Where tax payers’ money is really going–Detaining the undocumented
Did you know that Los Angeles County alone pays $26 millions dollars a year to detain undocumented immigrants? My question is where does the state get all this money […]
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 […]
Florida: Issuing out-of-state tuition for children of undocumented immigrants.
Wendy Ruiz is American-born and has grown up in Florida her entire life. She graduated high school in 2010 and shortly afterward applied to Florida International University. However, a […]
Julián Castro Democratic National Convention Speech
At the 2012 The Democratic National Convention the Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, Julián Castro, delivered a keynote address to the democratic delegates documenting his own family’s migration journey from Mexico […]
Local courts cutting back on interpreters to save money–or to make it?
A few months ago taxpayers in the United Kingdom learned that the government and a private firm were trying to save money by providing sub-standard translation services for immigrants going […]
The 2012 Democratic National Convention, Immigration, and the American Dream
The very first undocumented immigrant to address the nation, Benita Veliz, spoke at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), imploring America to support Obama’s immigration reform. Veliz, an advocate of The Dream […]
Journeys
Stories of immigration are both humbling and humanizing. They reveal so much about strength, courage, sacrifice, and the persistence of the individual spirit. Such stories also make us think about all […]
Baltimore and Chicago mayors welcome, and encourage immigrants into their city
While states like Alabama and Arizona are fighting tooth and nail to keep immigrants out, Mayors Rahm Emanuel of Chicago and Baltimore’s Stephanie Rawlings-Blake are welcoming more immigrants into their cities. Both […]
Relief From Deportation–Is It Enough?
On August 3rd the Department of Homeland Security provided detailed criteria for its “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” initiative. According to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), 1.76 million unauthorized immigrants […]
Permanently Marked for Exclusion
According to The Wall Street Journal, some immigrants are denied permanent residency (i.e. green cards) because of their tattoos, which State Department officials associate with street gangs. While the exclusion […]
Immigration Talk 