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New Immigration Analysis Uncovers Startling Trends: Immigration Leveling Off and Aging U.S. Workforce Needs Immigrants

Jan 24, 2008, 2:20 PM 15

LatinaLista — Dr. Dowell Myers, professor of urban planning and Demography at the University of Southern California, held a telephonic press briefing this afternoon, sponsored by the Washington D.C.-based Immigration Policy Center. Professor Dowell Myers The occasion was the release…

Government, Palabra Final

Is Padilla’s Sentence a Win for National Security or a Way to Save Face?

Jan 22, 2008, 7:39 PM 2

LatinaLista — Today, Jose Padilla, the Al Qaeda terrorist-in-training, was finally sentenced. Though he was initially caught, branded, persecuted and paraded by the federal government as a terrorist for allegedly wanting to create a “dirty bomb” in 2002, the…

Government, Palabra Final, Social Justice

Fulfilling Dr. King’s Dream is a lot Harder than Making George Jetson’s Vision Come True in the 21st Century

Jan 21, 2008, 5:27 PM 30

LatinaLista — In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his now famous I Have a Dream speech. It wasn’t just words on paper, but passion in motion. Because of that, those words inspired a generation to see the…

Government, Great Plains, Immigration, Palabra Final

Oklahoma State Laws Aimed at Driving Out Illegal Population Backfire on Legislators

Jan 18, 2008, 4:02 PM 22

LatinaLista — It’s been the trend across the country for state legislators to stand behind their respective chamber podiums, declare they’re doing the will of the people and proceed to create and pass laws aimed at making life so…

Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

With Eyes Fixed on Primaries, ICE Quietly Cleans Up its Act

Jan 16, 2008, 8:23 PM 6

LatinaLista — With all eyes and ears, morning, noon and night, fixed each day on the happenings of the presidential candidates and which demographic will vote for which candidate, it’s easy to miss the rest of the news. Otherwise,…

Environment, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

With DHS and Texas Border Residents in a Showdown over Fence, Can Bush Really Expect a Peaceful Retirement in his Home State?

Jan 15, 2008, 5:43 PM 28

LatinaLista — The “Hour of Reckoning” has arrived: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has filed the first of an expected 102 lawsuits to force landowners along the US-Mexico border to fork over their property to the government for…

Government, Palabra Final

Should US Follow EU’s Lead in Abolishing Borders?

Dec 21, 2007, 4:09 PM 9

LatinaLista —Today, something to be admired and emulated happened in the European Union — nine more European countries, mainly ex-Communist countries, became part of what is known as the Schengen Zone. The European Union’s Schengen Zone allows its residents…

Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Youth

Tulsa ICE Officials Use 16-year-old Son as Bait to Trap Undocumented Family

Dec 14, 2007, 4:11 PM 33

LatinaLista — Oklahoma has become one of the most punitive states in targeting undocumented immigrants. Putting into effect House Bill 1804 on November 1, Oklahoma’s state legislature wants to make life as difficult as possible for undocumented immigrants. The…

Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

New Green Card and Asylum Policies Have Potential to Separate Too Many Immigrant Families

Dec 11, 2007, 5:12 PM 8

LatinaLista — Today, the United States government announced plans to change the rules when it comes to Green Cards. Last month, the government issued a new policy regarding a change in asylum rules. With all these rule changes, the…

Government, Human Rights, Palabra Final

The U.S. Has Its Own Spin on this Year’s Observance of International Human Rights Day

Dec 10, 2007, 5:41 PM 5

LatinaLista — Today is the international observance of Human Rights Day. Latina Lista, along with other Latina/o bloggers, have made it our mission to highlight the shortcomings of U.S. policy in regard to immigration, the treatment of undocumented immigrants…

Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

Young Latina Immigrant Learns That Changing Public Policy Is the True Way to Immigration Reform

Nov 27, 2007, 2:11 PM 0

By Samantha Contreras LatinaLista The following blog post provides insight into how young people can realize their dream of affecting change in today’s society through learning about the world of public policy. The Drum Major Institute, a non-profit think…

