By Earl Anthony Wayne & Sergio M. Alcocer The Conversation Last week, officials from the U.S. and Mexico revitalized their commitment to fight cross-border smuggling of drugs, arms and money. U.S. officials recognized America’s demand for drugs as “the…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
Largest deportation campaign in US history is no match for Trump’s plan
By Kelly Lytle Hernandez The Conversation On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed that if he was elected president, he would resurrect Operation Wetback of 1954. Operation Wetback, the story goes, was the single largest deportation campaign in U.S. history, resulting…
Books, Videos, zNew Headline
Video: Author details how current immigration system evolved to host “systemic prejudice against Mexicans and other migrant workers”
LatinaLista — Immigration didn’t become ‘illegal’ until 1965, according to Aviva Chomsky the author of a new book titled “Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal.” Chomsky, professor of history and coordinator of Latin American studies at Salem State University in…
Culture, zNew Headline
Guest Voz: Rising popularity of El Día de Los Muertos charts a scary path
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista Mexicans, more than most races, seem preoccupied with death. Since colonial times, Mexican laborers have continuously been uprooted, travelling thousands of miles from the interior of Mexico forging an El Camino Real to mining…
Local News, Northeast, zNew Headline
Lure of Jobs Makes Mexicans the Fastest Growing Latino Group In Connecticut
By Robert Cyr CTLatinoNews.com Jesse Suarez was 16 years old when when he left Mexico to work in California’s vegetable fields. Soon after moving to the United States, he was approached by a man from Argentina who offered him…
General, Local News, West
A new study examines the behavior of smokers among people from Mexico and Mexican Americans
By Dennis Rocha Bilingual Weekly SACRAMENTO, CA – Led by researchers at UC Davis, the first study of smoking and transnational migration from Mexico to the United states and that of Mexican Americans born in the United States start…
Culture, General, Global Views, History
Why Cinco de Mayo means more to Mexican-Americans than to Mexicans
LatinaLista — Cinco de Mayo has been celebrated in the U.S., especially in the southwest, for as long as people can remember. The day, along with Sept. 16, are big days, we were taught, in Mexico, the land of…
General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Social Justice
The Hispanic immigrant struggle reflects the spirit of the Irish
LatinaLista — The U.S. Latino struggle for equality, inclusion and acceptance has always had two faces — the face of Latino citizens, which includes second, third, etc. U.S.-born generations, and the face of the undocumented Hispanic immigrants. The immediate…
Immigration, Palabra Final
Neal Boortz’ Anti-Immigrant Comments Still Keep Him in the Running for Georgia Radio Hall of Fame
LatinaLista — The Georgia Radio Hall of Fame is not short on worthy nominees for their annual Career Achievement awards. So, it’s puzzling why they would include syndicated radio host Neal Boortz in light of his decidedly anti-Hispanic (immigrant)…