By Eduardo Stanley LatinaLista FRESNO, California — Now that President Obama has unveiled his plans to overhaul the obsolete immigration law, many former opponents of such an idea are joining the tide, hoping to gain some Latino political support….
By Sara Inés Calderón Más Wired A study from the National Center for Educational Statistics recently looked at the educational attainment of Latino and Asian immigrants, and undergraduates who had immigrant parents. The study compiled data from the 2007-2008…
Guest Voz
Guest Voz: Today’s American Dream doesn’t separate reality from the dream
Feb 8, 2013, 4:17 PM 0
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista The National Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Workers was established in 1923 in reaction to the virulent xenophobia of a Republican Congress and President toward immigrant workers, and their right to organize and…
Immigration, Palabra Final
White House loud and clear on immigration reform but ignores Latino community’s outcry over abusive actions by ICE and Border Patrol
Jan 30, 2013, 4:58 PM 0
LatinaLista — Even though two different immigration reform plans have been laid out, there is still criticism that existing White House directives to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to not apprehend and place in deportation proceedings non-threatening undocumented…
Life Issues
Pew Hispanic survey underscores the truth that the U.S. is a ‘nation of immigrants’
Jan 30, 2013, 2:35 PM 0
LatinaLista — When speaking before Latino audiences, politicians always like to invoke the premise that “we are a nation of immigrants.” It’s a statement that has never been truer. Pew Hispanic just released a new analysis on the nation’s…
By Dustin Mendus Más Wired Mexican immigrants were the biggest immigrant group, but Indian immigrants tended to found startups at higher rates. The Kauffman Foundation has released a new publication focusing on immigrant entrepreneurs in the United States. This…
By Bryan Johnson LatinaLista Barack Obama won re-election. His actions on immigration in his first four years were indefensible and extremely anti-immigrant. Nonetheless, he did do one thing that concretely benefited immigrants: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)….
Great Plains, Local News
A Panhandle Explosion: Influx of immigrants rekindling economic growth in Guymon, Oklahoma
Oct 11, 2012, 9:17 AM 1
By Graham Lee Brewer Oklahoma Watch GUYMON, OK — It’s a weekday morning, and downtown Guymon is bustling. Guatemalans walk into a clothing store, passing a small group of Mexicans chatting on the sidewalk. Across the street, a man…
Palabra Final, Politics
Conservative pundit says immigrants’ rights are not Civil Rights. Who is she kidding?
Sep 24, 2012, 5:21 PM 2
LatinaLista — No Sunday TV viewing is complete without watching the Sunday morning pundit roundtables. It was a nice surprise to see Jorge Ramos as one of this week with George Stephanopoulos‘ panelists. Of course, it was to recognize…
Local News, West
San Diego community health center, with immigrant beginnings, expands the dream of healthcare for all
Sep 5, 2012, 12:13 PM 3
By Pablo Jaime Sáinz La Prensa San Diego In 1969, a group of immigrant women got together to try to bring quality health care service to the underserved community of San Ysidro. Their dream was to make health care…
General, Health, Life Issues
Latino immigrants hold dubious distinction of having the most HIV diagnosis
Jul 23, 2012, 4:21 PM 1
LatinaLista — Thirty-one years after the discovery of AIDS in the United States, the hope was that the disease would have been eradicated by now. After claiming, so far, about 30 million lives worldwide, the disease still flourishes in…
Southwest
‘Prosecutorial discretion’ barely dents immigration case backlog after a year
Jul 16, 2012, 12:34 PM 0
By Meghan McCarthy Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – A year after federal officials announced a program of “prosecutorial discretion” aimed at reducing nearly 300,000 pending immigration cases, only 1.5 percent of the backlogged cases have been closed. The Immigration…
Causes
Latina channels personal pain of losing mother to deportation to helping other children of deportees
Jul 10, 2012, 4:15 PM 0
By Jessica Papa LatinaLista I dedicate this to my Mommy. I say Mommy, well, more like Mami, because that’s exactly what I called her, being Hispanic. Not mom, mother, or god forbid, by her first name, which happens to…
American Dreams
Aspiring “new” Americans get help with history and civics via interactive web site featuring Smithsonian’s American History collections
Jul 4, 2012, 3:26 PM 0
LatinaLista — All the 4,000 new citizens who took their oath of U.S. citizenship across the country worked hard to get to this day. They had to study American history and take tests. Before there was the Internet, aspiring U.S….
