LatinaLista “The American Dream.” We’ve been conditioned to believe that the American Dream is all about home ownership, and living in peace and prosperity. Well, in a country that is facing rising home foreclosures , under constant fear of…
Immigration, Palabra Final
Hispanic War Veterans Want Non-Citizen Soldiers Given Oath before Deployment
Apr 25, 2007, 1:39 PM 0
LatinaLista — A beautiful consequence has developed as a result of the ongoing battle between PBS and documentarian Ken Burns to not forget the Latino presence in Burns’ WWII documentary — the Latino community has come together in a…
Immigration, Multimedia, Online
Internet Infomercial Spreads the Message of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Apr 20, 2007, 2:16 AM 0
LatinaLista — The immigration debate is still in full force and Latino leaders are finally getting the hang of how to get the message out to the masses — Internet infomercials. Juan Hernandez, who used to work for Vicente…
Environment, Global Views, Health, Immigration, Palabra Final
Forecasting Border-Crossers’ Deaths is Easier than Preventing Them
Apr 15, 2007, 9:00 PM 0
LatinaLista — By now, pretty much everyone agrees that Global Warming is a fact and not some left-wing, liberal propaganda story. Global Warming temperature changes (Source: nasa.gov) Winters are getting colder, spring weather brings more violent showers and we…
Causes, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final, Parenting
Immigrant Mom in Sanctuary Goes on Hunger Strike
Apr 6, 2007, 3:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — There are over 3 million children who are caught squarely in the middle of this immigration debate. These children are U.S. citizens but at least one of their parents is not. Saul Arrellano is one of these…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Southwest
Something’s Wrong when the Minuteman Produce More Credible Data than the Border Patrol
Apr 4, 2007, 2:49 AM 0
LatinaLista — Since members of the Minuteman group took their stations over the weekend along the U.S. Mexico border near Nogales, Arizona on the lookout for anyone trying to slip into the United States illegally, a funny thing has…
Government, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final
Is ICE Doing the Will of the Administration? If so, More Hard Questions Need to be Asked
Apr 2, 2007, 10:08 PM 0
LatinaLista — With each and every abuse of power that has come to light under this Administration, it’s no stretch of the imagination to think that ICE, otherwise known as Immigration Customs and Enforcement, may not be enforcing their…
Causes, Immigration, Palabra Final, Social Justice
Dallas Mega-Rally Falls Short of Last Year’s Numbers: Why Aren’t Latinos Supporting the Cause Like They Did?
Apr 1, 2007, 10:03 PM 0
LatinaLista — Perhaps the two most eye-catching signs at today’s Dallas Mega March were: “America is for Americans” and “Will Speak English for Citizenship.” Those signs pretty much sum up how the immigration debate has formed over the last…
Economy, Immigration, Palabra Final, Technology
It’s Not a Digital Divide that Exists Among Latinos, but a Divide Over Nativity
Mar 30, 2007, 3:21 AM 0
LatinaLista First, there were THESE headlines: Latinos hurt by digital divide, report says Latinos lagging in Internet use, report states Study finds wide Internet gap among US Latinos US Latinos Less Likely to Use Internet Juan Manuel Reyes- Hernandez,…
Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics
Immigration Debate has Good Unintended Consequences for Latino Communities
Mar 29, 2007, 5:27 AM 0
LatinaLista — All this week, Latino communities have been remembering, and trying to replicate, the immigration marches of a year ago. Unfortunately,the people aren’t quite as enthusiastic as last year. It could be people are tired and are waiting…
Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics
Foreign Fugitives on the Loose but Families Detained in Immigrant Detention Aren’t Charged with Crimes
Mar 28, 2007, 3:56 AM 0
LatinaLista — It was reported today that there is a backlog of 623,292 cases of people who have been ordered deported but Homeland Security isn’t sure if they ever left or where they are. Kind of ironic isn’t it…
General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Social Justice
The First Step in Healing the Country Takes Action, and it Doesn’t Have to Start in DC
Mar 25, 2007, 7:59 PM 0
LatinaLista I regularly read Latina Lista and I have a question for you. I find the direction this country is taking regarding immigration very disturbing. Beyond letting my Congress-critters know how I feel, how can I get involved? What…
Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics
On the Brink of Death Doesn’t Deter one Undocumented Immigrant from Choosing Death in the US to Life in Mexico
Mar 24, 2007, 2:59 AM 0
