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The new generation of smug American expats in Mexico needs to face the truth
Column by Gustavo Arellano | Los Angeles Times | JUL. 29, 2022 | Photo by Celia Talbot Tobin The dusty truck bounced along the narrow streets of Jomulquillo, the village in the Mexican state of Zacatecas where my father was born. It darted in front of vacant homes, slowed past ... -
55% of America's Top Startups Were Founded by Immigrants. Why Won't Congress Let in More?
Without a tenable visa pathway, immigrant entrepreneurs will look to greener pastures—and the American economy will be worse for it. By Fiona Harrigan | Reason.com | JUL. 28, 2022 | Illustration by Lex Villena Immigrants are 80 percent more likely than native-born Americans to found a firm, according to a study released ... -
The clock ticks down on immigration deal that could help rein in food inflation
The Senate could shatter over a decade of stalemate. But they're running out of time. By Garrett Downs | POLITICO | JUL. 25, 2022 | Photo by Emilio Morenatti Hopes that Congress will finally pass a bipartisan fix to the flawed farm labor system are dwindling, despite supporters’ argument that ... -
Claudia Sheinbaum meets with dreamers at the Mexico City Museum
The head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum, met with dreamers at the Museum in Mexico City. Story & photos by Carlos Navarro | El Heraldo de Mexico | JUL. 20, 2022 In front of these young people who returned to Mexico for the first time in the summer of 2021, after ... -
An artist confronts the anguish, and hope, of Ukraine
By Patrick J. McDonnell | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 1, 2022 | Photo by Dogukan Keskinkilic IRPIN, Ukraine — As Russian forces were advancing on Kyiv in late February, the Ukrainian military tried to stall them by blowing up a highway bridge just north of the capital. It may have helped. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Arellano Column: This time, election night is a real party pooper for L.A. County Sheriff ...
The incumbent will face challenger Robert Luna in the November general election. Column by Gustavo Arellano | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 8, 2022 | Photo by Luis Sinco Modelos and margaritas flowed. Dance music thumped. Bruschetta and cheeseburgers disappeared. The party at Cities Restaurant in East Los Angeles was ...
