LatinaLista — Listening to Congress debate how to reform immigration, it doesn’t take long to figure out that those who are opposed to any kind of reform or legalization of the 11 million undocumented immigrants are individuals who have refused to accept the fact that immigrants are real people. Some U.S. politicians prefer to live [...]
Reuniting Children With Deported Parents Brings Extra Scrutiny
By Jill Replogle Fronteras News Desk SAN DIEGO — Just a stone’s throw from the international border that separates Tijuana from San Diego, Manuel and Maribel* have just finished a supervised visitation with their three U.S.-citizen children. The visit took place in a little room in the Department of Homeland Security building that sits right [...]
Only shrine in U.S. dedicated to patron saint of immigrants lies in the heart of anti-immigrant territory
By Juan Miret LatinaLista Saint Toribio Romo, patron saint of immigrants, arrived in Tulsa, Oklahoma with no papers on May 21, 2008. “He did it like many other immigrants have done it before,” said Simón Navarro, president of the cultural organization Casas Guanajuato, as he was finishing last-minute details of the annual procession for the [...]
Pew analysis of 34-million strong Mexican-origin Latinos highlights the similarities, disparities and need for immigration reform
LatinaLista — There’s a reason that nonLatinos think every Latino in the United States is from Mexico. It’s because there are 34 million Latinos of Mexican origin living in the United States, and according to the Pew Hispanic Center, that is 64 percent of the overall Latino population. It’s a huge chunk of the Latino [...]
Guest Voz: Watching America — through the eyes of young immigrants
By Claire O’Brien Eléctrica in the Desert Two very small girls waited for a 4th of July parade in a small Midwestern city a few years ago. The city’s economy is based upon a large, fluid workforce from throughout Central America – a majority of them Mexican – and an industry which has for decades [...]
New magazine gets a headstart helping immigrants come out of the shadows
LatinaLista — Immigration reform is going to happen. That’s a given. What’s still up for debate is the details. Yet, one thing is certain — undocumented immigrants will be brought out of the proverbial shadows. While many of the 11 million waiting for the bill to be passed have called the US home for years, [...]