LatinaLista — Recent rumblings in the Latino blogosphere have focused on why sponsorships promoting Latino talent or events always seem to be by the big alcohol companies. Well, in a refreshing twist, a new mobile art exhibit promoting Latino…
LatinaLista — One fallacy of the illegal immigration debate is that undocumented immigrants don’t want to learn English. Across the country there are stories of how undocumented immigrants are so desperate to learn English that they will work all…
LatinaLista — Democratic Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis represents California’s 32nd Congressional District. The Congresswoman has been instrumental in creating legislation that has addressed issues important to Latinos: H.R. 359 – Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act of 2007, H.R. 468,…
LatinaLista — Did you know that McDonald’s and Latinos go hand-in-hand like, well, a burger and fries? Jim Delligatti, an early McDonald’s franchisee, invented McDonald’s Big Mac sandwich in 1967. He poses with the world’s largest Big Mac statue…
LatinaLista — What do you get when an Indian woman known the world over as the “Hugging Saint” who lives a life of peace and love meets a group of mostly Latino hotel workers protesting their employer’s refusal to…
LatinaLista — Continuing revelations from last week’s Postville immigration raid at the Agriprocessors kosher meat plant paints the employer as a far worst criminal than any of the 389 detained for using false social security card numbers and/or being…
LatinaLista — If there is a thin, very thin, silver lining to states and local communities taking it upon themselves to enforce immigration law, it is the fact that the legal/economic/humanitarian impact of the passage of such enforcement measures…
LatinaLista — Latinas comprise 48% of the Hispanic adult population in the United States. While Latinas are unique, as a collective whole, we share similarities with other women but also do retain certain distinctions, for good or bad. Between…
LatinaLista — Checked the cost of gas lately? It doesn’t matter whether you’re driving or flying — it costs mucho más! While that’s bad news already, it’s certainly bad news for those families who have children attending college far…
LatinaLista — As an email was circulating this afternoon alerting Oklahoma educators that State Rep. Randy Terrill, known for authoring some of the most punitive anti-undocumented immigrant legislation in the nation, was going to try yet one more tactic…
LatinaLista — When it comes to getting the government’s fair (or unfair) share of hard-earned dollars, the Internal Revenue Service or IRS is more widely feared than the Department of Homeland Security — especially among undocumented immigrants. How can…
LatinaLista — Though it’s the day before Super Tuesday, I must digress to a story that caught my eye today about purses bought in Chinatown. Now, before you ask what this has to do with anything that usually appears…
By Professor Dowell Myers LatinaLista Dowell Myers is a professor of policy, planning and development at the University of Southern California and author of Immigrants and Boomers: Forging a New Social Contract for the Future of America (Russell Sage…
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…
LatinaLista — Why is it that in Washington conversations tend to be one-sided? Take for instance my favorite subject these days – immigration. The focus always centers on Mexican immigrants and their impact on U.S. society. Nobody wants to…
LatinaLista — As the presidential debate deepens, or gets more desperate, it won’t be surprising to hear more and more candidates who are scared of the immigration issue spouting off just plain WRONG information. What’s sad is that they…
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…
By Hillary Clinton LatinaLista Latina Lista has invited all the major candidates running for President of the United States to blog on Latina Lista to address our readers. So far, several candidates have accepted our invitation. In the coming…
LatinaLista — A news item that didn’t make the front/home pages of news sites today was a piece about the new labor agreement between Mexico and Spain. While those who are against undocumented Mexican immigrants in the United States…
LatinaLista — There have been many consequences as a result of the crackdown on undocumented workers, none of it positive. So it stands to reason, that since the main reason all undocumented workers from Mexico and Latin America are…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson LatinaLista Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author, syndicated columnist, political analyst and commentator. He has been a guest on the Today Show, Dateline, The Lehrer Hour, and BET News, America’s Black Forum. He is a…
LatinaLista — Several news stories over the weekend highlighted the heart of what has gone terribly wrong with this whole immigration debate. The focus has been on the undocumented workers themselves. Guest Mexican workers prepare sandwiches at a Texas…
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 — 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…
By Claudia Flores LatinaLista The Dream Team of ACLU lawyers, who fight for the rights of women as part of the Women’s Rights Project, were responsible for winning a recent settlement on behalf of several immigrant women who were…
