Residents in San Diego’s Barrio Logan Continue Fight Against Gentrification

In recent years, the seaside neighborhood of Barrio Logan has gained newfound popularity amongst younger, more affluent outsiders drawn to the neighborhood for its rich history and vibrant culture. But the recent shift has come at a cost, as long-time businesses and residents have been forced out.

  • Feb 15, 2023
  • 3:07 PM

San Diego State Student Council Votes to Keep Aztec Warrior Mascot

The measure lost by just two votes.

  • Apr 20, 2017
  • 2:22 PM

The Resolution to Remove San Diego State’s Aztec Warrior Mascot Is Being Put to a Vote

The “Aztec Warrior” mascot us based on a racialized stereotype of Native Americans.

  • Apr 18, 2017
  • 9:06 AM

Immigration Protests to Take Place in Chicago During NASCAR Events

In response to the recent passage of an anti-immigrant bill in Florida, immigrant rights activists have planned a number of protests in Chicago for this weekend, to coincide with two NASCAR street races being held in the city.

  • Jun 29, 2023
  • 3:34 PM

8-Year-Old Girl Dies in Border Patrol Custody in Texas, as Agency Struggles With Overcrowding

A little girl from Panama born with heart problems died in Border Patrol custody Wednesday, the second death of a child from Latin America in U.S. government custody in two weeks.

  • May 19, 2023
  • 10:42 AM

Number of Migrants Fell 50% at US Southern Border After Immigration Changes

The number of migrants encountered at the southern border fell 50 percent during the last three days compared with the days leading up to the end of a key pandemic-era regulation, U.S. officials said Monday.

  • May 16, 2023
  • 10:36 AM

Biden’s Last-Minute Policy Changes Complicate Crisis at Border (OPINION)

While the Biden administration says its focus is to counter misinformation, the policy changes announced just hours prior to the end of Title 42 are likely to sow further confusion at the southern border.

  • May 12, 2023
  • 12:36 PM

Canelo Álvarez Returning Home to Guadalajara to Fight Ryder

Fighting in his native Guadalajara for the first time in 12 years has presented some different challenges for Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, like finding out just how many tickets he needs to accommodate family and friends.

  • May 2, 2023
  • 10:48 AM

Mexico Has ‘Unprecedented Appetite for Baseball’ After WBC

The San Diego Padres will play against the San Francisco Giants next weekend at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú in the country’s capital, where fans are eager to watch more baseball after Mexico’s deep run at the World Baseball Classic in March.

  • Apr 28, 2023
  • 10:48 AM

Mexico Migrant Camp Tents Torched Across Border From Texas

About two dozen makeshift tents were set ablaze and destroyed at a migrant camp across the border from Texas this week, witnesses said Friday, a sign of the extreme risk that comes with being stuck in Mexico as the Biden administration increasingly relies on that country to host people fleeing poverty and violence.

  • Apr 24, 2023
  • 10:34 AM

White Supremacists, Fentanyl and Meth (OPINION)

While immigrants continue to be linked to the fentanyl crisis, the truth is much harder to confront for white America.

  • Apr 4, 2023
  • 5:25 PM

38 Dead in Mexico Fire After Guards Didn’t Let Migrants Out

After 38 migrants dead and 28 were seriously injured in a fire at a detention center in Ciudad Juárez late Monday, much of Mexico is wondering why authorities didn’t attempt to release the men before smoke filled the room and killed so many?

  • Mar 29, 2023
  • 10:46 AM

Police Shooting Death of Activist in Atlanta Reignites Push for Land Defense

Manuel “Tortuguita” Páez Terán was shot and killed by a Georgia State Patrol officer on January 18 during a multi-agency sweep to remove land defenders from the Weelaunee Forest in southeast Atlanta—one more in a long legacy of murdered land defenders around the world.

  • Feb 2, 2023
  • 2:44 PM

11 Dead After 72-Year-Old Man Shoots Up Dance Hall in LA

The search for a motive behind the shooting at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance hall that has left 11 dead led police to a mobile home community as they probed the past of the 72-year-old suspect Monday and his relationship to the club.

  • Jan 23, 2023
  • 3:42 PM

US Law Based on Anti-Latino Racism Fuels Immigration Fight

As thousands of children were taken from their parents at the southern border during a Trump administration crackdown on illegal crossings, a federal public defender in San Diego set out to find new strategies to go after the longstanding deportation law fueling the family separations.

  • Jan 10, 2023
  • 2:12 PM

Biden Toughens Border, Offers Legal Path for 30,000 a Month

President Joe Biden said Thursday the U.S. would immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans who cross the border from Mexico illegally. Instead, the U.S. will accept 30,000 people per month from those countries and Venezuela for two years as long as they come legally, have eligible sponsors, and pass background checks.

  • Jan 5, 2023
  • 2:42 PM

Death by Policy: Crisis In The Arizona Desert (A Latino USA Podcast)

In this year-long investigation from Futuro Investigates, we dig into how the U.S. government’s decades-long “prevention through deterrence” policy has knowingly created a deadly funnel, pushing migrants crossing the border into the deadliest terrain in the country.

  • Dec 2, 2022
  • 11:21 AM

Colombia Asks for Legal Status for Its People Already in US

Colombia wants the Biden administration to grant temporary legal status to its citizens now living in the United States, noting its own efforts to address regional migration by hosting two million Venezuelans who fled their homes.

  • Nov 30, 2022
  • 10:47 AM

US, Cubans Will Meet Again in Havana: State Department

U.S. and Cuban officials plan to meet in Havana on Tuesday to discuss migration policy, the latest in a series of sessions between two governments with a historically icy relationship and amid one of the biggest migratory flights from the island in decades.

  • Nov 15, 2022
  • 10:29 AM

Nury’s Comments Represent the Worst of Us (OPINION)

Nury Martínez and everyone else on that tape should have known better than to denigrate Black people and the Indigenous people of Oaxaca. And as leaders, they needed to be better, especially in L.A., where unity among Blacks and Mexicans is not a default condition.

  • Oct 14, 2022
  • 2:14 PM

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