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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Joe Arpaio: The Illegal-Immigration Enforcement Movement’s Poster Child
Over the past decade, Maricopa County Sheriff, Joe Arpaio has played a central role in the movement towards enforcing laws regarding illegal immigration. He has spent 20 years in office […]
Alabama HB 56: Is This Not What You Expected?
The Hammon-Beason Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act, also known as HB 56, has led to the implementation of new anti-illegal immigrant practices that make life practically impossible for undocumented […]
Arizona Republicans Make a Strategic Change on Immigration Policies
Last Wednesday United States District Court Judge Susan Bolton ruled in favor of a law requiring officials to check the papers of anyone suspected of being illegal. However, in an […]
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 […]
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