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In Memoriam: Profe. Armando Vázquez-Ramos, ¡Presente! - English Version
By Gonzalo Santo, Exclusively for "El Magonista" | Aug. 15, 2024 | Photo Collage Courtesy of El Mago Staff Armando Vázquez-Ramos was born in Mexico City on August 10th, 1949. He passed away at his home in Long Beach, California on August 4th, 2024, six days short of his 75th. ... -
The Bifurcated History of May Day in North America
By Professor Gonzalo Santos | May 1, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of Professor Gonzalo Santos Seven years ago, in 2017, about a thousand folks marched & rallied in downtown Bakersfield on May Day, as far as I know the first - and only - time folks in this town proudly ... -
The Cost of Inaction on Immigration
By The New York Times Editorial Board | OCT. 7, 2023 | Illustration by Rebecca Chew It is difficult to find an issue that more exemplifies the dysfunction of American government today than immigration. In the past year, more than a million people have entered the United States through the ... -
What’s the current status of DACA? Here’s what you need to know
By Karen Garcia | Los Angeles Times | SEP. 21, 2023 | Photo by Patrick Hruby Despite more than a decade of political and legal attacks, nearly 600,000 people are still receiving the benefits of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, renewing their DACA designations in two-year increments. The ... -
After years away, SoCal DACA recipients use ‘advance parole' to visit country of birth
“Coming here, I did hear people tell me, ‘Oh, you’re pocha?’ No, I’m Mexican. I was born here,” said Damaris Garcia, who lived most of her life in LA’s Pico Union neighborhood but was born in Mexico City. By Mekahlo Medina | NBC-4 (Los Angeles) | SEP. 14, 2023 | ... -
Xóchitl Gálvez arrives in Los Angeles, but ignores the majority of the community
Dr. Sheinbaum's presence is urgently needed in the city with the most Mexicans outside of Mexico. By Juan Jose Gutierrez | La Opinion | SEP. 27, 2023 | Photo by Reform Agency Senator Xóchitl Gálvez, standard-bearer of the Frente Amplio Por México, will be in Southern California on September 28 ... -
'FLOATERS': OUR REFLECTION IN THE RIO GRANDE
Migrant children are drowning at the border. Their deaths are met with indifference. Rescue workers call these bodies “floaters.” By Debbie Nathan | The Intercept | SEP. 2, 2023 | Photo by Suzanne Cordeiro THE MEDIA WAS filled this summer with news of migrants blocked and wounded by orange buoys and ... -
Latino kids in states with more anti-immigrant laws are in poorer health, study finds
A study in Pediatrics found that Latinos from 3 to 17 in states with more discriminatory policies have higher odds of having certain physical and mental health conditions. By Edwin Flores | NBC News | AUG. 15, 2023 | Photo by AFP-Getty Latino children living in states with more anti-immigrant ... -
How does immigration benefit rural communities? One study cites Sioux County as example
By F. Amanda Tugade | Des Moines Register | AUG. 22, 2023 | A rural county in Iowa is at the center of a study analyzing the impact of immigrants on communities that have long seen their populations decline. Sioux County — one of the state's largest corn producers and ... -
Texas sent more asylum seekers to L.A. even as Hilary raged, immigrant rights group says
By Christian Martinez | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 21, 2023 | Photo by Irfan Khan As Los Angeles was under an unprecedented tropical storm warning and officials were urging residents not to travel, Texas dispatched its latest bus of migrants to the city. The bus — the ninth sent ...
