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Reflections on Uvalde and historical Latino burdens
Opinion by Emilio Zamora | Austin American-Statesman | JUN. 5, 2022 | Photo by Eric Gay My wife Angela and I drove down to Uvalde last Saturday and Sunday to pay our respects to the families suffering unimaginable losses to gun violence and incompetent authorities. The grief and sorrow were palpable as ... -
Why the Children of Immigrants Are the Ones Getting Ahead in America
Excerpt and Book cover by Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan | TIME | JUN. 1, 2022 In April 2020, the New York Times ran a special feature called “I Am the Portrait of Downward Mobility.” “It used to be a given that each American generation would do better than the last,” the piece began, ... -
Want to stop immigration? Empower immigrants in the U.S. to help their families back home
Column by Jean Guerrero | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 9, 2022 | Photo by Moises Castillo President Biden wants to slow migration to this country, a priority of his administration at the Summit of the Americas. It’s a bizarre venue to make such a stand, considering that the event is happening ... -
Tech companies urge U.S. to let the kids of visa holders stay past the age ...
Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Uber are urging the Department of Homeland Security to revise its aging out policies for children of high-skilled visa holders. By Lauren Feiner | CNBC | JUN. 7, 2022 A coalition of tech companies including Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Uberare urging the Department of Homeland Security to revise policies for children ... -
Mexican megachurch leader given nearly 17 years in U.S. prison for child sex abuse
By Norma Galeana and Steve Gorman | REUTERS | JUN. 9, 2022 | Photo by Fernando Carranza LOS ANGELES, June 8 (Reuters) - The head of a Mexico-based evangelical megachurch that claims about 5 million followers worldwide was sentenced on Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom to 16 years and ... -
They pour drinks. They clean rooms. Latin American workers wish they had more say at ...
By Cindy Carcamo | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 8, 2022 | Photo credits: Mel Melcon, Al Schaben, Dania Maxwel When Ana Diaz, a Salvadoran immigrant who lives in Van Nuys, found out she would be mixing cocktails for world leaders at the ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, she ... -
Women, Black and Latino workers underpaid by California State University, study finds
By Nathan Solis | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 8, 2022 | Photo by Jason Armond for LA Times Women, Black and Latino workers are paid less than their white male counterparts at California State University, according to a union study. Union officials say the disparities among nonfaculty members highlight ... -
Biden arrives at Summit of the Americas intent on demonstrating focus on region despite snubs
Is the U.S. losing sway in Latin America? By Kevin Liptak | CNN | JUN. 8, 2022 | Photo from CNN Los Angeles (CNN)President Joe Biden arrived here Wednesday to play host to nearly two dozen leaders from Latin America, hoping to use new economic and migration announcements to demonstrate cohesion in ... -
Mexico, Central American leaders rejected repeated efforts by the U.S. to convince them to attend ...
By Natalie Kitroeff | The New York Times | JUN. 9, 2022 | Photo by Luis Antonio Rojas LOS ANGELES — In the lead up to the Summit of the Americas, the Biden administration scrambled to avoid the embarrassment of a boycott by key leaders — only to find its ... -
Court of Appeals will hear arguments about DACA on July 6
Story and photo from EFE Agency | MAY 27, 2022 | Translation from Google Los Angeles, May 27 (EFE).- The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit of the United States will hear on July 6 the arguments in a Texas lawsuit that keeps the approval of new applications from ...