LatinaLista — While Congress begins debate on reforming the immigration system, some cities and towns, along with, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) are doing their damndest to scare the undocumented into packing up and going “back where they came…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
New Immigration Reform Bill STRIVEs to Make Undocumented Immigrants Repeat the Journey
Mar 23, 2007, 2:34 AM 0
LatinaLista — Today, the first real step towards immigration reform was introduced on Capitol Hill. Rep. Luis Gutierrez Two Representatives, Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) offered their version of bipartisan immigration reform with the “Security Through Regularized…
Children, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice
Immigration System isn’t Broken when it comes to Children. It Never was Any Good
Mar 19, 2007, 2:26 AM 0
LatinaLista — It’s been said so much that it now sounds like a cliche: U.S. immigration is a broken system. Yet, for it to be broken means that it had to have worked at one time, which would mean…
Economy, Immigration, Palabra Final
Expert Says Not Just Any Kind of Guest Worker Program Will Work
Mar 16, 2007, 11:43 PM 0
LatinaLista — During his stop in Mexico, the last leg of his The-US-Wants-to-be-Your-Friend Latin American trip, President Bush made it clear that there would not be any amnesty granted to the undocumented who are in the United States, but…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Bush Hardly Represents Hope for Immigration Reform or Promises Made on Latin American Visit
Mar 14, 2007, 2:22 AM 0
LatinaLista — The second most read article today in the Mexican newspaper La Cronica de Hoy is an article about President Bush. The article isn’t about his trip to Mexico or his face-to-face with Felipe Calderon, Mexico’s president. Rather…
Health, Immigration, Palabra Final, Women
Undocumented Women Deserve Seperate Considerations When Caught
Mar 7, 2007, 10:20 PM 0
LatinaLista According to affidavits unsealed yesterday, Insolia hired illegal immigrants instead of legal workers because the immigrants were desperate for jobs and more willing to put up with working conditions in his factory. Federal investigators allege workers were denied…
Global Views, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Mexico Announces Own Immigration Reforms: Political Ploy?
Mar 2, 2007, 11:56 PM 0
LatinaLista — It’s always amazed me that as many Central and South American migrants make it as far north as they do — especially after having to cross through Mexico. As Latina Lista reported last spring, Los Angeles Times’…
Business, Economy, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
California is Second State to Release Research Finding Economic Benefits to Undocumented Immigrant Labor
Mar 1, 2007, 2:22 AM 0
LatinaLista — The U.S. Census reports that between July 1, 2003 and July 1, 2004, California led all states in an increase of Hispanics. Overall, the state added 715,000 Latinos. In Los Angeles County alone, there was an increase…
Immigration, Online, Palabra Final
Is New Mexican Site Calling for Deportation of the Undocumented the Real Thing?
Feb 27, 2007, 1:25 AM 0
LatinaLista — It’s a well-known fact within Latino communities that the truest victims, who are most powerless in this immigration debate, are not the undocumented who are here or even the children born or brought here, but the spouses…
Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final
America’s Concentration Camp Feeling the Heat
Feb 25, 2007, 2:07 PM 0
LatinaLista — There are a few updates regarding the T. Don Hutto Residential Facility in Taylor, Texas. An eyewitness reports: The razor wire has finally come down around the perimeter fence at the T. Don Hutto prison in Taylor…
Education, Immigration, Money, Youth
Scholarship List for Undocumented Students
Feb 22, 2007, 9:53 PM 0
LatinaLista hi right now im about to graduate and i come from a low income family since my father left us my mom has to take care of 4 children (including me) on a low wage and i want…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Federal Audit Shows Government “Mistakenly” Labeled Undocumented as Terrorists
Feb 22, 2007, 2:34 AM 0
LatinaLista — If ever proof was needed to show that this Administration would go out of its way to connect terrorism with undocumented immigrants, we have it now, courtesy of a federal audit. The Department of Justice’s Internal Controls…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics
Will Latino Teen Lobby Group Send the Right Message to Congress when Asking to Stop Immigration Raids?
Feb 21, 2007, 3:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — It was only a matter of time. It was only a matter of time before some in the Latino community would feel that they had to take a more public and vocal stance against the wave of…
