By Stanly P. Walker, Immigration Attorney La Costa Latina Five years ago, if you had asked when we would finally see Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR), the answer would have been “any moment now.” Today, however, no one knows, but…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Latest immigration decree from Obama admin shows Latino voters cheated out of change
Aug 8, 2011, 9:14 PM 0
LatinaLista — State lawmakers across the nation, led by conservatives, have prioritized passing punitive legislation targeting undocumented immigrants to the detriment of the nation’s economic health. In the report, “2011 Immigration-Related Laws and Resolutions in the States” published by…
Education, Guest Voz, Immigration, Politics, Youth
Guest Voz: DREAM Act a Win-Win — Good for Immigrant Women and Families and Good for Economy
Aug 5, 2011, 8:51 PM 0
LatinaLista — The battle to get Congress to pass the DREAM Act has been going on for ten years this month. It’s surprising that legislation that is such a no-brainer would be challenged every step of the way. Yet,…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics
Debunking (yet again) false claims about security fears at the U.S.-Mexico border
Aug 4, 2011, 8:46 PM 0
LatinaLista — A new report by the Center for American Progress on the safety of the U.S.-Mexico border reshines a light on conditions that most locals have been confirming all along — things aren’t as bad as some in…
Immigration, Local News, Washington DC
Mexican Migration Patterns Signal a New Immigration Reality
Aug 3, 2011, 8:29 PM 0
MetroLatinoUSA WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fewer Coming, Fewer Leaving, and 3/5 of Unauthorized Have Been Here for a Decade or Longer The Immigration Policy Center released a summary of recent data on Mexican migration to and from the United States….
Immigration, Local News, Southwest
Illegal re-entry topped all other charges in country’s federal courts
Aug 3, 2011, 8:27 PM 0
By Cristina Rayas Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Illegal re-entry became the most-frequent federal criminal charge in the United States during the first six months of fiscal 2011, a pattern that was mirrored in Arizona during that period. From…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Obama admin breaks immigration enforcement records, along with, trust of Latino community
Aug 3, 2011, 8:26 PM 0
LatinaLista — There is a perfect storm of data emerging about illegal immigration that at any other time Congress and the President would have been expected to act upon in a rational manner. Yet, after the recent spectacle on…
Immigration, Women
Getting to the root of the “real” problem why immigrant women are scapegoats for today’s politicians
Aug 2, 2011, 8:29 PM 0
LatinaLista — A question posed this week by the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health in their annual blog carnival strives to get to the heart of the immigration problem in a way that Congress has no appetite for…
Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics
Latino Congressman explains to Europe why he’s unhappy with Obama
Aug 2, 2011, 8:24 PM 0
LatinaLista — Rep. Luis Gutierrez from Chicago has been labeled a “thorn” in President Obama’s side when it comes to trying to convince the president to use his executive powers to relieve the agony of deportations inflicted upon undocumented…
Global Views, Immigration, Local News, Southwest
A new wave of legal immigrants from Mexico
Jul 28, 2011, 8:53 PM 0
By Angela Covo La Prensa San Antonio San Antonio.- Fleeing the dangers at home in Mexico, a new wave of legal immigrants from the south bring jobs and investment capital to the United States, specifically to San Antonio, a…
Immigration, Palabra Final
The pressing issue here and now for Latinos is halting inhumane deportations
Jul 27, 2011, 7:00 PM 0
LatinaLista — This week, when President Obama appeared before the National Council of La Raza’s annual convention, he pledged solidarity with Latinos on the issue of immigration reform and the DREAM Act. Yet, what he didn’t pledge support with…
Art, Culture, Global Views, Immigration
Mexican artist puts voice and sound in honoring the dead found along US-Mexico border
Jul 27, 2011, 6:48 PM 0
LatinaLista — The dead bodies of hundreds of immigrants found along the US-Mexico border is a haunting reality by itself but Mexican artist Luz María Sánchez has created a special sound-based art installation that makes 2,487 of these dead…
Diversity, Immigration, Palabra Final
The mindset of Norway’s shooter is alive and well in the US and pointed at Latinos
