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Crowdfunding Campaign: Destino – A book about the destiny of Central American migrants searching for American Dream

Jun 5, 2014, 3:09 PM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: Destino – A book about the destiny of Central American migrants searching for American Dream Destino, meaning “destination” or “destiny” in Spanish, tells the story of undocumented Central American migrants and the perilous journey by freight…

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Phony lawyers calling themselves notarios continue to scam unsuspecting immigrants

Mar 27, 2014, 11:31 AM 0

By Vianey Alderete Borderzine EL PASO — A “Now Renting” sign and an empty office is all Irma Castañeda found when she went to ask her immigration attorney how her deferred action petition was proceeding. She had paid the…

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Victory for Philadelphia’s immigrant community

Mar 26, 2014, 4:28 PM 0

J.Smith LatinaLista Philadelphia – “Sin Papeles, No Miedo.” Without Papers, We’re Not Afraid.” For more than five years, this was the defiant cry of immigrant advocacy groups fighting against the collaborative relationship between local law enforcement and federal immigration…

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Latino Scholar Q&A: Deportees shuttled within “largely unknown bureaucratic system”

Mar 11, 2014, 3:01 PM 0

By Emily Weir LatinaLista Throughout America, immigrants — most of whom haven’t even been accused of a crime — are jailed alongside convicted criminals. Immigration officials can legally hold noncitizens indefinitely before deporting them, and without giving them legal…

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Viernes Video: Latino director points a lens at cultural taboos — in Asian community

Feb 28, 2014, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — No matter the ethnicity, there exists in most cultures expectations from the elder generation of their youth. Among immigrant families in the United States, these expectations can give rise to rebellious behavior. It’s not uncommon to hear…

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Film “Detained in the Desert” gives voice to immigrants’ plight

Feb 19, 2014, 10:12 AM 0

By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — Enrique Morones accepts it was difficult for him to perform in front of a camera what he does in real life every single day. Morones, who is founder…

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Sister states Mexico and Illinois reaffirm bond

Feb 18, 2014, 9:46 AM 0

By Amelia Orozco Extra The 150-year-old relationship between Illinois and México was commemorated on Feb. 10 and 11 with the visit of the governor of the state of México Eruviel Ávila. He and Gov. Pat Quinn met in Chicago…

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Undocuqueer student struggles to break a double closet

Jan 8, 2014, 3:07 PM 0

By Ashley Soley-Cerro EL NUEVO SOL David’s story is common, but it often goes unheard. This is because, for him, coming out does not only include personal consequences, but also legal ones. For this reason, the pseudonym David will…

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New Mexico’s Immigrant Women Rise against Domestic Violence

Dec 10, 2013, 9:58 AM 0

By Kent Patterson Frontera NorteSur Editor’s note: In continuing our series on gender violence issues, Frontera NorteSur offers the first of two articles on a New Mexico community organization that struggles against domestic violence in the Spanish-speaking immigrant community….

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Minnesota group takes US-born grandchildren to Guatemala for first-time visits with their abuelos

Nov 12, 2013, 1:15 PM 0

By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista Today in the United States there are 4.5 million US citizen children who have at least one undocumented parent. Even though they are entitled to the same rights and freedoms as all Americans, many of…

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News Analysis: Are Immigrant-Aid Organizations Ready for Reform?

Oct 22, 2013, 10:50 AM 0

By Erwin de Leon Feet in 2 Worlds On October 8, thousands rallied at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. then marched to the Capitol demanding that Congress pass comprehensive immigration reform immediately. A reported 200 people got themselves…

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Local San Diego Latino leaders are “heroes” for immigrants

Oct 7, 2013, 9:14 AM 0

By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego This year’s KPBS Local Heroes in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month have one thing in common: Both are women committed to helping immigrant communities in San Diego County. The honorees are…

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One more nationwide campaign supporting immigration reform hopes to make a lasting impression

Oct 3, 2013, 3:24 PM 0

LatinaLista — It appears the flame of hope that Congress will pass immigration reform is becoming nothing more than a flicker in most who believed something could be signed by Christmas. Not even yesterday’s re-introduction by House Democrats of…

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Photo Project Helps Latino Immigrants Bridge Generation Gap

Aug 19, 2013, 9:13 AM 0

By Cristina DC Pastor Feet in 2 Worlds A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the value of the photographs taken by Mexican immigrant parents and their children for a new exhibit can be measured by their…

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Undocumented Asian Students Live Under the Radar

Aug 15, 2013, 9:22 AM 0

By Michael Cheng El Nuevo Sol Ten years ago, James, an undocumented student at CSUN, moved with his family to Los Angeles from Tlaxcala, México, but he isn’t Latino, he is Korean American. James (an undocumented student alias) called…

Local News, Midwest, zNew Headline

Chicago’s New Consul General of Mexico relates to immigrants

Jul 15, 2013, 2:09 PM 0

By Alex Hernandez Chicago Extra Chicago’s new Consulate General of Mexico, Carlos Martin Jiménez Macías, 62, is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He’s served in Mexico’s Federal Legislature three times and has been a San Luis Potosi…

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Viernes Video: Filmmaker goes beyond the fence at the U.S.-Mexico border to reveal a ‘purgatory’ where souls wait…

Jun 14, 2013, 4:50 PM 0

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…

Culture, zNew Headline

Only shrine in U.S. dedicated to patron saint of immigrants lies in the heart of anti-immigrant territory

Jun 3, 2013, 10:35 AM 0

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…

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Pew analysis of 34-million strong Mexican-origin Latinos highlights the similarities, disparities and need for immigration reform

May 1, 2013, 3:57 PM 0

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,…

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