-
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Post-DACA Generation is Here
Most of this year’s 100,000 undocumented high school graduates are currently ineligible for the policy. Under current rules and court action, DACA is unavailable to most undocumented high school graduates. Absent Congress’ passing immigration reform for Dreamers, most undocumented graduates cannot legally enter the workforce, even if the DACA policy ... -
To whom and how many dollars do Mexican immigrants send from the United States?
Women are the main recipients of remittances in Mexico, although men are keyly represented when receiving dollars from immigrants living in the United States, according to a recent analysis by the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies. By Jesus Garcia | La Opinion | JUNE 1, 2022 Almost 12 million ... -
When the killer looks like you: A Latino-on-Latino mass school shooting in Uvalde. What now?
Column by Gustavo Arellano | Los Angeles Times | MAY 25, 2022 | Photo by Wally Skalij When I heard that a gunman had killed multiple schoolchildren in a predominantly Latino town in Texas, I immediately thought: white supremacist. How could I not? Just this month, a white man allegedly murdered 10 ... -
Beto O’Rourke places Texas leaders on blast following gunman’s slaughter of Latino kids, teachers
By Teresa Puente | CALÓ NEWS | MAY 31, 2022 | Photo by CALO News Wire Beto O’Rourke is right. “You are doing nothing,” O’Rourke told Texas Gov. Greg Abbot and other Republican politicians after the mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. “You are offering up ... -
Legal immigration reform is the answer, not Title 42
Opinion by the Seattle Times Editorial Board | MAY 25, 2022 | Art image by Paul Tong The never-ending stream of divisive rhetoric around immigration and the southern border has long hindered comprehensive reform, as both Democrats and Republicans have made political hay out of a broken system. The latest ...