Jul 26, 2011, 9:58 PM 0
LatinaLista — He was against Muslims immigrating into his country and he didn’t like that society was turning multicultural. Those have been the two reasons offered as the motives for the bloody rampages of Norway’s most notorious mass assassin,…
Human Rights, Immigration, Local News, South
Multiple Agencies File Lawsuit Challenging Alabama’s Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law
Jul 25, 2011, 8:50 PM 0
La Costa Latina MONTGOMERY, ALA. -The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and a coalition of civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit on July 21 challenging Alabama’s extreme anti-immigrant law, HB 56, passed last month. The law is…
Business, Economy, Immigration
Chamber leader says state immigration law jumble harms business
Jul 22, 2011, 10:48 PM 0
By Cristina Rayas Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – A Phoenix business leader warned Tuesday (July 19, 2011) that businesses will continue to suffer from the jumbled approach to immigration issues by states, unless the federal government steps in. “Down…
Great Plains, Immigration, Local News
Tulsa police chief asserts: “We are not immigration agents”
Jul 21, 2011, 10:27 PM 0
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – Police Chief Chuck Jordan says his department’s mission is public safety and fighting crime. “We are not immigration agents.” “My officers are working so all of us can enjoy a…
Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics
GOP isn’t serious about Latino outreach until they “Halt” bill stripping President of immigration enforcement
Jul 21, 2011, 10:23 PM 0
LatinaLista — Ever since President Obama was elected, the rhetoric from the GOP to make him a “one-term president” has been nonstop. Blistering comments lobbed against a sitting president by the opposing party is nothing new. In fact, it’s…
Immigration, Palabra Final, Youth
Dept. of Homeland Security risks losing more credibility among Latinos if Marcelo Llamas is deported
Jul 19, 2011, 9:08 PM 0
LatinaLista — One of the selling points of the DREAM Act — the bill that sets young undocumented people on a path to citizenship after meeting a laundry list of criteria — is the point that the ones who…
MetroLatinoUSA WASHINGTON, DC — Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) and more than a dozen religious leaders representing a broad variety of faith traditions, today announced a DREAM Act Sabbath – an initiative enlisting…
Immigration, Local News, South
Editorial: Why Mexican Americans Should be Concerned With Immigration
Jul 7, 2011, 8:57 PM 0
By Alfredo R. Santos, publisher La Voz de Austin First they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Latest data reveals illegal immigration from Mexico has stopped. So, what will be the next GOP excuse for not working on CIR?
Jul 7, 2011, 8:50 PM 0
LatinaLista — The news doesn’t get any better than this for any politician who has stalled the debate on immigration reform until there’s proof of a secure border: According to Douglas S. Massey, co-director of the Mexican Migration Project…
Government, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice
The assault against undocumented immigrants is creating a new kind of humanitarian crisis
Jul 6, 2011, 4:10 PM 0
LatinaLista — One of the federal government’s strategy in combating illegal immigration is to create a “culture of voluntary compliance” among businesses to not hire undocumented workers says Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Gillian Chistensen. Of course, the voluntary…
La Costa Latina GULF COAST — On Saturday, June 25, starting at 6:30 p.m., Alabama residents and supporters will march in Linn Park in downtown Birmingham to protest the new immigration bill, HB56, signed by Governor Bentley on June 9….
Immigration, Local News, Southwest
Smugglers target Arizona for two of every three illegal border tunnels
Jun 28, 2011, 10:17 PM 0
By Maggie Pingolt Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON — Arizona has more than 90 illegal tunnels under its border with Mexico, the most discovered in any state in the Southwest, law enforcement officials told senators. Investigators have uncovered 88 in…
Economy, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Guest Voz: Colorado dairy farm immigration raid went too far in criminalizing workers
Jun 24, 2011, 6:39 PM 0
LatinaLista — Earlier this month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton announced changes to the immigration enforcement program known as Secure Communities (click on “What’s New” tab). It’s a program that many were lead to believe would…
