Imbalanced Media and Warped Perceptions
About a month ago, the U.S. Treasury Department earned the right to freeze MS 13’s (Mara Salvatrucha) finances (LA NOW). Police lauded it as a wonderful accomplishment, a step in […]
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Ethics and Issues in Deportation
Last year’s deportation statistics were record-breaking. During 2011, approximately 400,000 undocumented immigrants were deported (Record Number of Illegal Immigrants Deported in 2011). Like all immigrant populations, the people deported formed a […]
The Life and Times of Dia de los Muertos
With October coming to a close, children all over America are excited about Halloween. But, for some Mexican-American families the excitement is less about Halloween and more about the two […]
The Friendship Park: Defining America’s relationship to the border.
“The Friendship Park”/”Parque de Amistad” once represented an impressive move in positive relations between Mexico and the US. Standing on the border between Tijuana and San Diego, from 1971 until […]
The State of Human Rights on the Border
When discussing immigration policy, we usually refer to the dangers that immigrants pose to the American economy, society, and welfare system. Much less frequently mentioned are the dangers that the […]
How Old Is That? Old Enough: Age and New Immigration Policies
With this year’s presidential election looming in the near future, consistently hot-topics have become even hotter. This includes, of course, immigration. Both candidates can talk the talk, but current president […]
Immigration Talk 