President Obama's reelection team wants to turn Arizona from red to blue in 2012 with the help of Latino voters, but it will have to reverse a decades-old problem to accomplish that goal. Continue »
Jaime Martinez of Manitowoc, whose family and friends have been fighting his deportation, got on a bus in Chicago on Friday morning on the first leg of his journey back to Mexico. Continue »
In the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, many Hispanics are talking about voting for the lesser of two evils. The hard part is figuring out the lesser evil. African-Americans aren't facing the same dilemma, and yet many of those on the far left are also disappointed in President... Continue »
As America continues to look for more jobs Washington can't seem to come up with an answer. We've heard solutions from policy wonks, politicians, and academics, but rarely from people who have first-hand experience actually creating jobs. Continue »
Any day now Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will announce a second round of "reforms" to the disgraced "Secure Communities" deportation program, S-Comm. And once again, it appears that ICE is more interested in spin than substance. Continue »
This morning, despite pleas from his wife, children and dozens of community members from Manitowoc, WI, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported Jaime Martinez Espinal, leaving his US citizen wife, Jennifer, and their four children, in a state of financial and emotional ruin. Continue »
This morning, despite pleas from his wife, children and dozens of community members from Manitowoc, WI, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported Jaime Martinez Espinal, leaving his US citizen wife, Jennifer, and their four children, in a state of financial and emotional ruin. Continue »
I have a friend named Jaime Martinez Espinal. I met him several years ago at our local Y. Like others who know him, I respect his work ethic; his willingness to help others; and most of all, the love he has for his wife, Jennifer, and their four beautiful... Continue »
A positive development in the deportation case of Alfonso Garcia. He's undocumented, a DREAMer and he's married to a US citizen. But, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prohibits federal recognition of same-sex benefits, complicates the situation, because Alfonso is married to Brian Willingham. Continue »
A Manitowoc man who could be deported as early as Friday has become the focal point of a disagreement between U.S. immigration officials and his supporters, who believe his case epitomizes flaws in immigration law. Continue »