In a democracy that is bombarded daily with attacks from the highest office in the land, whose traditional duty has been to preserve it, we discover there’s an additional low-point: Journalists are now classified the same as these perceived…
Local News, Southwest
Senators question Homeland Security on border-security claims
Apr 11, 2013, 2:00 PM 0
By Michelle Peirano Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Senators questioned assurances Wednesday that the border is getting more secure, telling Homeland Security officials that the government needs a better plan and a better way of measuring progress on the…
American Dreams
Blog: Compromise on ‘Pathway to Citizenship’ is Short of True Reform
Feb 11, 2013, 11:48 AM 0
By Nancy Landa Mundo Citizen We are only a few days away from legislation being introduced to formalize the national conversation on solutions to the immigration issue that the U.S. has unaddressed since the Immigration Reform and Control Act…
General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics
What needs to be considered for real immigration reform
Dec 9, 2009, 5:17 PM 16
LatinaLista — If one thing was clear from the testimony of Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning, it’s that she wants to see immigration reform addressed in 2010. With…
General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics
Is the Department of Homeland Security going after the wrong “criminal aliens?”
Oct 19, 2009, 4:52 PM 6
LatinaLista — One of the hopes the Latino electorate had of the Obama administration was that Obama would do away with the punitive measures of illegal immigration enforcement started during the Bush years. One of the most egregious tactics…
General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Social Justice
New measures to improve detention policies of undocumented immigrants doesn’t go far enough
Oct 6, 2009, 4:50 PM 1
LatinaLista — Finally, the Department of Homeland Security has a brain! Notorious for treating all apprehended undocumented immigrants, children included, as hardened criminals locked away in prison-type facilities, DHS Secretary Napolitano and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant…
General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Alas, high hopes for change in an Obama Department of Homeland Security are crashing — one-by-one
Jul 29, 2009, 4:06 PM 10
LatinaLista — When Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano assumed her office, there were plenty of cynics who wondered if Napolitano would truly be a breath of fresh air for the DHS or merely Michael Chertoff, her…
General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
DHS needs to explain restrictions against public and media access to immigration courts
Jun 24, 2009, 11:18 AM 3
LatinaLista — One of the first signs there was big trouble in Iran was when the government banned foreign journalists from reporting on what was happening in the country. Media censorship Regardless of the event, whenever it is heard…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Is House committee review of 287 (g) program the first sign of immigration reform?
Mar 3, 2009, 5:30 PM 44
LatinaLista — One of the most controversial components of local immigration enforcement is the 287 (g) program. It is a program that partners local law enforcement with ICE. Federal officials train selected police personnel to enforce federal immigration law….
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Breaking News: Department of Homeland Security’s deliberate agenda of removing whole families of undocumented immigrants
Feb 19, 2009, 7:23 PM 12
LatinaLista — Last month, an interesting analysis was released by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General that didn’t get the kind of publicity it deserved. It was titled Removals Involving Illegal Alien Parents of United States…
Children, Government, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final
Mexican consulates sign child deportation pacts with U.S. government but DHS continues to put unaccompanied minors at risk
Feb 9, 2009, 5:27 PM 8
LatinaLista — Last week, Mexican diplomats in North Texas were among the first of U.S.-based Mexican consulates to sign “accords” with the U.S. that creates clear guidelines on how the United States should deport children and women and those…
Government, Palabra Final, Politics
Gov. Napolitano should recommend creation of separate department to deal with Mexico’s escalating violent impact on U.S. security
Jan 15, 2009, 4:27 PM 8
LatinaLista — While doubts still linger over whether or not Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano is the right choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security, one fact that was made abundantly clear in today’s confirmation hearing of her nomination…
Causes, Immigration, Palabra Final
Proposed “Americanization movement” targeting immigrants flawed
Dec 19, 2008, 3:06 PM 12
