LatinaLista — It was bound to happen. The popularity of Cinco de Mayo rises to new levels every year among those who want to commercially exploit this day in Mexican history for American profit, but this year has reached a whole new level. This year, Cinco de Mayo is the subject of a new horror [...]
Video: Alternative band features undocumented cast in music video part of Not 1 More Deportation movement
LatinaLista — Undocumented immigrants have been the subject of congressional legislation, the nightly news, cable tv shows, documentaries, Hollywood films, songs and now a music video. Los Angeles-based alternative band La Santa Cecilia used a cast of almost all undocumented immigrants in their new music video “El Hielo,” from their upcoming album “TREINTA DIAS.” Collaborating [...]
Appeals court approves Georgia’s “show-me-your-papers” statute
By John Newton La Voz Latina The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta gave state and local police the right to begin enforcing one of the most controversial parts of Georgia’s illegal immigration law (HB:87) last month. This provision — also known as the “show-me-your-papers” law gives police the option to investigate the [...]
Criminal Charges Against Unauthorized Immigrant Workers Questioned
By Jude Joffe-Block Fronteras News Desk PHOENIX — As Congress prepares to take on immigration reform as early as this month, daily reminders remain of a broken system. In Arizona’s most populous county, a battle is unfolding in the courts over unauthorized immigrants who get hired for work by using fraudulent Social Security Numbers and [...]
Wage theft rampant in Rio Grande Valley
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian HIDALGO, TEXAS — Alfredo Mendoza (not his real name) thought he was bringing in some extra cash for his family for Christmas. A friend had recommended him to the mechanics shop in Hidalgo. He worked for a week and put in long hours. His boss had no complaints with [...]
Video: 21-year-old Argentinian raps about being an immigrant
LatinaLista — Ever since immigration marches, deportations, DREAMer protests, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and the border wall have become fighting words in this new era of civil rights, artists have put the pain and suffering of Latino immigrants into music, onto canvass, stage and film. One of the latest artists to draw attention [...]
