It’s often said by Doctors Fauci and Birch that the coronavirus knows no boundaries, political parties, etc. To say that this is an equal opportunity virus is — something not entirely known. Important data is not being collected uniformly…
The importance of news can’t be stated enough. There’s a reason why Trump and his supporters want to label credible news outlets as “fake news.” It gives them cover to do what they know is illegal, corrupt and abusing…
We’ve grown accustomed to hearing Trump make off-the-cuff immigration policy but one of his latest has the Pentagon looking twice; Judaism – a nationality?; New “sobering” report on Arctic ice surfaces…Go beyond the headlines… Pentagon inspector general ‘evaluating’ Trump’s…
The nation should feel the depth of shame and heartache caused by the Trump’s admin policy of separating children. It is worse than we thought; Awesome news that students are registering to vote in record numbers but if GOP…
Immigration, zNew Headline
Guest Voz: Did Trump administration get it right blaming court ruling for increase in families arriving at the Southwest Border?
Oct 16, 2018, 9:47 AM 0
By Tom Wong LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared on the Center for American Progress website.) In a recent notice of proposed rulemaking, the Trump administration claimed that the Flores settlement agreement led to an increase in the…
Social Justice, zNew Headline
Data shows Latino youth in detention centers drops 50 percent
Jan 25, 2018, 11:25 AM 0
LatinaLista — Sometimes there’s a good reason to send a kid to juvenile detention and sometimes there isn’t. A 16-year-old who decides to bring a gun to school and show everyone who’s boss is someone who deserves to be…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
Immigrant detention looks a lot like prison, say lawyers
Aug 29, 2017, 9:59 AM 0
By George Diepenbrock Futurity Detention centers that hold immigrant women and their families function like jails and prisons, report researchers. The findings challenge federal officials’ description of the centers as “alternative to detention.” Women held with their children in…
Guest Voz, zNew Headline
Nation’s immigrant exclusionary policies ensure more migrant deaths and suffering
Aug 15, 2017, 10:34 AM 0
By Lourdes Ortiz ncluido El Paso might be touted as one of the safest cities in the United States, yet on July 25, the city woke up to a terrifying death toll — 4 bodies were found in the…
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange From disproportionality to unfair gender bias to consent decrees to workforce development, legal professionals and youth workers reflect on what needs to be improved within juvenile justice at the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative 2017 convening….
NewsMundo, zNew Headline
Mexico’s indigenous paying the price for U.S. call to stop Central American migrants
Apr 8, 2016, 9:39 AM 0
By Nancy Landa LatinaLista It was on September 3, 2015 that Alberto and his two sisters, Amy and Esther, decided to leave Chiapas, Mexico. For the sisters, it was the first time they had left the town where they…
Social Justice, zNew Headline
Family residential center remains mystery to local Karnes City community
Nov 9, 2015, 12:18 PM 0
By Aubrie Iverson Voice Box Media Every so often, in every community, an enigma rises to the surface. Living unassumingly in the quiet of a small town or the manicured lawns of suburbia, a mystery neighbor lurks suspiciously out…
Crowdfunding, zNew Headline
Crowdfunder: Raising bond money for asylum-seeking dad, who has already waited in detention 22 months for court’s decision
Sep 11, 2015, 12:45 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Bring my Dad Home Claudia Amaro is one of the Dream9, the first group of undocumented youth who presented themselves at the U.S.-Mexico border in July of 2013, asking to come home. Two months later, her…
Guest Voz, Immigration, zNew Headline
Guest Voz: Welcome to Dilley, TX: Home of the largest family detention center in the world
Jun 5, 2015, 10:35 AM 0
By Rodrigo Juarez, Jr. LatinaLista Sara fled her home in Central America after gangs tried to recruit her 12-year-old son. They would wait for him after work and tell him that he had to join. He would reply that…
Guest Voz, zNew Headline
Guest Voz: Congress’ Bed Quota Traps LGBT Immigrants in Detention
May 27, 2015, 2:27 PM 0
By Sharita Gruberg LatinaLista The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, has taken commendable steps to improve the immigration detention system, including an automated tool to improve transparency and uniformity in detention-custody decisions and recent guidance on prosecutorial…
Crowdfunding, zNew Headline
HIPGive Emergency Crowdfunding Campaign: Migrant Children Campaign
Jul 28, 2014, 1:06 PM 0
LatinaLista — HIPGive Emergency Crowdfunding Campaign: Migrant Children Campaign As an organization that has long sought to advocate for humane responses to the transnational crisis of children caught on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border, HIP is extremely troubled…
American Dreams
Deportation to Shattered DREAMs: “Something is wrong with the U.S. immigration system”
Oct 1, 2012, 10:21 AM 4
By Nancy Landa LatinaLista (Editor’s note: Second post in a series focusing on DREAMer Nancy Landa’s first-hand experience of removal proceedings by US Citizens and Immigration Services (USCIS) I sat for hours in that cell at the detention facility…
General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Hill testimony reveals ICE supervisors may prove biggest obstacle in reforming detention practices
Dec 10, 2009, 5:41 PM 0
LatinaLista — Today, Rep. Loretta Sanchez convened a hearing as Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism regarding the topic “Moving Toward More Effective Immigration Detention Management.” Immediately after her opening remarks, the Ranking Member from…
Games, Immigration, Multimedia
New multimedia game exposes the realities of immigrant lives in U.S. detention
Oct 2, 2008, 1:48 PM 0
LatinaLista — There’s a lot of truth in the saying that you don’t know how someone else’s life is until you walk a mile in their shoes. It is certainly true of the 300,000 immigrants who are being detained…
Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice
New video unmasks the “Hidden System” of federal deportations and detentions
Jul 29, 2008, 10:20 AM 28
LatinaLista — This past Sunday, over 1,000 people marched the streets of Postville, Iowa to protest the nation’s largest immigration raid. The protesters, men, women and children, joined together in crying out against the working conditions at the Agriprocessors…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Another ICE detention facility gets a failing grade for poor treatment of undocumented immigrants
Jul 17, 2008, 8:44 PM 0
LatinaLista — The intention of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to criminalize all undocumented immigrants caught living in the United States illegally has reached a saturation point with courts in the southwest region of the country. According to a Dallas…
Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics
Guest Voz: Sen. Bob Menendez announces legislation to prevent government detention of legal citizens caught in immigration sweeps
Jun 13, 2008, 5:51 PM 37
LatinaLista — As Latina Lista posted yesterday, a bill for the medical care and humane treatment of detained undocumented immigrants while in detention was presented to the Senate this week. One of the sponsors of the bill, New Jersey…
