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In City Built by Immigrants, Immigration Is the Defining Political Issue
By Binyamin Appebaum, The New York Times ~ October 12th, 2016 Link to Article HAZLETON, Pa. — Thousands of Dominicans have poured into this little city in eastern Pennsylvania since 2001 to work in the food plants and warehouses on the edge of town, where the highway to New York ... -
In downtown Santa Ana, some Latino merchants try to surf wave of gentrification
By Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times ~ October 11, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-santa-ana-latinos-embrace-gentrification-20160922-snap-story.html Quinceañera dresses besieged with organza ruffles no longer take center stage at Genesis Bridal Boutique on downtown Santa Ana’s “Calle Cuatro.” The brightly colored ball gowns that have swaddled countless girls on their 15th birthday celebration have been relegated ... -
This City Is 78% Latino, and the Face of a New California
Santa Ana, in Orange County, has an all Latino City Council and stands in the vanguard of a California where Latinos have more influence in everyday life... [Image: A mural in the Logan neighborhood of Santa Ana, Calif., one of the city's oldest Mexican neighborhoods, bears the faces of local ... -
Estudiantes indocumentados regresan a México por primera vez
Por Esmy Jimenez, La Raza del Noroeste ~ 5 de Octubre, 2016 http://www.larazanw.com/noticias/estudiantes-indocumentados-regresan-a-mxico-por-la-primera-vez/ “Bienvenido de nuevo!” el oficial de inmigración me dice en el aeropuerto de Sea-Tac. Las palabras se escuchan extrañas. Esta vestido con el mismo uniforme que por muchos años e temido, pero aquí está, recibiéndome en los ... -
A President Trump could deport freely
By Washington Post Editorial Board October 2, 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-president-trump-could-deport-freely/2016/10/02/7bfab170-81d5-11e6-8327-f141a7beb626_story.html?utm_term=.c04ea17903bb DONALD TRUMP has telegraphed his intentions, if not always consistently, to radically shift immigration policy and, in so doing, subvert America’s vitality and international standing as a beacon of diversity and tolerance. While he cannot unilaterally undertake every change he proposes, there is ... -
A small distance, but a great feat: Foshay Learning Center sends more students to USC ...
By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times ~ September 28, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-edu-foshay-has-most-usc-freshmen-20160926-snap-story.html Lilly Diaz was in second grade when she first stepped onto the campus of USC for a Halloween carnival organized by undergraduates. By the time she returned to the campus as a freshman this fall, she found nothing especially scary about it. ... -
How Latino voters and legislators are changing California politics
By Mindy Romero, Los Angeles Times ~ September 27, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-romero-latino-impact-on-california-democrats-20160927-snap-story.html California Latinos are helping to ensure a Democratic majority in the state’s Legislature, but they are hardly a politically monolithic group. The range of their political positions creates a complicated picture of both progressive and centrist influence on state politics. ... -
El Estados Unidos “mexicano”
por VIRIDIANA RÍOS, excelsior ~ sept. 25, 2016 http://www.excelsior.com.mx/opinion/viridiana-rios/2016/09/25/1118859?mc_cid=92b7dd45cd&mc_eid=b875c611e3 Es momento de contar la historia completa, no sólo México depende de EU, también EU depende de México. Hay un Estados Unidos “mexicano”, un Estados Unidos que vive o depende directamente de México. En este espacio lo presento. Estos son datos ... -
Undocumented students go “back home” to Mexico for the first time
By Esmy Jimenez, The Seattle Globalist ~ September 21, 2016 http://www.seattleglobalist.com/2016/09/21/undocumented-students-back-home-mexico-advanced-parole/56041 “Welcome home!” the immigration officer at Sea-Tac says cheerfully. The words sound strange. He’s dressed in the same uniform that for many years I was taught to fear, but here he is welcoming me back to the U.S., knowing that ... -
‘Illegal Aliens’ and the Library of Congress
BY JOSEPH MORALES, Latino Rebels ~ SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 http://www.latinorebels.com/2016/09/21/illegal-aliens-and-the-library-of-congress-opinion/ I always remember what my colleague, a veterano of the Chicano movement, told me when I described my research on the hard-fought battle to create a Chicano studies library at Berkeley after the Third World Strike in 1969. He said: “So, ...
