture economy by driving the immigrant labor out of the state. Rather than scrap the law or…
LatinaLista — How long does a person have to live in a foreign country before he/she calls it home? Six months? One year? Three years? Ten years? The answer, of course, is however long it takes for that person…
LatinaLista — The shopping results of last week’s Black Friday’s sales continue to delight retailers — and, in one case, puzzle federal law enforcement. According to the FBI, gun dealers did record business. They know this by the number…
LatinaLista — A small earthquake rocked Congress on Capitol HIll yesterday. Unlike the August 23rd earthquake that shook the region with a 5.8 magnitude, this earthquake was symbolic rather than physical. Yesterday, Republicans and Democrats came together in a…
LatinaLista — A New York Times editorial today was the latest commentary to blast Alabama legislators for passing HB 56, otherwise known as THE immigration law. The editorial pointed out the devastating unseen consequences of the law on the…
LatinaLista — Even before airing, last night’s CNN presidential debate promised to deliver some worthy sound bites — or awkward silences — given that the theme of the debate was national security. While most every one of the candidates…
By Ana Varela-Madrid Borderzine EL PASO – Due to the high level of violence in Cd. Juárez, many families are migrating to El Paso in search of a better life, but as their children enter school here many of…
LatinaLista — The fallout from Alabama’s harsh anti-immigration bill H.B. 56 just keeps raining down. Last Friday, one of the latest consequences of the legislation, and one that had some in the “Heart of Dixie” suffer cardiac arrest, was…
LatinaLista — There has been an ongoing debate within and outside the Latino community over the usage of the term “illegal alien.” Currently, there is the Drop the I-Word campaign that is asking people to sign a pledge to not…
LatinaLista — Yesterday’s release by the FBI of their 2010 Hate Crime Statistics documenting how hate crimes against Latinos have jumped to 67 percent from 62 percent in 2009 underscores a simple fact — this is not a random…
LatinaLista — With Christmas only a few weeks away, children are finalizing their wish lists to give to Santa Claus. Yet for 5.5 million children, there is only one wish they have — that Uncle Sam doesn’t act like…
Metro Latino USA Washington, DC – The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the American Immigration Council (AIC) released a new survey finding that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and attorneys across the country are applying different standards…
by Maria Ines Zamudio Extra News CHICAGO — After spending 12 days in an immigration detention center, Mario De la Rosa received welcomed news about his pending deportation case. Within three days of his release, Margaret Carrasco, who De…
LatinaLista — Ankle monitors have long been considered the humanitarian alternative to detention for undocumented immigrants who have been flagged for deportation. Yet, because of the actions and statements by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Dallas field…
LatinaLista — Immigration enforcement is not an issue that can just be reduced to the black and white rationale of being the “law of the land.” Though it’s true that immigration enforcement entails finding people who are in the…
LatinaLista — Chances are 10-year-old Jasmen Gonzalez didn’t worry or even know too much about the big national immigration reform debate. The Oklahoma City fourth-grader probably didn’t even understand the concept of “citizenship status.” And why should she? She…
LatinaLista — For Michelle Bachmann, Halloween holds special significance — it was the day she discovered Christ as her Savior. She told the story of accepting Jesus Christ as her savior – a conversation that happened almost 40 years…
By Dr. Jacqueline Zaleski Mackenzie LatinaLista GUANAJUATO, MEXICO– My stomach knots when my gate bell fails to ring a few seconds after the 3:45 p.m. bus passes. I replay a familiar assumption: “Kirt’s mother must not have had four…
By By Valeria Pretto-Calder, Esq. La Costa Latina Gulf Coast — Due to the new Alabama immigration law, I want to share some history on the United States Constitution and explain why certain parts of the Alabama law violate…
LatinaLista — Lately, the Obama administration has been touting its record for deporting the most undocumented immigrants — nearly 400,000. It may seem those are the lucky ones given the information discovered in the recent broadcast of the PBS…
By Luis Hernandez Borderzine EL PASO – The ongoing immigration reform debate – either in favor of or against any drastic legislative change, – usually focuses on the influx of undocumented immigrants, while ignoring its effect on the U.S….
