LatinaLista — The quickest way to discount any candidate for political office, government appointment, job promotion, school admittance, etc. is to automatically resort to the excuse that the particular person is not qualified. It’s a reason that is all…
LatinaLista — One of the more disturbing stories that surfaced after the Swift meat plant raids was how too many children were left without a parent and/or farmed out to friends and families with no immediate word on how…
LatinaLista I am a Chicana and my identity was stolen by an illegal alien. Yes, an illegal alien. Not an undocumented worker, not an economic migrant, not a border crosser, not an entrant. It ruined my credit, cost thousands…
LatinaLista — In the aftermath of the continuing bad press Immigration and Customs Enforcement is receiving over the timing of the Swift plant raids, the puzzlement remains over how many were known to be involved beforehand in the identity…
LatinaLista Dec. 15 Update: News reports this morning quote ICE officials as having charged more than 100 undocumented immigrants with identity theft. In Colorado, affidavits filed for the search warrant for a Swift plant in Greeley, Colorado showed that…
LatinaLista — News of yesterday’s raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, at six plants owned by the meat processing company Swift & Company, greeted most of us early this morning. (Source: ICE.gov) With frontpage headlines or lead…
LatinaLista — There is a new survey out about Latinos. Yet before anyone gets too excited, the survey, to the casual reader, reads more like a profile of Latinos who are recent immigrants than native born. Titled the Latino…
LatinaLista — It’s funny that in the same week a movie about an indigenous people is number one at the Box Office, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples failed to be adopted so yesterday’s International…
LatinaLista — Not all women are alike. Such a simple statement but one that many in the medical research field still have trouble accepting. Just because women share such life experiences as periods, cramps, childbirth and menopause, among others,…
LatinaLista — A day after Latina Lista reported on the attempts by a Texas lawmaker to revoke American citizenship of children born in the United States of undocumented immigrants comes a “Special Report” from the state’s comptroller that undocumented…
LatinaLista — Another sign of just how nasty and low the debate has gotten regarding illegal immigration, a Texas state Representative has filed the mother of all bills when it comes to intimidating, demeaning and further driving home the…
LatinaLista — Maria Elena lives in Monterrey, Mexico. She used to work in a tortilla factory. Though she didn’t make a lot of money, her small salary, added to her husband’s wages as a mechanic, let Maria Elena, her…
LatinaLista — It’s funny just how small the United States has become since undocumented immigrants were declared Public Enemy #1. Suddenly, our country isn’t big enough to house, employ or otherwise tolerate undocumented immigrants or their children, even when…
LatinaLista — Many times, readers ask what can they do help change situations, or make a positive difference in today’s world. There is only one answer: speak out! Unless more of us do, things won’t change and the complaints…
LatinaLista — In 2002, Building Blocks for Youth released a report titled ¿Donde Esta la Justicia? Though the report centered on the unjust disparities in our juvenile justice system when it comes to the treatment of Latino children, there…
LatinaLista — If a random survey was to be conducted on Anywhere Street, USA, and people were asked to say the first word that pops into their minds when they hear the word “hispanic,” chances are they would say…
LatinaLista — The U.S. Census reveals that Utah is pretty much a homogenous state when it comes to ethnic diversity. In 2004, 93.8 percent of the population was categorized as “white.” Hispanics, the largest population of color, comprised only…
LatinaLista — Did Latinos wield considerable voting strength in this month’s election, or not? Were Latinos the pivotal factor in deciding who kept the congressional office or who was sent packing? Should Democrats be indebted to Latinos for winning…
LatinaLista — One day in October 2004 in Douglas, Arizona, Ronald Morales, his two young daughters and his father Arturo decided to cut through some land leased by rancher Roger Barnett while out hunting. Barnett, with his AR-15 rifle…
LatinaLista — For a lot of families, Thanksgiving and Christmas are the two times a year when “family traditions” are observed. Whether it be the same menu that is repeated every Thanksgiving Day and Christmas or how and when…
LatinaLista — With Latinos, espcially Mexican-Americans, having a higher incidence of diabetes than other groups, and the fact that Latinos are spending increasingly more hours in front of the computer, and that more Latinos seem to employed in hard…
LatinaLista — There’s a new $250.00 scholarship at Boston University. To apply, you have to fill out the application, submit two essays, have a 3.2 GPA — and be 25 percent Caucasian. It’s called the Caucasian Achievement and Recognition…
LatinaLista Since the enactment of the Revenue Act of 1913, the federal government has subjected non-U.S. citizens residing in the United States (with or without documents) to income tax in the same manner as U.S. citizens. Low-income undocumented immigrants…
LatinaLista — There’s a new television show specifically targeting Latinos, and it’s not on Univision, Telemundo, Telefutura or Galavision (some of the more widely known Spanish-language cable channels.) It’s a community service program titled “Worcester Latino” and it airs…
LatinaLista — According to the online reference site, TheFreeDictionary, the term “catchall” means: “Something that encompasses a wide variety of items or situations.” Big sorpresa that the newest catchall phrase quickly climbing the charts of popular usage in the…