LatinaLista — In 2006, President Bush established the Task Force on New Americans. The Task Force’s objectives are “to help immigrants learn English, embrace the common core of American civic culture, and fully become American.” Alfonso Aguilar, USCIS Chief…
Economy, Immigration, Palabra Final
Sec. Chertoff’s housecleaners may have been undocumented but they weren’t criminals
Dec 11, 2008, 7:34 PM 6
LatinaLista — There’s a lesson to be learned from the latest high-ranking government figure who unwittingly got punk’d for employing a cleaning company that had undocumented workers working for it. It seems it was discovered that the head honcho…
Government, Palabra Final, Women
Anxious doubts persist that Janet Napolitano is the right choice for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
Dec 3, 2008, 3:34 PM 7
LatinaLista — A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll released yesterday shows most people are giving high marks to President-elect Obama’s Cabinet choices. Americans are “projecting their hopes” for the new president, says Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of…
Government, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final
New report underscores urgency for dismantling and recreating the Department of Homeland Security
Nov 17, 2008, 5:04 PM 0
LatinaLista — Last week, the Center for Public Policy Priorities released the most in-depth study on the attitude of the U.S. federal government towards undocumented children who are caught illegally entering the country without their parents. The report, A…
Government, Palabra Final, Politics
Forget Secretary of State, Gov. Richardson should be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
Nov 12, 2008, 6:35 PM 16
LatinaLista — The Latino blogosphere has been busily speculating about the chances of Gov. Bill Richardson being appointed Secretary of State in President-elect Obama’s administration. It goes without saying that the governor is qualified for the position but word…
Environment, Government, Palabra Final
Ongoing border wall construction is nothing more than perpetuating a false threat
Oct 29, 2008, 5:13 PM 3
LatinaLista — While everyone is naturally excited about the election, there is a group of people who can’t wait for it to be over with so the new President (and fingers, toes and eyes are being crossed for Obama/Biden)…
Education, Government, Palabra Final
Federal judge “compels” Department of Homeland Security to honor original agreement with Texas university
Jun 30, 2008, 8:10 PM 28
LatinaLista — As the nation gets ready to celebrate the 4th of July this week, Texans along the U.S.-Mexico border are defending their property rights in the face of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) scooping up land to…
Government, Palabra Final, Social Media
Did the Department of Homeland Security Hold a Roundtable Discussion with Fake Bloggers?
Apr 3, 2008, 3:42 PM 16
LatinaLista — Earlier this week, Latina Lista reported that the Department of Homeland Security, under the direction of Secretary Michael Chertoff, was tired of going through the legal channels to satisfy Texas border residents who are fighting the intent…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
A Sad Joke on the Nation: DHS Plans to Disregard 30 Laws to Force the Border Fence
Apr 1, 2008, 2:04 PM 2
LatinaLista — News that the Department of Homeland Security had grown impatient with efforts by environmental groups, land owners and border towns to thwart the building of a border fence along the southwest border was no surprise. The Bush…
Government, Palabra Final
Who’s the Boss? DHS’ Chertoff has “Identity” Issues with Congress
Mar 27, 2008, 4:57 PM 9
LatinaLista — When it comes to national leadership in the country, do elected officials outweigh appointed officials? The natural assumption would be — yes, but Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), arguably one of the…
Government, Media, Palabra Final
Small Border Newspaper Catches Department of Homeland Security in a Big Lie
Jan 31, 2008, 6:26 PM 10
LatinaLista — Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) delivered their second round of border wall lawsuits against Rio Grande Valley landowners who refuse to voluntarily hand their properties over so that the border fence can be built on…
Environment, Government, Palabra Final, Southwest
Brownsville Mayor Declares Federal Government is Doing Irreparable Damage to Texas Border Region with Proposed Fence
Jan 28, 2008, 4:53 PM 11
LatinaLista — Residents in the Texas Rio Grande Valley have been fighting two wars: the war in Iraq that has taken many of their young people from the region and the war against the Department of Homeland Security which…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
With Eyes Fixed on Primaries, ICE Quietly Cleans Up its Act
Jan 16, 2008, 8:23 PM 6
LatinaLista — With all eyes and ears, morning, noon and night, fixed each day on the happenings of the presidential candidates and which demographic will vote for which candidate, it’s easy to miss the rest of the news. Otherwise,…
