Immigrant Rights are Human Rights Too!
Through an independent study at Occidental College, I’ve focused on the discourse of immigration. Although this presentation focuses on the United States, I have taken what I learned from my […]
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Occidental College Alternative Spring Break Program: Voices of LA
This year Occidental College’s Alternative Spring Break program sought out to focus on the issues surrounding immigration and citizenship in the city of Los Angeles. The objectives of the program […]
Coincidence or Not?
It’s interesting to that recently we have experienced a reminiscence of the Bracero programs that was implemented throughout the 1940s through the 1960s. This program called for temporary Mexican labor […]
US Economic Policies Regarding Mexico: Notice a Pattern?
The North American Free Trade Agreement began on January 1, 1994 between the United States, Mexico and Canada. This enacted lower custom barriers that promoted a free market among the […]
Why is the Preservation of Cultures Important?
Two days ago a professor from Occidental College, Thaddeus Russell of the American Studies Department, asked the students participating in the Alternative Spring Break a pressing question, “Why […]
Born with an American Heart
What does it mean to be American? To be American means to have a common bond, a mutual respect for our nation, to value freedom and liberty, to have a […]
Building a Pathway to College
It’s common knowledge now, most everyone stresses the importance of obtaining higher education. However, when the mandatory K-12 system is broken or fragmented among low-income public schools to begin with, […]
A Look at Second-Generation Immigrants
In the current immigration reform discourse, it’s easy to focus on first generation immigrants. Yet, it’s essential to also take into account of the fact that many of those immigrants […]
Immigrants or Guinea Pigs?
Yale University has taken the notion of immigrants to a different level. A $1.8 million program will be headed by Dr.Charles Morgan III, the associate professor of psychiatry at the […]
Immigrant Integration
Looking into a typical school cafeteria, after a few moments of observation, one can begin to see the differentiation that occurs naturally in this environment. That’s not to say that […]
