LatinaLista — A new report by the Center for American Progress on the safety of the U.S.-Mexico border reshines a light on conditions that most locals have been confirming all along — things aren’t as bad as some in…
LatinaLista — There is a perfect storm of data emerging about illegal immigration that at any other time Congress and the President would have been expected to act upon in a rational manner. Yet, after the recent spectacle on…
LatinaLista — Just how racist is the United States? It’s a question that used to have a gray area. Though it was recognized that some regions of the country were still stuck in the pre-Civil Rights era, the broader…
LatinaLista — The #1 concern of the White House these days has little to do with the Hispanic Public Policy Summit wrapping up its two-day meeting on Capitol Hill or the announcement today of a “DREAM Act Sabbath” by…
LatinaLista — There’s no denying that President Obama and his staff are under a lot of pressure these days. Seeing all the hoops Republicans are making him jump through while they deliver the party’s standard stall strategy — making…
LatinaLista — The news doesn’t get any better than this for any politician who has stalled the debate on immigration reform until there’s proof of a secure border: According to Douglas S. Massey, co-director of the Mexican Migration Project…
LatinaLista — One of the federal government’s strategy in combating illegal immigration is to create a “culture of voluntary compliance” among businesses to not hire undocumented workers says Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Gillian Chistensen. Of course, the voluntary…
By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista CARACAS — June 29, 2011 marked 20 days since Venezuelans had not heard news about their president, Hugo Chavez. Rumors, theories and gossip were running all over the place and no one had an idea…
By José Villa, Senior Editor Hawaii Hispanic News HONOLULU, Hawaii — A resolution requesting the establishment of a permanent Mexican Consulate in the state of Hawaii was presented in the 2011 Hawaii State Legislature’s session. On April 8, the…
LatinaLista — Every Latino knows that not all Latinos are the same. Some of us eat pinto beans, others eat black beans. Some eat tortillas and other eat plantains. For some, tequila is the liquor of choice and for…
LatinaLista — Earlier this month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton announced changes to the immigration enforcement program known as Secure Communities (click on “What’s New” tab). It’s a program that many were lead to believe would…
MetroLatinoUSA WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Center for Constitutional Rights, Detention Watch Network (DWN), Rights Working Group (RWG), National Day Laborer Organizing Network and the National Immigration Project reject Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) announcement of minor changes to Secure…
LatinaLista — The nation’s budget deficit is serious business. Nobody can argue that. Yet, the fact that some in Congress are arguing that the poor and children of color can most afford cuts or eliminations of programs that don’t…
LatinaLista — Today, Hispanic university economists, financial executives and policy analysts gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas to discuss “The Hispanic Economic Experience.” Coming from across the nation and throughout Texas, the economists met to deliver their…
LatinaLista — The depth of the average American’s ignorance in understanding Latinos was never more clearly illustrated than during the confirmation process of now Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Back then, there wasn’t a day that went by that…
LatinaLista — The grief of a parent over the murder of their child can manifest in a variety of ways. For Mexican poet, Javier Sicilia, whose 24-year-old son was kidnapped and killed in Cuernavaca this year by cartel members,…
LatinaLista — According to Merriam-Webster, the word “reform” has these three top meanings: 1a : to put or change into an improved form or condition 1b : to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults…
LatinaLista — New York’s Governor Cuomo did something yesterday that only one other governor in the nation has done — told the federal government his state would not participate in the program known as Secure Communities. The title of…
LatinaLista — The world is suffering from a global food crisis, says a new report by the international human rights organization Oxfam. That’s not new or surprising news. The high cost of food at the grocery store is an…
By Cheryl Aguilar LatinaLista — Grim statistics surrounding Latino educational achievement are often plaguing our community. Latinos have the lowest attainment level of any group in the US; only about half of all Latino students earn their high school…
LatinaLista — Rape has always been a weapon of warfare in civil wars and uprisings since history was first recorded. Yet, thanks to two recent cases — CBS 60 Minutes reporter Lara Logan who was assaulted while covering the…
By Mayra Beltrán de Daetz LatinaLista.net GUATEMALA — The front pages of all the newspapers in Guatemala on May 16, 2011, carried news about the murders of at least 29 farmers. The horrendous crime happened on a farm named…
LatinaLista — Though the Obama administration has resurrected the issue of immigration reform and President Obama has made speeches around the country as a show of good faith that he’s serious about bringing it to the floor of Congress…
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – Senate Bill 91, which would require that any candidate for federal, state or municipal office prove their identity and citizenship with their original birth certificate, was passed in the House…
LatinaLista — It’s one thing for students to want to go to college but it’s quite another for them to be able to afford it. The dilemma is not new. For years, students short on cash for tuition have…
