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Young Latinos are dying of COVID at an alarming rate — the effects could be ...
By ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE | LATimes DEC. 9, 2021 Leer en español Every morning, Sergio Ayala combed his daughters’ hair into twin braids, dropped them off at school and headed to work. He loved his job as a field supervisor at his brother-in-law’s pest control company. But he wanted to own a ... -
Op-Ed: Biden resumes Trump's cruelest immigration policies. AMLO was able to avoid it
By Alberto Pradilla | Washington Post Opinion December 7, 2021 at 10:16 pm. EST Alberto Pradilla is a reporter on the site 'Animal Político' and author of the book 'Caravan: how the Central American exodus came out of hiding'. With the reactivation of the immigration program "Stay in Mexico", Joe Biden's ... -
Latino civil rights organization drops 'Latinx' from official communication
The action by the LULAC adds to the debate over a term embraced by younger Latinos and those seeking more inclusive, gender-neutral language. By Suzanne Gamboa | NBC News Domingo García, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, the nation's oldest Latino civil rights organization, has instructed staff and ... -
Commentary: Retaking the Immigration Narrative
Dr. Gonzalo Santos' Letter in response to LATimes Jean Guerrero Opinion piece Dear Ms. Guerrero, December 10, 2021 I am what you might call an activist professor at CSU-Bakersfield, who has taught the Sociology of Immigration and participated in the modern immigration rights movement since it began in 1994. I ... -
Op-Ed: Stop letting hate groups control the immigration debate
by Jean Guerrero for LATimes President Biden is making the same mistake President Obama made in his first term: catering to xenophobes while performing compassion toward immigrants. The strategy lays out the red carpet for Trumpism 2.0. Either Democrats dramatically reinvent the immigration debate in defense of multiracial democracy, or ... -
REPORT: Colorism in the Latino community
Most Latinos in the US believe that having a dark skin color affects their possibilities, according to a study by Gonzalo Alvarado | CNN En Espanol Most Latinos think that having a dark skin color impacts their chances of getting ahead in the United States, according to a recent study. ... -
Programa ofrece a Dreamers la oportunidad para reencontrarse con sus raíces
Este programa de fines culturales y educativos permite que Dreamers puedan viajar a México en el verano de 2022 con un permiso especial. -
Mexican migrants will break record in sending remittances in 2021
Mexican migrants will break an 18-year record in sending remittances, according to a report by the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies; however, experts highlight that the purchasing power with that money was lower, because in 2020 the dollar had a higher price in Mexico compared to 2021 by Jesus ... -
New Poll Says Politicians Shouldn’t Use 'Latinx'
From "Latino Rebels" by Hector Luis Alamo Democrats trying to connect with Latinos in the party’s voter base have increasingly adopted the word Latinx, a gender-neutral term popular among academics and social justice advocates. But according to a new survey first reported by POLITICO, 40 percent of Latinos say the word Latinx ... -
The Demographic and Economic Impacts of DACA Recipients: Fall 2021 Edition
By Nicole Prchal Svajlenka and Trinh Truong Nearly 600,000 DACA recipients live across the United States, raise 300,000 U.S.-citizen children, and pay $9.4 billion in taxes each year. In 2012, the Obama administration created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to protect certain young undocumented immigrants from deportation. ...