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…
LatinaLista — It never ceases to amaze us the level of incompetence that exists in the higher echelons of the U.S. government when it comes to long-range planning. We only have to look at two examples: the Iraq war…
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…
LatinaLista — A lot of things can be said about the now former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales — and a lot of people are saying them. But if there was one point that no one can dispute, it was…
By Citizen in Heart LatinaLista Citizen in Heart is a 21-year-old undocumented immigrant whose family came to this country when she was four years old. Though she was born in Mexico, she feels no different than her classmates, friends…
LatinaLista — There’s advance word that things along the Texas-Mexico border will be heating up this weekend. No, it has nothing to do with the temperatures hovering near 100 degrees, nor are there any Minuteman protests planned that Latina…
LatinaLista — It used to be that the United States of America represented both a haven from persecution for different religious and political beliefs, economic and ethnic oppression – the list goes on, and a place that was not…
LatinaLista — Have you heard? There’s another Latino migration happening across the country. The Pew Hispanic Center released their latest report today — 1995 — 2005: Foreign-Born Latinos Make Progress on Wages. It seems Latino immigrants are moving from…
LatinaLista — The carefully orchestrated apprehension of Elvira Arellano yesterday in Los Angeles, California showed that the federal government, above all else, did not want a repeat performance of what happened in Miami in 2000 when agents stormed the…
LatinaLista — The rumors started Friday afternoon. Elvira Arellano, the undocumented immigrant who had just completed her one-year anniversary in sanctuary in a Chicago-area church was on the move. A quick call to one of her supporters confirmed only…
LatinaLista — Today’s guilty verdict for Jose Padilla was hailed by the White House as a “just verdict.” Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the National Security Council at the White House said that Jose had received a fair trial…
LatinaLista — A press release from Univision and the University of Miami announce a full roster of Democratic presidential hopefuls have accepted the Spanish-language television’s network invitation to appear at the Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum.
LatinaLista — When a couple of people who belong to a particular group do something bad, do we demonize the whole group? When Bill Clinton had his affair with Lewinsky, did people condemn the entire Democrat Party? When Tom…
LatinaLista — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers outlined in his 6-page opinion that U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants have the right to receive in-state tuition. Earlier this month, with universities and colleges gearing up for fall enrollment, Republican and Democrat…
LatinaLista — They’re bad. They’re Brown. And they call themselves the Latino Comedy Project. The latest irreverent look at immigration is offered by this Austin, Texas-based comedy troupe who pokes fun at all those who are screaming that there…
LatinaLista — So what if we build a 30-foot, double-steel, reinforced fence at the border with Mexico and do random worksite raids gathering hundreds of undocumented immigrants and filling planes and buses to deport them en masse back across…
LatinaLista — What is a new video game about illegal immigration that is due to launch in November going to accomplish that countless blog posts, documentaries and news stories couldn’t? Well, for one thing, it’s going to show players…
Businesswoman Carrie Ferguson Weir proves it’s never too young to express Latino pride with her line of baby t-shirts. LatinaLista — Carrie Ferguson Weir spent all of her professional life asking the hard questions. As a daily newspaper journalist,…
LatinaLista — A report over the weekend provided the statistical documentation to show that the increase in border security is working. The only problem is those same statistics provide an even stronger case as to why a border fence…
LatinaLista — Mention homeland security and the immediate argument has been to “secure our borders.” The implication is always the U.S/Mexico border. Somehow we’ve allowed the mindset that scary people, aka terrorists, don’t come from Canada. That perception is…
LatinaLista — There is a very simple reason as to why the United States is in the mess it is in when it comes to having lost control over illegal immigration. Nobody ever wanted to talk about our dependence…
LatinaLista — The U.S. Census released a report today stating the obvious: Nearly one in every 10 of the nation’s 3,141 counties has a population that is more than 50 percent minority.
LatinaLista — Most of the time politicians are saavy in hiding their true agendas when passing a particular bill. They usually can sneak an amendment in that caters to their own special interests or ideology without anyone being the…
LatinaLista — Pedro Guzman is a 29-year-old native Californian — but that didn’t matter. Like a pathetic scene from an old Cheech and Chong movie, he was deported to Mexico back in May. Today, he is finally being reunited…
Empowerment coach, Nancy Marmolejo, sells clients on recognizing and valuing their own strengths to achieve their greatest potential. Nancy Marmolejo LatinaLista — Entrepreneurialism is in Nancy Marmolejo’s blood. Having a father who loved being his own boss, and who…
