Today, the Spanish-Language press reports on Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) priorities for 2010-2014. At the same time, ICE is looking to improve their immigration detention centers; Farmworker Justice and Oxfam release a report that shows farmworkers are still being exploited.
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Via MTV Tr3s' arts and culture blog, Blogamole, Salma Hayek is the latest celebrity to speak out against Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB 1070: "What surprises me is the lack of humanity with which they are treating the immigrants," she said. "What I can't understand is how the United...
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Today, the Spanish-Language press gives significant coverage to Sen. Russell Pearce's proposal to deny U.S. citizenship to children born in the country; Civil disobedience continues in North Carolina, Denver, and California. Maribel Hastings of America's Voice, interviews Harvard student and DREAM Act activist Eric Balderas.
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This is what it has come to. Our nation's immigration system is so dysfunctional that a Harvard biology major, a stellar student who dreams of curing cancer, is being threatened with deportation by the Department of Homeland Security.
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Today, the Spanish-language press gives significant coverage to the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Oklahoma City, where mayors from around the country condemned SB 1070 and called for action on immigration reform; The Supreme Court ruling in favor of immigrants charged with minor drug posession also received wide...
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The Spanish-Language press covers the Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary meeting in Campeche, Mexico in where Legislators talk about immigration reform. Guatemalans are denied temporary protected status (TPS) while Harvard student who was detained over the weekend, faces deportation back to Mexico.
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"The immigration law creates a difficult situation for both legal and illegal residents," said Jay Butler, director of realty studies at Arizona State University. "Some illegal residents may have planned on leaving the Valley anyway because they can't find jobs. But I have talked to young Hispanics who are...
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While SB 1070 won't go into effect in Arizona until July 29th, Dr. Sylvia Herrera, a researcher with human-rights organization Puente, explained at the hearing that its effects are already being felt at all levels: families separated, women who don't dare report the domestic violence they suffer to the...
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A hearing in the Capitol yesterday featured Arizona women and girls speaking out against SB 1070, as activists launch a new wristband campaign to protest the law. Meanwhile, the death of Sergio Adrian Hernández remains a top story in the Spanish-language press as it reverberates on the international stage.
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Jun 10, 2010
With comprehensive immigration reform stalled, we strongly believe that the time has come for Congress to pass the DREAM Act. They should do it now -- this summer. The measure would provide a path to citizenship for young people who are Americans in all but paperwork.
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