Diversity, Government, Human Rights, Palabra Final

Texas Indigenous Group Pleads for Help from Assault by Homeland Security

Nov 19, 2007, 5:00 PM 19

LatinaLista — When the term indigenous is used, first thoughts travel to foreign countries. For some reason, indigenous is equated to people who are of low education, speak in their own tongue, dress differently from the mainstream, live in…

Global Views, Government, Linking Latinas

Reflections on What It Means for Peruvians to Put Fujimori on Trial

Nov 19, 2007, 9:36 AM 0

By Janett Chavarry Garcia PERU: I can still remember that afternoon. I was studying with two partners for a university exam. We watched on TV that our questionable President, Alberto Fujimori, had left PerÃº and delivered his resignation by…

Government, Media, Palabra Final

Does Arizona News Station Cross the Line of Responsible Journalism by Airing a Story it was Fed?

Nov 16, 2007, 5:24 PM 16

LatinaLista — Tucson television station KOLD News 13 had a scoop that couldn’t be ignored – but then again, maybe it should have been. Or at the least, reported in a style more becoming of a news organization and…

Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

US Immigration Policy Stuck on a Merry-Go-Round of No Long-Term Solutions

Nov 8, 2007, 7:03 PM 7

LatinaLista — What debate, strike that, bad word. What arguing on immigration reform has shown is that no one really cares about treating the cause of the exodus from Mexico and other Latin American countries but would rather talk…

Economy, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

Department of Homeland Security Touts Apprehension Record But Overlooks Undocumented Labor Used at Their Own Detention Facility

Nov 6, 2007, 4:57 PM 26

LatinaLista — A UPI story published last week revealed that two weeks prior, the number of illegals detained nationwide surpassed 30,000. (Source: NYTimes) On the heels of this revelation is news that the Williamson County, Texas commissioners voted to…

Causes, Culture, Environment, Government, Palabra Final

El Paso’s Day of the Dead Poster Shows Washington that Border Wall is Not a Dead Issue

Nov 1, 2007, 5:33 PM 52

LatinaLista — Today most Latino families are celebrating a very special observance: Day of the Dead. It is a celebration where families come together to remember their loved ones who have passed away with special homemade altars, traditional foods…

Environment, Government, History, Palabra Final

Texas Valley Residents Count On Law that Predates U.S.-Mexico Border to Stop Border Fence

Oct 15, 2007, 6:31 PM 33

LatinaLista — Throughout the debate over the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, critics have long enjoyed defending their stance by saying that it’s within the “legal rights” of the country to defend its borders. Well, there…

Government, Palabra Final, Politics

Latinos are Finally Shaking Off the Label of Being a Sleeping Giant

Sep 20, 2007, 7:00 PM 2

LatinaLista — A popular description of the Latino community during election season is to refer to the community as the “sleeping giant.” The implication always understood to be that Latinos wield an untapped strength that can change the course…

Economy, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

Senators Fighting Against Dream Act Run the Risk of Undermining the Future Defense of the Nation

Sep 19, 2007, 1:42 PM 1

LatinaLista — Friends in Washington are telling Latina Lista that a group of students from California are hitting the halls of Congress in presenting their cases to Senators as to why they should vote for the Dream Act as…

Government, Language, Palabra Final

Is There Really a Debate as to Which Will be the Dominant Language in the Country?

Sep 10, 2007, 5:34 PM 13

LatinaLista — If anything controversial erupted from last night’s debate, it had to do with the issue of language. From the language the debate was conducted in to one of the questions regarding making Spanish the second national language…

Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

Kansas Court Rules Being in the Country Illegally is Not a Crime

Aug 30, 2007, 6:21 PM 10

LatinaLista — A Kansas Court of Appeals has inadvertently highlighted the crux of the illegal immigration problem in this country that has pitted “rule of law” supporters against humanitarian defenders. What’s ironic is all that the judges in the…

Children, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

Settlement Reached on Behalf of Detained Immigrant Children Underscores the Flaw in U.S. Immigration Law

Aug 28, 2007, 3:34 PM 3

LatinaLista — Yesterday’s deal between the Department of Homeland Security and ACLU and University of Texas Immigration Clinic attorneys representing the children detained at the T. Don Hutto immigrant detention facility in Taylor, Texas signals not just a clear…

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