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Weekend News for the Monday Blues Last week, Judge Petra Jimenez Maes became the first Latina appointed to the New Mexico Supreme Court. Political observers familiar with Maes’ career as a jurist predict a drastic rise in the number of people sentenced to chancletazos. I’ll Have Another, ridden by Mexican jockey Mario Gutiérrez, won the… [Continue Reading]
By now, everyone is clearly tired of hearing about immigration, and 2012 has already proven to be another frustrating year for advocates of immigration reform. Between Marco Rubio’s pathetic, watered-down DREAM Act and the several versions of the bill that were voted down in states like Colorado and Florida earlier this year, immigration reform has proven to be a real… [Continue Reading]
About just as many Mexican families are leaving the U.S. as they are coming. A recent report by the Pew Hispanic Center shows that from 2005-2010, roughly 1.4 Mexicans immigrated to the United States, but about the same number of Mexican immigrants (and their U.S.-born children) moved from the United States to Mexico. These numbers… [Continue Reading]
Alicia Torres Don, La Aguila Dorada, knows how to fight. She is a luchadora inside the ring and outside the ring as she fights for the rights of undocumented youth living in fear and uncertainty in the United States. The Fighter is a story about North Carolina Dream Team activist and luchadora Alicia Torres-Don and… [Continue Reading]
I’m tired of hearing about immigration. Reading about the latest immigration news or the current status on immigration reform can get really monotonous. It’s even worse writing about it. And today, I and at least 100,000 other people will saunter through cities from L.A. to Boston in support of immigration reform. It’s promising to be… [Continue Reading]
Mark your calendars, fight fans. The battle many Americans have been waiting for has finally arrived – the immigration Fight of the Century. In the red corner, weighing in at a dainty 100-something pounds: Jan Brewer, a.k.a. “the Great White Dope.” And in the blue corner, from parts unknown: Barack Obama, a.k.a. “Chocolate Jesus.” Today,… [Continue Reading]
The Mayans were truly prophetic: 2012 is shaping up to be a pivotal year. Had they dabbled in astrology like the Chinese, they might’ve labeled these important 12 months the “Year of the Latino.” Latino clout has been building for a few years. First, Latinos crowded America’s cities by the hundred thousand in 2006. Then… [Continue Reading]
My mother came to America from El Salvador. My paternal grandparents came from Europe. Each one immigrated legally, which is the essence of the American experience – huddled masses yearning to be free and all that. However, in the eyes of many Americans, my mother and grandparents were selfish and immoral. After all, whenever a… [Continue Reading]
In the time it takes you to read this article, alien parents will be torn away from their children by armed men (possibly in black). These aliens – some of whom may not even speak the language and therefore cannot defend themselves – will be shuffled away as they watch tears cascade down sweet, adolescent… [Continue Reading]
Two weeks ago, Time magazine devoted their cover to proclaiming that Latinos would decide the next President of the United States. With the growth of our population and our presence in key swing states such as Florida and our massive presence in huge electoral states such as California, this should come as no surprise. As… [Continue Reading]