LatinaLista — Of all the punitive measures taken against undocumented immigrants, the most grievous has to be restricting their access to health care. It’s a practice that needs to be addressed rather than ignored or “kicked down the road.”…
By Dennise Rocha Bilingual Weekly SACRAMENTO, CA — AB 1544, the California Agricultural Jobs and Industry Stabilization Act of 2012 that would allow undocumented farm and service-sector workers to stay in California lawfully, was approved on Wednesday, April 18,…
LatinaLista — Today is International Women’s Day, a day that celebrates the strides women have made and the hardships they still endure. When we think of those hardships, those of us who are middle-class, college-educated or have good jobs,…
LatinaLista — One aspect of illegal immigration that doesn’t get the coverage it deserves, but for many immigrant advocates is the heart and soul of the push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, is what happens to the children of undocumented…
LatinaLista — Headlines are always filled with bad news. In fact, conventional thinking in the news industry is the worse the headline, the bigger the attraction. Unfortunately, it works. Yet, there should always be a time where we can…
LatinaLista — My old friend, Tim Chavez, who died from leukemia in May, and blogged about immigration issues in Tennessee at Political Salsa, used to tell me that he had a lot of work to do in his adopted…
LatinaLista — It goes without saying that the men and women of our armed forces who fight on behalf of our country deserve to be respected and honored for that service — regardless of their citizenship status. In many…
LatinaLista — Whoever created the phrase “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” was just plain dishonest. Obama delivers his push for healthcare reform to a joint session of Congress. No matter how…
LatinaLista — Hawaii is 1,625 miles from the U.S. mainland. In this day and age of easy travel and internet usage, it’s hard to imagine that anyone would think that Hawaii is so far away that news of what…
LatinaLista — The authors of a new study have found that if there is a choice for Mexican immigrants to either choose California or Texas as their final destination, they’re better off choosing Texas. The authors of Cost of…
LatinaLista — When it comes to politics, it’s understood that it can be a rough sport between the opposing parties. Extreme exaggerations, outright lies, name-calling — and that’s the civil part of it. However, Republicans have taken politics to…
LatinaLista — John Steinbach is the Community Outreach Coordinator for Woodbridge Workers Committee and Mexicanos Sin Fronteras in Prince William County, Virginia. Both organizations that help immigrants, or at least the immigrants that have not been driven off by…
LatinaLista — The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1. This Friday, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will hold a press conference releasing a new computer model simulation that shows there will be fewer hurricanes later in…
LatinaLista — Only those people who have never traveled outside the United States, or still hold to a national isolationist philosophy, don’t understand that what happens in US politics doesn’t just stay in the U.S. Any casual student of…
LatinaLista — If ever there was any doubt that undocumented immigrants would be the scapegoats of the 2008 presidential elections, there isn’t anymore. The writing on the wall is clear for what is the scapegoat issue of the 2008…
LatinaLista — While Spanish may be considered the one unifier among all Latinos, it will be politics, now more than ever, that will divide the Latino electorate. This became painfully obvious before and during the Republican presidential candidate forum…
LatinaLista — The gruesome deaths of four (presumably) undocumented Mexican men in Sharonville, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati probably would not have garnered much media attention if they had been victims of a robbery. But they weren’t. Unfortunately, for…
LatinaLista — For those of us who have followed this divisive debate in Congress over immigration reform, we have always felt something was missing. Common sense? The voice of the undocumented? Employers? Industry representatives? The average American voter? (Source:…
LatinaLista — Children are sacred. Industrialized countries understand that universal edict and defend children — no matter their circumstances. The countries that enslave children and prostitute, exploit and press them into soldier-duty are routinely considered less than civilized and…
LatinaLista — For 11 years, Pedro Zapeta lived the typical life of an undocumented immigrant. He came to this country with two intentions: to work and save his money. He had no delusions about staying and building a life…
LatinaLista — The title of a new Arizona coalition sounds more like the name of an early morning talk show than an organized effort to combat the first fallout of the state’s do-it-yourself approach to immigration reform. (Source: bp2.blogger.com)
LatinaLista — Today, nationally syndicated radio talk show host Eddie Sotelo, better known to his legions of Spanish-speaking fans as Piolin, delivered one million letters to the steps of Congress today from immigrants and citizens across the country who…
LatinaLista — When the Senate first passed their version of the immigration reform bill, Latino groups and organizations who advocate for undocumented immigrants, urged us all to politely applaud the effort and be thankful that SOMETHING was put together…
