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It’s time for the Pulitzer Prize for literature to accept noncitizens
By Javier Zamora | Los Angeles Times | JUL. 20, 2023 | Photo by Adam Riding Growing up during the Salvadoran civil war, I learned from my parents that poets and writers are often at the vanguard of justice and change. Years later, after we emigrated from El Salvador to ... -
Scientists Just Discovered a Complex Maya City Buried Deep in the Jungle
The ancient town comes with pyramids, buildings, stone columns, and a ball field. By Tim Newcomb | Popular Mechanics | JUL. 13, 2023 | Photo by Carlos Alonzo The jungles of the Balamakú ecological reserve on the Yucatan Peninsula recently offered up a remarkable look at an ancient Maya city, one ... -
Viral video after Mexico’s Gold Cup win sparks a conversation about speaking Spanish
‘Language isn’t the only thing that defines who we are and our relationship to our Mexican heritage.’ By Alejandra Molina | Los Angeles Times | JUL. 18, 2023 | Photo by Martina Ibanez-Baldor As El Tri fans cheered Mexico’s CONCACAF Gold Cup win on Sunday outside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, ... -
‘Encouraging’ illegal immigration is not protected as free speech, Supreme Court rules
By David G. Savage | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 23, 2023 | Photo by Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a free-speech challenge to a long-standing immigration law that makes it a crime to “encourage or induce” a noncitizen to illegally enter or reside in this country. ... -
US citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for those with low English skills
By Trisha Ahmed | AP News | JUL. 4, 2023 | Video by The Associated Press https://apnews.com/130fdf24e54f431a9f1f9b38344638c8 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. citizenship test is being updated, and some immigrants and advocates worry the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency. The naturalization test is ... -
Illegal border crossings dip to lowest level in over 2 years
The Biden administration touted the drop a day before a federal judge is set to hear a challenge to its asylum ban. By Myah Ward | POLITICO | JUL. 18, 2023 | Photo by Morgan Lee Illegal border crossings plunged in June to their lowest level since President Joe Biden’s ... -
Latino Cabinet members tout Biden's immigration policies amid congressional impasse
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said encounters have dropped 70% at the southern border. By Sandra Lilley | NBC News | JUL. 13, 2023 | Photo by AP Latino members of President Joe Biden's Cabinet defended the administration's efforts on immigration and migration — particularly around the issue of unaccompanied ... -
This woman is the front-runner to be Mexico’s next president
By Patrick J. McDonnell | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 22, 2023 | Photo by Eduardo Verdugo MEXICO CITY — The two appear an unlikely political pair: he a shopkeeper’s son from rural southern Mexico, she a globally recognized scientist from the capital. He is outgoing and folksy, a larger-than-life figure comfortable ... -
Court to Weigh Effect of Justices’ Enforcement Ruling on DACA
Biden administration says DACA challenge should be rejected; States say standing clear because of direct costs of program. By Andrew Kreighbaum | Bloomberg Law | JUL. 17, 2023 | Photo by Chip Somodevilla A district court judge is set to decide whether a US Supreme Court win for the Biden ... -
El Magonista Newsletter | Vol. 11, No. 21 | JULY 15, 2023
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser "El Magonista" | Vol. 11, No. 21 | July 15, 2023 NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS: Fall 2023 Independent Dreamers Study Abroad Program (IDSAP) SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER PLEASE READ ALL PROGRAM INFORMATION AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs) BEFORE APPLYING! See Mexico from a different point of ...