American Dreams
TIME magazine lights the latest fuse in national debate over undocumented immigrants
Jun 14, 2012, 10:09 AM 0
LatinaLista — A few months ago, TIME magazine profiled Latinos in a cover story about how Latino voters will choose the next president. A by-product of that story had TIME wading into the immigration debate, an issue closely associated…
American Dreams, Multimedia
Son of Mexican immigrants graduates as college Valedictorian on his way to a Harvard PhD
Jun 1, 2012, 2:46 PM 1
By Carlo Alaimo CSI Today Irvin Ibarguen, College of Staten Island Valedictorian for 2012, is the first CSI undergraduate to be admitted into Harvard University’s prestigious PhD History program. Irvin, a senior History major with The Verrazano School honors…
Guest Voz
Guest Voz: GOP scapegoats immigrants in quest to dismantle environmental laws
Jun 1, 2012, 10:29 AM 0
By Scott Nicol LatinaLista Last month the Pew Hispanic Center reported that net migration from Mexico into the United States has dropped to zero, with roughly the same number of Mexican citizens heading south across the border as north….
By Jeresia L Noris La Voz Latina To truly understand the immigration process you must first understand the detention centers that stand behind it. When a person is suspected of being undocumented they are generally placed into detention. In…
Life Issues, Parenting
From immigrant moms to queer mothers, new e-card tool creates Mother’s Day cards for today’s unique families
May 11, 2012, 12:58 PM 0
LatinaLista — The definition of family has not only evolved — as evident by President Obama’s recent declaration about same-sex marriage — but has expanded to include those not usually seen on Hallmark cards. Take for instance mothers. Everyone…
Palabra Final
New study: ‘Clear and unequivocal’ proof — immigrants don’t cause high crime rates
Apr 30, 2012, 4:49 PM 1
LatinaLista — One of the numerous arguments conservatives and immigration restrictionists have historically used against undocumented immigrants is trying to convince the American public that where there are more (undocumented) immigrants, there are higher crime rates. It didn’t matter…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice
Arizona’s new law makes it “open season” on the state’s Latino population
Apr 14, 2010, 5:06 PM 21
LatinaLista — A disgusting story has emerged from Paris, Texas. It seems at a company called Turner Industries it was “open season” on black workers. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found evidence that black workers were harassed with Confederate…
Government, Health, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final, Social Justice
Special Report reveals ICE’s gross treatment of immigrants suffering from mental disabilities
Apr 9, 2010, 3:29 PM 1
LatinaLista — Texas Appleseed, a public interest law center working for greater educational, economic and social justice through research, advocacy and pro bono partnerships recently released a study based on a year-long review of the immigration court and detention…
Education, General, Immigration, Language, Palabra Final
The demand for English classes by immigrants must be met now to comply with future immigration reform criteria
Mar 30, 2010, 7:56 PM 2
LatinaLista — One guarantee of any comprehensive immigration reform bill is that it will require all immigrants to learn English and attain a level of proficiency. When that happens, lawsuits challenging the validity of English tests, like the Fresno…
Culture, General, Immigration, Nonprofit
Spotlight Non-profit: Helping immigrants become part of the American Fraternity
Feb 12, 2010, 11:30 AM 0
LatinaLista It’s hard enough for immigrants to move to a new country, learn a new language in many cases and learn a whole new set of laws and system for doing things — that’s where American Fraternity comes in….
General, Immigration, Media, Palabra Final, Social Justice
Arrest of 63-year-old anti-Hispanic cyber-stalker underscores disturbing trend
Feb 9, 2010, 4:50 PM 27
LatinaLista — The 63-yearold man’s real name is Vincent P. Johnson. Yet, this New Jersey resident is more comfortable going by the pseudonym Devilfish579, especially when he’s emailing a number of his favorite Hispanic advocacy targets with threats and…
