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General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Time for Obama to break with current detention policy and enact one worthy of a world-class champion of democracy

Sep 8, 2009, 2:09 PM 0

LatinaLista — One of the universal signs of an abusive country that doesn’t respect basic human rights is when that country locks up a person and essentially throws away the key. In other words, the person is indefinitely incarcerated/detained…

Causes, General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

DC hosts massive immigration reform summit this week and only one thing keeps it from being a total success

Jun 1, 2009, 4:48 PM 5

LatinaLista — Though the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor has dominated the buzz in Washington, this week there’s another event that plans on sharing that spotlight. It’s called the Reform Immigration for America Campaign Summit. It’s a week-long event that…

General, Global Views, Health, Immigration, Palabra Final

Blaming undocumented immigrants for spread of swine flu is nothing but hogwash

May 4, 2009, 9:23 AM 7

LatinaLista — Since news of the continuing spread of the H1N1 influenza virus, the blame game has run rampant among those targeting undocumented Mexican immigrants as spreading the virus. Yet, the evidence proves otherwise. It’s hard to believe that…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

There’s no better time for Congress to tackle immigration reform

Apr 9, 2009, 5:36 PM 11

LatinaLista — News that President Obama plans to address immigration reform as early as May has been met with the expected responses — happiness and dread. Happiness by most Hispanic groups and advocates that finally Obama is making good…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

NJ Governor’s immigration panel makes some “problematic” recommendations

Mar 30, 2009, 2:48 PM 3

LatinaLista — According to the Eagleton Institute of Politics, twenty percent of New Jersey’s population is comprised of immigrants. Those numbers make it the third highest state in the nation home to foreign-born residents. So, when it was announced…

Immigration, Media, Palabra Final

Is the news media purposely sensationalizing stories by identifying undocumented Latinos?

Mar 4, 2009, 3:13 PM 25

LatinaLista — For quite a while now, various Latino leaders have taken the podium to warn Congress that their inaction on immigration reform is impacting not just undocumented Latino immigrants, but U.S.-born Latinos of all generations. This warning has…

Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final, Women

Rape trees prove Mexican violence has crossed the border and there are women who need justice

Feb 25, 2009, 2:42 PM 38

LatinaLista — The violence along the U.S.-Mexico border is unprecedented, to say the least. To think that it will not cross the border into the United States as the Mexican attorney general believes is delusional thinking and disturbing since…

Economy, Guest Voz, Immigration

Guest Voz: The Real Economics of Immigration Reform

Feb 13, 2009, 2:54 PM 7

By Cristina Jimenez LatinaLista — Cristina Jimenez is the immigration policy consultant for the non-partisan, non-profit think tank Drum Major Institute for Public Policy. Analyzing the content within the stimulus package passed by Congress, Jimenez noted that Congress missed…

Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

How the government misrepresented who undocumented immigrants really are

Feb 6, 2009, 11:01 AM 3

One of the fundamental factors causing debate over illegal immigration enforcement is the public perception of undocumented immigrants. Are they real criminals? Some in law enforcement have gone to great lengths to paint them in this light. Yet a…

Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Attorney General clarifies criminal status of undocumented immigrants

Jan 8, 2009, 2:01 PM 11

LatinaLista — The 11th hour decision by Attorney General Michael Mukasey (And we do mean 11th Hour since it was only a few hours before he delivered his farewell remarks to Department of Justice employees) was meant to serve…

Immigration, Palabra Final

Today’s undocumented migration is the 21st century version of Manifest Destiny

Dec 18, 2008, 5:58 PM 25

LatinaLista — If people were meant to live in one place all their lives, they wouldn’t be endowed with the abilities to dream and aspire nor have the courage to make their dreams come true. Concepts like Manifest Destiny,…

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…

Economy, Immigration, Palabra Final

The profile of today’s undocumented Mexican immigrant reveals a more desperate situation back home

Sep 23, 2008, 2:56 PM 9

LatinaLista — To make the issue of illegal immigration more palatable during this election, both candidates feel safe in cushioning their stands with the proclamation that before any real work is done on reforming our immigration system, the border…

Immigration, Palabra Final

ICE declares self-deport program a failure

Aug 22, 2008, 10:06 AM 16

LatinaLista — After three weeks and wasting $41,000, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrived at a startling conclusion â€” creating a program to allow undocumented immigrants to self-deport doesn’t work. (Source: Daylife.com) As Latina Lista noted in…

Immigration, Media, Palabra Final

Media makes citizenship status of Hispanic surname suspects part of the story

Apr 21, 2008, 4:57 PM 10

LatinaLista — One crux of immigration enforcement is identifying undocumented immigrants in the first place. Visually identifying people as being potentially undocumented falls under racial profiling. So, unlike the military standard â€” Don’t ask, don’t tell â€” anyone suspected…

Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

TN Lawmakers Consider the Most Cruel Form Yet of Penalizing Undocumented Immigrants

Mar 11, 2008, 6:12 PM 40

LatinaLista — The immigration system is broken. That phrase has been used so often in the immigration reform debate that it’s now a cliche. (SOURCE: jewishworldreview.com) Yet it stands to reason that if the immigration system is broken, it…

Economy, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

A Lesson to be Learned from the IRS: Legal Status and Working are Two Separate Issues

Feb 13, 2008, 4:53 PM 34

LatinaLista — When it comes to getting the government’s fair (or unfair) share of hard-earned dollars, the Internal Revenue Service or IRS is more widely feared than the Department of Homeland Security — especially among undocumented immigrants. How can…

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Blaming undocumented immigrants for spread of swine flu is nothing but hogwash

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There’s no better time for Congress to tackle immigration reform

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Is the news media purposely sensationalizing stories by identifying undocumented Latinos?

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Rape trees prove Mexican violence has crossed the border and there are women who need justice

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Guest Voz: The Real Economics of Immigration Reform

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How the government misrepresented who undocumented immigrants really are

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Attorney General clarifies criminal status of undocumented immigrants

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Today’s undocumented migration is the 21st century version of Manifest Destiny

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Sec. Chertoff’s housecleaners may have been undocumented but they weren’t criminals

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The profile of today’s undocumented Mexican immigrant reveals a more desperate situation back home

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ICE declares self-deport program a failure

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Media makes citizenship status of Hispanic surname suspects part of the story

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TN Lawmakers Consider the Most Cruel Form Yet of Penalizing Undocumented Immigrants

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A Lesson to be Learned from the IRS: Legal Status and Working are Two Separate Issues

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Latino Groups Demand CNN Give Equal Time to Dobbs’ Assaults

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