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The Obama administration can jumpstart promise of immigration reform by overhauling ICE

Jan 9, 2010, 7:35 PM 1

LatinaLista — While the story that broke in the New York Times over the weekend Officials Hid Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail, may have been a wake-up call for the Obama Administration and countless politicians, law enforcement officials…

Government, Palabra Final, Politics

Chertoff’s waiver of 30 laws sends wrong signal to young voters about the value of the vote

Apr 15, 2008, 5:40 PM 5

LatinaLista — Today, an unprecedented marketing move to get (Latino) youth to register to vote was launched. A three-way partnership between get-out-the-vote organization Voto Latino, iTunes and Nacional Records made possible a special album of Spanish Rock, Latin and…

Palabra Final, Politics

The Importance of Challenging One Man’s Attempt to Rise Above the Law

Apr 7, 2008, 8:32 PM 13

LatinaLista — What has erupted between the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, and the US-Mexico border residents over the border fence construction is a showdown that is more than just a challenge of the federal…