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5 Reasons to Suspect that the Echo Park Gang Injunction is Merely a Tool for Gentrification

December 3, 2013by sofiapolo Leave a comment

An injunction is essentially a court-ordered set of laws restricting “gang affiliated” persons from engaging in specific activities within a designated “safety zone.” Most commonly, these restrictions include: limiting the […]

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California Immigration, News, Politics

Bachata! The Immigration Story of an Increasingly Popular Dominican Genre

November 20, 2013by sofiapolo Leave a comment

Bachata is one of my friend Maya’s favorite guilty pleasures. She and I turn up the volume when it comes on the radio, we listen to it when we’re getting […]

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Culture, History, Youth

The “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game”

November 19, 2013by sofiapolo 1 Comment

You’ll never guess what’s going down at University of Texas’s West Mall on Wednesday… It’s essentially a game, a game called the “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game.” If you need to […]

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News, Youth

Day Laborers: Ignored, Understudied, and Misunderstood

November 16, 2013by sofiapolo 1 Comment

When most Americans think about day laborers or nonstandard employment, the image that first comes to their mind is a group of undocumented men standing on the side of a […]

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Human Rights, Labor, Politics, Research

Polleros: There’s Big Money Behind Unauthorized Immigration

November 4, 2013by sofiapolo 1 Comment

The U.S. Mexico border is now the most militarized border in the world between two countries at peace. Since 9/11, the U.S. has poured money into securing its southwest border, nearly doubling […]

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Human Rights

Anchor Babies and Tourist Births

October 27, 2013by sofiapolo 2 Comments

Perhaps your family lineage goes all the way back to the Mayflower. Perhaps you are a Native American whose ancestors have lived in the Northwest United States for generations, and […]

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Human Rights, Research, Uncategorized, Youth

The Jungle 2.0: Unauthorized Immigrants in the Meatpacking Industry

July 18, 2013by annebellechoi 2 Comments

If there’s one thing PETA forgot, it’s that animals are not the only ones suffering from the meatpacking industry. Undocumented immigrants are also victims to the dangerous conditions of slaughterhouses […]

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Human Rights, Labor, Research, Uncategorized

Chifa: The Story Behind Authentic Peruvian Chinese Food

July 17, 2013by sofiapolo 9 Comments

There is nothing more delicious than good Peruvian food.  This exquisite cuisine offers a wide variety of beautifully created dishes, ranging from ceviche, to anticuchos, to aji de gallina, to […]

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Culture

The Great American Flub: The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Lottery for H-1B Visas

July 15, 2013by jbarcott 6 Comments

The Untied States exists as a symbol of opportunity in the international community, yet we still create limits on the amount of people allowed into the country each year. More […]

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Politics, Uncategorized

Immigration Reform and its Benefits to the Economy

July 15, 2013by maldonador 9 Comments

Currently, the United States Congress is in a heated debate over the issue of immigration and how to address the 11.6 million undocumented immigrants that call America their home. Recently, eight […]

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