LatinaLista — Last week, rumors were rampant that the Obama administration was bracing for bad news just as the Democratic National Convention was winding down. The bad news was the monthly jobs report. The report showed only very slight…
LatinaLista — The subtitle for the film Harvest of Empire is “The Untold Story of Latinos in America.” It’s a statement that begs for assumptions, especially since it seems Latinos dominate the news headlines lately and most people think…
LatinaLista — Ever since the Democratic National Convention convened in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Republicans have kept pretty mum on comparing their convention of last week. When it comes to delegate enthusiasm, dynamic speeches promoting the nominee and lack…
LatinaLista — With the ongoing excitement over the Deferred Action program for DREAMer students, it’s hard to remember (outside Arizona) that there are some states still trying to enforce their own versions of immigration law. A couple of the…
LatinaLista — Once upon a time being Commander-in-Chief meant that though people who worked in the various federal agencies disagreed with the man in the Oval Office, they may have griped among themselves but didn’t go public and certainly…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian EDINBURG – What will happen to President Obama’s new immigration initiative if Mitt Romney wins the presidency in November? This was one of the questions students and parents had for two immigration attorneys…
LatinaLista — The 4th of July may be all about fireworks, the American flag, hot dogs and apple pie but the soul of the day is our nation’s patriotism. That’s why the national holiday has historically been used as…
LatinaLista — Since President Obama declared that deferring deportation to undocumented youth was “the right thing to do,” critics of his Executive Action continue to publicly cast doubt on his wisdom. Yet anyone who has ever known an undocumented…
LatinaLista — Watching Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer deliver her reaction on Monday to the Supreme Court’s decision on the bill that she signed into law — SB1070 — was kind of like deja vu. She was thrilled and proclaimed…
LatinaLista — Ever since the Obama administration’s surprise announcement last week about deferring the deportation of undocumented youth, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, has let others in his party do the talking for him. Unfortunately, the range of…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat President Obama’s announcement today that the United States will stop deporting certain young illegal immigrants brought into the country as children comes on a significant date in history absent from many textbooks…
LatinaLista: Texas is home to half a million Latino residents — 9,460,921, according to the U.S. Census. In a state where Latino students comprise the majority in the public schools, more small businesses are started by Latinos and Latinas and…
By Angela Covo La Prensa de San Antonio U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) started to provide online services this week to help people streamline the application process and check their status. US- CIS launched the first phase of…
LatinaLista — It’s too bad that the Department of Justice is filing a lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, a.k.a. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, in a presidential election year. It’s too bad not because it shouldn’t be done, but…
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…
LatinaLista — This week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offered to temporarily suspend the deportation cases of an estimated 16,500 people. That’s more than 70 percent of the immigration cases pending as of mid-April. Though it sounds like a…
