LatinaLista — Putting a human face to immigration has not been easy for advocates trying to convince conservatives that the issue is more than border security and deportations. It’s an argument that playwright Josefina Lopez hopes to make in her upcoming film Detained in the Desert. Based on her play of the same name, Lopez, [...]
Guest Voz: The Time is Now for Dreamers: Join the rally April 10
By Lily Eskelsen LatinaLista Wednesday I will stand on the West Lawn of our nation’s capitol with thousands of others and demand that a dream come true. Congress isn’t Disneyland and I am not wishing on a star for Tinker Bell to wave a magic wand. It’s not that kind of dream. Real dreams aren’t [...]
It’s time to take the sexism out of the debate on immigration reform
LatinaLista — Over the years in covering the immigration issue, if there is one thing that I’ve noticed, it’s that immigration is discussed by policymakers and politicians in a very sexist manner. It wasn’t until the mid-2000s that they, and the media, even acknowledged that women immigrants were part of the migration flow. It was [...]
Multilingual survey reveals immigrants deserve to be heard
LatinaLista — For a nation of immigrants like the United States, it’s not surprising that each ethnic group has its own set of concerns that they see impact their families and themselves. Yet, because of language or immigration status, many times their opinions get overlooked in the usual phone surveys used to gauge such opinions. [...]
Texas theater company feels moral responsibility to tell stories of Central American immigrants
By Alain Castillo LatinaLista This summer, a local Dallas, Texas theatre company will step into the national immigration debate with a hard look at an immigrants’ experience south of the US border. The production, “The Dreamers: Part One” created by the Cara Mia Theatre ensemble and led by local director and writer David Lozano, explores [...]
Viernes Video: ‘Maria Full of Grace’ producer creates new film promising to turn the immigrant story “upside down”
LatinaLista — In his new film The Girl, filmmaker David Riker, producer of Maria Full of Grace and director of La Ciudad, uses the Rio Grande River that separates Laredo, Texas from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico as the setting for a story that reveals the complexity of the illegal immigration issue. Due to open in New [...]
