Injustice

This came in from the YouTube channel of NDLONvideos:  The US Commission on Civil Rights held a briefing in Alabama on the impact of state-based immigration laws. They invited the author of SB1070 and the sponsor of Alabama's hate law. Kris Kobach can't testify about the impact of immigration laws. Undocumented people can. Riders from "No […]

In 2007, when Joe Biden was trying to win the Democratic nomination for President, he was asked about immigration and the question of Mexico. This is what he said. In short, Mexico has its problems and its "dirt poor villages." And it is because of Mexico's problems that Mexicans want to "jump over a wall […]

Tomorrow August 15, the United States government will initiate a deferred action process providing temporary relief from possible deportation to young people "who were brought into this country through not fault of their own." The June 15 executive action announced by President Obama, which was praised immigration advocates but also seen a sly and cynical […]

On August 12, the Caravan for Peace was launched on the Tijuana-San Diego border and it has now begun a cross-country journey across 25 cities, from Los Angeles to Washington DC. Organized by Global Exchange and Mexico’s Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD), the caravan is bringing the realities and tragedies of the Mexican […]

A few weeks ago the Los Angeles Times reported a story that explored Mitt Romney's efforts to fund Bain Capital and how some of the company's initial investors were from families who had tied to El Salvador's Dirty War and its death squads. The news opened a wound with many Salvadoran Americans who were displaced […]

We thought long and hard about what Ruben Navarrette Jr. had to say on CNN.com today (for a very lively discussion about what our community is saying, visit here). Our first thought was to have our jefe write an open letter, since he is one crazy Puerto Rican who is known to root for the […]

The last few days, the #YoSoy132 movement and others in Mexico protested the studios of Televisa, one of the country's largest media companies. The protest has caught the attention of the mainstream media, including the New York Times, which posted a new story about an hour ago tonight. Here is an excerpt from that story: […]

it is one of the most horrific murders of the social media age. Three Chicago teens decided to play a game called ""Pick 'Em Out and Knock 'Em Out" at 5 am on Tuesday morning. Soon, their game turned deadly and their target—62-year-old Delfino Mora—would die as he was collecting discarded cans. The murder would be […]

Capitalism 101. Someone wants a product. Someone else produces that product. Person who wants the product that was produced purchases the product. Person who made the product gets the money from the person who bought the product. Rinse and repeat. That is basically how it goes. Whether it is legal or against the law. Such […]

Violence broke out in an indigenous community last week in Guatemala after a peaceful protest against the unjust policies of the mayor of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Estuardo Castro. The brutal attack against the K’iché hearkened back to Guatemala’s brutal history of repressing indigenous populations. On Wednesday night, July 4th, the indigenous K’iché Community Council […]

This week, the Tucson Unified School District, which gained national attention when TUSD school board member Michael Hicks appeared on "The Daily Show" to discuss why the board had decided to suspend the district's Mexican American Studies (MAS) program, held another public board meeting this past Monday. The official accounts from local news outlets chronicled pretty basic […]

Today, the Twitter account of the National Council of La Raza tweeted the following announcement: The tweet was intended to promote NCLR's annual conference this weekend in Las Vegas. Other companies, like UPS, Walmart (that is another story), Bank of America, and Southwest Air, were also mentioned in separate tweets. However, the Wells Fargo announcement has […]

Today NYC-based rockers OUTERNATIONAL released a new video for We Are All Illegals, the eponymous single off the album released just before the New Year, Todos Somos Ilegales: We Are All Illegals. This bilingual cinema-in-sound concept album focuses on the border, the USA, and the system that criminalizes those who create the wealth it rests upon. The album features collaborators Tom Morello, […]

From the YouTube channel of GRBEntertainment: At a time of increasing debate about immigration from Mexico, filmmaker Christian Rodriguez looks at the roots of the issue, its current state, and where it is headed. It explores the reality of being an immigrant in a new land when the act of being an immigrant itself is […]

Here is what LatinoJustice PRLDEF had to say about today's Supreme Court decision on Arizona v. United States:   The Court found that the provisions that made it a crime for non-citizens who are unlawfully present in the United States to work in Arizona; criminalized working in Arizona without federal work authorization; and authorized local […]

The slippery slope (and the spin) now begins. Here is what Arizona Governor Jan Brewer released this morning after the Supreme Court struck down most of her state's controversial SB1070 law. She is hinging her hopes on the "check your papers" provisions, which was deemed as constitutional even though it will be closely monitored by […]

This just in from the Supreme Court regarding Arizona's SB 1070 laws and AZ Central provides a very good summary of today's opinion: The Supreme Court has ruled that one key part of the Arizona immigration law known as Senate Bill 1070 is constitutional, paving the way for it to go into effect. The court ruled […]

Technically, the following headline on Gallup's page, "Hispanic Voters Put Other Issues Before Immigration," is factually correct. However, once you really look at the data, the headline is also misleading. And that is the problem with the mainstream media and polls. It continues to try and prove that the US Latino vote does not care […]

This is pretty simple, and we are probably guessing that those Christians who tell us to go to Mexico probably think that Pastor Gary Kinnaman is a commie.   Nonetheless, listen to what he has to say here. Next time someone asks you, "What part of illegal don't you understand?," just play this clip.

Here is what Rep. Luis Gutierrez had to say about Mitt Romney's speech at NALEO this week. Yes, he is "El Gallito Rebelde." At NALEO, Mitt Romney's speech perfectly summarized what he has to offer Latinos: nothing. No amount of evasive rhetoric and vague pleasantries will hide the basic fact that Mitt Romney won't stand […]

Here is a film that every American should see. Called "TWO AMERICANS," this documentary contrasts the lives of two Americans, one is Sheriff Joe Arpaio and another is nine-year-old Katherine Figueroa, who wages a campaign against Arpaio as she fights against the deportation of her parents. To learn more about this film, visit the official […]