Injustice

And the hits keep on coming. In response to the news of a bipartisan immigration reform framework, Pennsylvania Rep. Lou Barletta told a local paper the following: It’s amnesty that America can’t afford. We have to stop people from coming in illegally. This will be a green light for anyone who wants to come to […]

Here comes the narrative. Immigration reform. Bipartisan support. The U.S. Latino vote is pissed. Etc, etc, etc. Today MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” the bipartisan push for comprehensive immigration reform was front and center. And it kind of bothered us. First, watch the video that featured Senators John McCain and Chuck Schumer. We have watched the video […]

Any predictions from certain Mexican American columnists that rhyme with Venderrette saying that Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) would have a more open mind to the latest bipartisan immigration reform framework announced today were put to rest when Cruz issued the following statement: I appreciate the good work that senators in both parties have put […]

Now that a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators released a set of principles related to comprehensive immigration reform, pro-reform groups are reacting to the news. Here are just a few of the public reactions and statements we have received today: Greisa Martínez, a DREAMer from Dallas, TX and member of United We Dream’s National Coordinating […]

We received the following statement today from The Hispanic Coalition NY: On The Dawn of President Obama’s Speech on Immigration Reform,  We Must Rally to Denounce Current Policy ALBANY, NY (1/28/13)  The Obama Administration failed to address the broken immigration system upon taking office in 2009. Millions of Latinos voted for him expressly because of his promise […]

Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform (original PDF here) From Senators Chuck Schumer, John McCain, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Robert Menendez, Marco Rubio, Michael Bennet, and Jeff Flake Introduction: We recognize that our immigration system is broken. And while border security has improved significantly over the last two Administrations, we still don’t have a functioning […]

This morning, DREAMer activist leader Erika Andiola made an appearance on Univision’s Al Punto with Jorge Ramos. Andiola, whose family story gained global attention after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials raided her home the night of January 10, discussed several topics in this segment, from the events surrounding the ICE raid to the recent announcement […]

The following video from Uruguay is starting to make the rounds online. Produced by the Casa de la Cultura Afrouruguaya (The Afro-Uruguayan Cultural Institute), the video asks the Real Academia Española (the authoritative organization of the Spanish language) to remove racist expressions in the RAE’s dictionary. The group also created an online petition that as […]

Here is yet another example of a “low priority” immigration case that should have never gotten to this point. United We Dream shared yet another online petition to stop the deportation of Vasant Shetty, a father of two DREAMers. Here is what the petition says: After immigrating to the U.S. in 1998 from India, Vasant […]

The Huffington Post’s Elise Foley reported today that Janet Napolitano, the head of Homeland Security, went on local Phoenix television to defend the January 10 ICE arrest of two DREAMer activist Erika Andiola’s family members. Within hours of the arrest, Andiola’s mother, Maria Arreola, and brother, Heriberto Andiola Arreola, were released after a social media […]

Former Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo (R) is one of the most vocal anti-immigration voices in the United States. His views are as extreme as they come, and you would think that the recent election would have sent him a message that some in the Republican Party need to start getting a clue about why U.S. […]

We received the following release from United We Dream today: 20+ Local Affiliates Hold Rallies, Vigils, Call-In Days and “Banner Drops” to Decry Deportations that Divide Families and Push Obama to Lead on Immigration Washington, D.C. – This week, coinciding with President Obama’s inauguration, hundreds of DREAMers across the country will participate in nearly two […]

During his keynote address the 45th Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Commemoration Service today in Atlanta, the controversial Rev. Sam Rodríguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, specifically addressed immigration reform, saying that the 11 million undocumented in this country are not “illegal” because “anyone made in the image of God cannot be called […]

Just another example of what is happening every day in America. The time to stop the separation of families is now. Here is what the YouTube channel of Puente Arizona has shared about what happened to Edi Arma and his family: On Monday, January 14th, the home of a local Phoenix family was raided by […]

Even as the Department of Homeland Security announced yesterday that deferred action recipients are now considered to have a “lawful presence” in the United States, recent events in Arizona and in other parts of the country have sent a mixed message. The homes of Arizona DREAMers continued to get raided in 2013, from Erika Andiola […]

Remember the Taco Cid racist t-shirt and the restaurant’s #NoMames video explanation that went viral on the Internet? Well, looks like some people are taking action. According to the Palmetto Public Record in South Carolina, a group called Alianza Latina has filed a formal complaint with the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission “claiming that the […]

Just a week after a highly publicized story about the home raid of Arizona DREAMer activist Erika Andiola went viral, another incident involving yet another DREAMer has occurred. According to a petition by DreamActivist.org, Edi Arma has been detained: I write to ask for the immediate release of Edi Arma, (A#089-815-011) currently being imprisoned at […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: As we all await the Supreme Court’s decision on Fisher v. The University of Texas at Austin, we asked UT-Austin student María Ponce to share her perspective about the case. Here is what María submitted to us: The University of Texas at Austin is home to over 50,000 college students from all over […]

On January 15, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania released the following statement regarding Davila v. Northern Regional Police Department, et al. You can also read more about the story at the Pittsburgh Gazette. PITTSBURGH – The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Angelica Davila, a […]

The following story from Oklahoma is the latest example of an immigration system that is broken. According to the following video reports, a family from Moore, Oklahoma was mistakenly raided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office (ICE) agents. Carlos Estrada Barrintos and his family have every right to be upset and visibly shaken. The […]

Is the new voice of civil rights for US Latinos here? Maybe so, if you listen to what the Rev. Sam Rodríguez, the the fortysomething evangelical president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC), has to say. This year Rodríguez, who is of Puerto Rican descent, will be “the first Latino leader to give […]