The Immigration Paradox: America in a Social Trap
Seven years ago, Emmy® Award winning filmmaker Lourdes Lee Vasquez sought to uncover the root-cause of mass, unauthorized migration in the United States, which led her to produce “one of […]
Tag Archives: immigration reform
Why Care At All?
Why we should be sympathetic to (undocumented) immigrants who are already in the US? I may be preaching to the choir, but I think it will be helpful to present […]
The Immigration Paradox: Let’s Have a Conversation
Five months since its release, the feature documentary film The Immigration Paradox has posed many important questions worth considering about the contentious topic of immigration. Director and producer Lourdes Lee […]
Using Research to Improve Immigrant Integration
The United States embodies a history of anti-immigrant sentiment, underlining the challenge we face in integrating immigrants into our society. By stereotyping newcomers and placing pressure on immigrants to assimilate […]
How do other countries deal with immigration?
Growing up with foreign-born parents, I grew accustomed to watching news from international networks, like the British Broadcasting Center (BBC) and Al Jazeera. To this day I continue to get […]
Bush Speaks in Favor of Immigrants
It is no secret that the vast majority of Hispanics voted in favor of President Obama this past November, and many believe that the support of this numerically influential demographic […]
Push for the DREAM Act?
Helen Jugovic, one of the 23 board-certified immigration lawyers in North Carolina, addressed immigration reform on Monday November 26th. With the purpose of shedding a light on the needs of […]
Will Illinois be the third state to give undocumented immigrants driver licenses?
With Obama’s reelection earlier this month, many states have started to pass initiatives and propose resolutions to help undocumented immigrants residing in the United States. It has been the Latino […]
Legalization of Undocumented Immigrants as a Solution to Poverty
Photo Credit: Anuska Sampedro After over 70% of Latinos voted to reelect Barack Obama into office on November 6th, 2012, the President made immigration policy a top priority on his […]
Undocumented to Receive In-state Tuition Rates in Massachusetts
Good news for the undocumented, bad news for citizens? On the heels of an extremely dramatic election in which immigration was (arguably) perhaps not fully addressed, in favor of issues […]
Immigration Talk 