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Sin Raiz (2015) Documentary
Sin Raiz (2015) is a 20 minute documentary that captures the emotional journey of 14 Mexican undocumented students who had the opportunity to return to their home country for the ... -
California gives immigrants here illegally unprecedented rights, benefits, protections
By MELANIE MASON, l.a times ~ august 11, 2015 It started with in-state tuition. Then came driver's licenses, new rules designed to limit deportations and state-funded healthcare for children. And on ... -
Immigration crackdown splits GOP
A rift has opened up in the party around the question of mandatory minimums. By Seung Min Kim, POLITICO ~ August 11, 2015 http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/immigration-gop-rift-mandatory-minimum-senate-cruz-121231.html#ixzz3iWcvO510 Ted Cruz and other Senate Republicans ... -
Grand Marshal Speech by Armando Vazquez-Ramos at 26th Annual Chicano Latino Graduation CSULB
The 26th Annual Chicano/Latino Graduation Celebration (CLGC) took place on Sunday, May 17, 2015 in the Walter Pyramid at 2:00pm. Over the past 25 years, the Chicano/Latino students at Long Beach State have ... -
On Strike! Ethnic Studies 1969 - 1999 (Documentary)
DVD available through Progressive Films: progressivefilms.com/on-strike-ethnic-studies.html ON STRIKE makes an encapsulated, incisive study of the context and events that led up to the Ethnic Studies demonstrations, hunger strikes, and student ... -
The GOP vs. Latino voters
By JOE TRIPPI, l.a times op-ed ~ July 26, 2015 On the question of immigration, the Republican Party is at a crossroads. The party could take the Jeb Bush approach. “The ... -
Judge orders release of immigrant children, mothers from detention centers
By CINDY CARCAMO, l.a. times july 25, 2015 A federal judge has ruled that hundreds of immigrant women and children held in detention facilities must be released as soon as possible ... -
Latinos officially the biggest ethnic group in California
Total of 14.99 million surpassed number of white people in 2014 California joins Hawaii and New Mexico as state without a white plurality Rory Carroll in Los Angeles - Wednesday 8 July ... -
Goodbye to Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee Elementary School in Long Beach, Calif on July 4. (Los Angeles Times) By THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD, July 7, 2015 To some people, even 150 years after the end ... -
Long Beach dedicates park to Jenni Rivera, a singer and an inspiration
Long Beach dedicated Jenni Rivera Memorial Park on Thursday to honor the Mexican American singer who died in a plane crash in 2012. Rivera's granddaughter Jaylah Hope Yanez plays with ...
