Day Laborers: Ignored, Understudied, and Misunderstood
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 […]
Category Archives: Human Rights
Polleros: There’s Big Money Behind Unauthorized Immigration
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 […]
Anchor Babies and Tourist Births
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 […]
The Jungle 2.0: Unauthorized Immigrants in the Meatpacking Industry
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 […]
Eugenics and Immigration: Are you fit for the United States?
Most people are aware of the exclusion acts that prevented or limited people of certain ethnicities and races from coming into the United States. Sometimes these exclusionary acts were blatant […]
Mr. Universe, Multimillionaire, Governor and Illegal Immigrant
Schwarzenegger, Warren Buffet and Chris Matthews in 2008 California attracts more immigrants than any other state in the United States. We deny them drivers’ licenses, health care, and other […]
How Coalition Organizations can help the Immigration Movement
(Pictured from left to right: Sandra, Blanca Gamez, Senator Dean Heller and Astrid Silver) While Americans wait for the House to vote on SB 744, the […]
Are Emojis Racist?
Emojis are Japanese icons adapted in several forms of cyber communication and have become popular in the United States since Apple incorporated them in iPhone keyboards. Emojis tend to represent […]
Arizona’s Solution to Immigration in America: Is it Effective or Prejudice?
As of 2012, 16.9 percent of the U.S. population of Latinos experience racial profiling and oppression in society. The hostility towards Latinos derives from the notion that undocumented immigrants take away […]
NO TAXES
At a time when changing demographics affect the wages, schools, and environment of people in the United States, we should know the statistics of immigration. Although we have more resources […]
Immigration Talk 