For years, Nora Castaneda watched her Mormon community grow and grow as it drew converts from a burgeoning Hispanic population in Mesa, Arizona. Then, in 2010, it all went into slow motion. Continue »
Celia Alejandra Alvarez spent three months in a Maricopa County jail after deputies arrested her and other illegal immigrants working at a landscaping business. She said a saving grace during the "90 long days" three years ago were the visits and help she received from her "brothers" and "sisters"... Continue »
When Shervin Pishevar first got the call about an award, he thought it was a scam. Then Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director, called him and he realized it was true. Continue »
If you think all conservatives support a deportation-only approach to immigration, think again. Last week, hundreds of conservative evangelicals gathered in Alabama to engage in a reasonable, respectful discourse on immigration. Continue »
Last night, the Academy gave a meaningful nod to Demián Bichir for his role as an undocumented immigrant in Chris Weitz's movie, "A Better Life." Continue »
Mr. Manuel Ramírez Chávez was born in Michoacán, Mexico, but arrived in the United States when he was eight years old. Fifty-six years later, at the age of 64, he's finally becoming a citizen. He didn't do it earlier, he said, "because I'd never seen as much discrimination as... Continue »
Jan Brewer is one very busy governor. The Arizona Governor has been in town for the National Governors' Association 2012 Winter Meeting, with a schedule so booked up that she's had to decline invitations left and right. Continue »
I bet Mitt Romney has a sweatshirt that says I (heart) Florida. His victory in the Sunshine State revitalized his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. Florida also gave him an opportunity to explain his immigration policy. Continue »
This could catch on and become the hippest swear word of 2012 thanks to Romney's very kind encouragement (*snark*). There is also this: Go Deport Yourself! And how about a spin-off concept: Do-It-Yourself Deportation. Continue »
Marco Rubio would be problematic for Mitt Romney for many reasons. There's the small matter of his embellishments around the story of his parents' immigration from Cuba. There is the question of his free-wheeling ways with money that wasn't his. He pals around with wife beaters, and sometimes even... Continue »