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Obama Builds upon his Legacy: Deporting Women and Children to Death
By: Charles Davis, TeleSur ~ January 13, 2016 http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Obama-Builds-a-Legacy-Deporting-Women-and-Children-to-Death-20160113-0011.html In his last address to Congress, the U.S. president barely mentioned immigration, showing he’s now content to enforce the status quo. ... -
Why fewer Mexicans are leaving their homeland for the U.S.
By Nigel Duara and Cindy, L.A. Times ~ November 20, 2015 To its southern neighbor, the United States once represented hope, safety and prosperity. But with the effects of the Great Recession ... -
More Central Americans violence signals another major surge to enter U.S.
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, L.A. Times ~ November 14, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/nation/immigration/la-na-border-stats-20151114-story.html The number of families illegally crossing the southern U.S. border has more than doubled over the same period last fall, ... -
Supreme Court to rule if Obama is enforcing deportation laws or changing them
David G. Savage and Timothy M. Phelps, L.A. Times ~ November 12, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-immigration-legal-analysis-20151111-story.html When President Obama unveiled his plan to help as many as 5 million immigrants “come out of the shadows,” the ... -
What Americans think should be done on illegal immigration
By The Washington Post Editorial Board October 11, 2015 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-americans-think-should-be-done-on-illegal-immigration/2015/10/11/4f6f6df6-6ed7-11e5-9bfe-e59f5e244f92_story.html The foreign-born share of the U.S. population has doubled in the past three decades and now stands at its highest ... -
50 years ago, Cesar Chavez led a crusade to unite and empower farmworkers
By MIRIAM PAWEL http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-pawel-chavez-delano-grape-strike-20150916-story.html On a Thursday night 50 years ago, at the height of the table grape harvest in California's Central Valley, hundreds of Mexican American farmworkers crowded expectantly into ... -
N.Y. Times Judge Increases Pressure on U.S. to Release Migrant Families
By JULIA PRESTON, N.Y. Times ~ August 22, 2015 A federal judge in California has given the Obama administration two months to change its detention practices to ensure the rapid release ... -
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 ... -
Deported to Mexico: a lost generation
At least 500,000 young people, whose Mexican parents illegally crossed into the United States, have been forced back across the border, often knowing nothing of their new home. Nina Lakhani ...
