LatinaLista — Maria Shriver, the ex-wife of California’s governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and a member of the Kennedy family, appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” yesterday to talk about her nonprofit‘s latest report, A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the…
LatinaLista — Two new installments of a three-part series, of the Migrant Border Crossing Study, released today by the Immigration Policy Center take a bold stand. Not in what they document but what they imply. Bordering on Criminal: The…
LatinaLista — Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and were able to find a fresh turkey big enough to feed your holiday dinner guests. If you recall, Butterball had announced that they experienced an odd shortage of fresh turkeys…
By Bryan Johnson Amoachi & Johnson, Attorneys at Law, PLLC Blanca Maria Alfaro has always been a U.S. citizen. She was born in Houston, Texas on December 17, 1979. In 1995, Blanca applied for and received a U.S. passport…
LatinaLista — It doesn’t take a genius to know that the surest way to instill the pride of civic participation in young voters is to make the experience positive. But a new report from the multi-racial civil rights organization…
LatinaLista — South Texan Miriam Martinez is used to facing down insurmountable challenges. Sexually abused as a child, a victim of domestic violence, poverty-stricken and a single working mom of three, one with autism, Martinez learned early in life…
LatinaLista — Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez has been a tireless advocate for immigration reform and DREAMers. His passion for the issue and these young people has pushed the envelope among many of his colleagues and not won him many…
LatinaLista — North Texas businessman Tony Pompa considers himself a strong conservative. It’s a credential he flashes proudly these days as one of four Republican contenders vying in the most watched race in the state of Texas. The political…
LatinaLista — From May 24 through July 28, 2013, the beginning of summer, Pew Research’s Hispanic Trends Project polled “5,103 Hispanic adults” about the status of a national Latino leader. It’s important to note the dates of the polling…
LatinaLista — It’s easy to get confused about what Americans really think or want when politicians seem to always end their partisan rhetoric with “It’s what the American people want.” Well, now, thanks to the new Esquire-NBC News survey,…
LatinaLista — Ever since the HBO news magazine series VICE launched, it has brought major issues into America’s living rooms with documentary-style episodes highlighting why the issues are such problems. One of their episodes dealt with the U.S. deportation…
LatinaLista Amid the weekend news trumpeting California Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing of 9 immigration-related bills, one bill had special meaning – the bill that allows Sergio Garcia to practice law. If you remember, Sergio was the young man who…
LatinaLista — There’s no escaping news of the dysfunction in Congress these days. The partial shutdown of the government dominates headlines on a daily basis, as it should. Yet, until the recent outbreak of salmonella poisoning, the sad story…
LatinaLista — It appears the flame of hope that Congress will pass immigration reform is becoming nothing more than a flicker in most who believed something could be signed by Christmas. Not even yesterday’s re-introduction by House Democrats of…
LatinaLista — Not too long ago, I wrote a post asking why so many of us are apathetic in the face of so many actions taken in Washington these days that impact the quality of our lives and the…
LatinaLista — If ever there was a report that could be described as “On the one hand, yes — on the other hand, no.” it would be today’s Pew Research report New Estimate: 11.7 million in 2012: Population Decline…
LatinaLista — Ever since it was made clear that Obama won his bid for re-election with the help of Latino voters, Republicans have known that they need to do more to convince us that they aren’t the political bad…
LatinaLista — Over the summer, the Association for Psychological Science released a study that amazingly was only covered by one news media outlet. It could have been because it focused on something that most people don’t want to admit…
LatinaLista — You might have noticed the headline yesterday about how the White House was celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a concert featuring a carefully selected group of Latino artists – Lila Downs (Mexico), Gloria Estefan (Cuba), Ricky Martin…
By Jeremy C. Nagel AgriNotes & News LANSING — Fruit and vegetable growers aren’t the only segment of Michigan’s vast agriculture industry clamoring for comprehensive, federal-level immigration reform. Dairy farming remains the single largest component of the state’s expanding…
LatinaLista — The hallmark of the United States isn’t just our practice of democracy but the freedom of our elections — in theory. Ever since President Obama was elected to the White House, there has been an increased effort…
By Audrey Singer and Nicole Prchal Svajlenka Brookings As Congress debates the fate of the “DREAMers” — those undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children—the one-year anniversary of the start of the Deferred Action for Childhood…
LatinaLista — Getting a college education, for many Latino and African American students and their families, has long been presumed to be the great ‘equalizer’ when it comes to righting the wrongs of disparities that exist in public education…
LatinaLista — Since 2009, more than 1.5 million people have been deported. Reports have surfaced over the months detailing how the Obama administration has deported more undocumented immigrants than any of his predecessors. In fact, his administration’s zeal for…
LatinaLista — In the ongoing campaign by the White House to pressure Congress to pass immigration reform, every executive branch department head has come out to make a speech, from their particular department perspective, as to why resolving our…
