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Comentario: By Maribel Hastings America’s Voice El nuevo “talking point” de los republicanos hispanos al hablar de inmigración es decir que el presidente Barack Obama no cumplió su promesa de impulsar una reforma de inmigración durante el primer año de su gestión cuando los demócratas controlaban ambas cámaras del Congreso. Y lo sazonan agregando que [...]

Perspective: By Raul Rodriguez New America Media  BERKELEY— As President Obama delivered his third State of the Union Address, the 11 sentences he dedicated to addressing my current immigration status did little to instill in me any more optimism than did similar statements from the last State of the Union… or the one before that. [...]

By Leslie Layton chicoSol Editor’s Note: Victor Escobar said today he has received notification from ICE that his case will be reviewed at some apparently undetermined point; the Dec. 7 deadline for leaving the country has been lifted. Escobar said he can remain in the country until the review is completed. The best possible outcome, [...]

By Elena Shore New America Media When Assemblymember Tim Donnelly (R-Hesperia) sent volunteers to shopping centers on Black Friday seeking signatures to overturn the California Dream Act, he didn’t know the move would earn him the wrath of what is arguably the most powerful constituency in the state: mothers. Donnelly offered his supporters the chance [...]

The Dream Act is good for everyone in California, not just Latinos Commentary: By Raul Ramos y Sanchez    A just-released USC poll shows a disturbing difference between Latinos and Non-Hispanic Whites in California…    79% of Latinos favor the recently enacted California Dream Act. Meanwhile, only 30% of Non-Hispanic Whites favor the law which [...]

Commentary:    A day after Thanksgiving Day, Joaquin Luna Lerna Jr., an honor roll, 18-year old Senior at Juarez-Lincoln High School in Mission, Texas, wrote a few notes to his family, put on a suit and tie, and bid his family members goodbye right before he shot himself on the head. His untimely and tragic [...]

Commentary: By David Cho    For three years as a UCLA undergraduate student, I was the drum major conducting the 250-member UCLA marching band with great fanfare in front of 75,000 people at the Rose Bowl. I became the first Korean American drum major in UCLA history. Majoring in international economics and Korean, I maintained [...]

Editorial: In July California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law part one of the DREAM Act, which eased the requirements, for students who entered the United States illegally prior to the age of 16 with their parents, to apply for and receive private fund financial aid for higher education.    This was the first step [...]

By Nadia Tamez-Robledo Scripps Howard Foundation Wire WASHINGTON –  After a decade of failure in Congress, the DREAM Act refuses to die.     The bill that would give people brought to the U.S. illegally as children a chance to become legal residents fell five votes short of becoming law in December, marking its fifth consecutive [...]

Editorial: On Monday Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 130, which will allow un-documented students who qualify for reduced in-state tuition to apply for $88 million in private scholarship funds administered by the University of California, Cal State University and the California Community Colleges. This is the first of two bills to fulfill the [...]

By Anthony Advincula New America Media     Editor’s Note: Shortly after the publication of his tell-all essay in the New York Times revealing his undocumented status since age 12, Filipino-American journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize winner, sat down at his New York apartment for one-on-one interviews with television anchor Odette Keeley and editor [...]

Comentario: Por Humberto Caspa, Ph.D.    Todos tenemos un gurú que nos guía por la senda del éxito. La historia del filipino José Antonio Vargas es un claro ejemplo de que una persona no alcanza sus metas en forma individual, sino que hay personas a nuestro alrededor quienes nos ayudan a buscar nuestra felicidad.    [...]

México del Norte Por Jorge Mújica Murias     A estas alturas de la vida ya nada puede sorprendernos. La Migra “corrigió” y “ajustó” sus políticas de deportación la semana pasada, para dejarlas más o menos igual. Se trata de un “ajuste” a su programa de Comunidades Seguras, hecho después de que Illinois, Massachussets y California [...]

By Marisa Treviño LatinaLista June 22, 2011 – Today, another young person with undocumented status revealed himself to the nation. His name is Jose Antonio Vargas and unlike the other young people we have come to know as “DREAMers,” Jose is already living his dream — in a sufferable kind of way.     Jose revealed [...]

Commentary: By Alvaro Huerta    Americans love winners, and if President Obama scores more victories like the ones he has enjoyed over the last two months, he will easily win re-election.    For the first two years of his term, Obama, to the chagrin of his supporters, mostly remained silent while his opponents maliciously maligned [...]

By Randi Weingarten and Margaret Moran    We should be able to agree that providing a high-quality education for all our children, regardless of their background, is a critical investment in our future. And when we tell our youngest that the sky is the limit, we must keep our word by working to eliminate any [...]

 Perspective: By Roberto Lovato     Local media is abuzz with news of President Obama’s visit to San Francisco. Unfortunately for immigration policy and for noble cause of immigrant rights, the media coverage reflects the editorial filters built up by the multi-million dollar media apparatus set up by Obama’s immigrant rights allies in DC, who are [...]