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Will Mexico’s influx of foreigners wear out expats’ welcome?
More and more foreigners are living like kings in Mexico; many Mexicans already find them a royal pain. Story and photo by Sarah DeVries | Mexico Daily News | MAY 7, 2022 No matter where you live in the world, you’re always faced with the task of picking your specific ... -
Senate Stalls Again on Immigration Relief
By Pablo Manriquez | Latino Rebels | MAY 6, 2022 | Photo by Shawn Thew WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) is expected to negotiate immigrant relief into a bipartisan immigration bill with Senate Republicans. “We haven’t given assignments yet,” Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said on Thursday afternoon ... -
She’s been branded a traitor. A new exhibition says Mexican icon Malinche was anything but
By Carolina A. Miranda | Los Angeles Times | MAY 3, 2022 | Photo from Galeria de Arte Mexicano DENVER — Though he may be renowned for lobbing vulgar insults, the barb that Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva directed at Supervisor Hilda Solis in July 2020 left even longtime observers stunned. Solís ... -
DEMOCRATS' SELF-INFLICTED PARALYSIS ON IMMIGRATION REFORM - A MAY DAY CALL TO ACTION!
By Gonzalo Santos, May Day, 2022 Long forecast here, the Dems are showing, once again, lacking the will, fortitude (cojones), and determination to deliver on their campaign promises to immigrant-dense ethnic communities like Latinos and Asian Americans. This is not an isolated blotch on their otherwise effectiveness: the same is ... -
How Cinco de Mayo Got Its Start Because of California's Mexican Americans
By Yvonne Condes | KCET | MAY 3, 2022 | Photo courtesy of LA Pubic Library In the spring of 1970, Dr. David Hayes-Bautista didn't know much about Cinco de Mayo other than the day commemorated the Mexican Battle of Puebla against the French. To him and his fellow UC ... -
"Either they comply with us, or they leave"
Migrants demand immigration reform from Congress before Workers' Day; they threaten that, if they do not, they would be billed in the next November elections. Story and photo by Jorge Luis Macias | Special for La Opinion | APR. 30, 2022 There were few protesters, but enough to raise their ... -
They Grew Up Legally in the U.S., but Can’t Stay After They Turn 21
Children of temporary visa holders who can’t gain permanent residency are one of several groups urging the Biden administration to act on an immigration overhaul. By Aishvarya Kavi | New York Times | APR. 30, 2022 | Photo by Emil Lippe WASHINGTON — In 2011, after five years of working ... -
Electoral reform opens up political opportunity for migrants
The Electoral Reform proposal, sent by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to Congress, opens the door for more Mexican migrants to vote from outside the country. By Gardenia Mendoza | La Opinion | MAY 2, 2022 | Photo by Reforma Agency MEXICO.- An Electoral Reform is being cooked in this country. ... -
Immigration reform withers as Democrats descend into border infighting
There's now "zero" chance for a comprehensive bill this Congress, one key senator said. But the party has some smaller ideas to fall back on. By Marianne Levine, Sarah Ferris and Laura Barron-Lopez | POLITICO | MAY 1, 2022 | Photo by John Moore The Democratic Party is consumed by ... -
Column: Sheriff Villanueva just showed the world the petty emptiness behind his bluster
By Gustavo Arellano | Los Angeles Times | APR. 27, 2022 With his burly build, close-cropped hair, eternal smirk and laconic voice, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has spent his first term trying to present himself as a lonely hero thanklessly taking on societal ills. He certainly plays the role by ...
