La Prensa San Diego

Por Rafael Prieto Zartha Se acabó mayo y quienes están interesados en el tema migratorio esperan con ansia cuál será el veredicto de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, en junio, acerca de la ley SB 1070 de Arizona, que permite los arrestos por sospechas de no tener papeles y criminaliza a los indocumentados. ¿Decidirá la [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz Two years after the death of San Diego resident Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, his family and supporters continue demanding justice and answers from the Obama administration. Hernandez Rojas died in May 2010, a few days after being beaten and tased by Border Patrol agents near the San Ysidro pedestrian exit. The case [...]

By Andrew Lam New America Media Recently, in front a packed crowd at Duke University, former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice regretted the failure of passing the comprehensive immigration reform act and the shift in Americans’ attitude toward immigrants. Accepting and welcoming immigrants “has been at the core of our strength,” she said. “I don’t [...]

By Elena Shore New America Media Fourteen-year-old Jocelyn wants to be the first person in her family to graduate. But now she may have to do it without the one person who most wanted to be there: her mom. When Alabama enacted the nation’s toughest immigration law, HB 56, her mother was faced with an [...]

By Mark R. Day When director Michael Weitz showed up recently at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, he couldn’t have picked a better audience for his new film, “A Better Life”. In attendance were more than 200 members of the National Day Labor Organizing Network (NDLON) gathered for a weeklong national assembly. The [...]

Border Wall, Mexicali, Baja California Norte February 2 through April 30 “Beyond Borders” — photographs by David Bacon  On February 2, the Center for Cultural Investigation of the Autonomous University of Baja California mounted an exhibition of 18 large photographs, taken by photographer David Bacon, on the border wall, next to the garita, or gate, [...]

Story and Photographs by David Bacon OAXACA, MEXICO — The Oaxacan Institute for Attention to Migrants, and its director Rufino Dominguez, called for a new era of respect for the rights of migrants, in commorating the International Day of the Migrant in the Palacio del Gobierno, Oaxaca’s state capitol building. Representing the newly-elected state government, [...]

By Valeria Fernandez New America Media     The contents of Maria Teresa Fuentes’ immigration file take up an entire table. Legal appeals, government letters carrying bad news, attorney advertisements clipped from newspapers, technical explanations of cryptic immigration laws, a Spanish prayer printed on blue paper… Collectively, they tell the story of a fight that’s been [...]

Frontera NorteSur     In a Ciudad Juarez ceremony, a mid-level Mexican official asked forgiveness for the Mexican state’s negligence in the murders of three young women a decade ago.     “Because of its non-compliance in investigating and guaranteeing the rights of victims, and for violating access to justice and protection, the state recognizes its responsibility,” [...]

By Vivian Marlene Dunbar     On Nov. 19, 2011, the Border Angels will hold their 25 anniversary celebration at the San Diego Centro Cultural de la Raza. The event marks a quarter of a century of defending and protecting immigrant rights on the US border and throughout America.     The Border Angels was founded by [...]

Commentary: By Cong. José Serrano    In response to a new report out [last week] on families separated by deportation, I have to express my profound disgust with a system that has left more than 5000 citizen children in foster care because their parents were deported. These policies are un-American and deeply troubling.    The [...]

Commentary: By Hector Balderas    An electrified fence. On the border. Designed to kill people. Along with “real guns with real bullets.”    This is the immigration “plan” recently proposed by Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain.    And he’s one of his party’s frontrunners.    There’s no question that immigration is a serious issue that [...]

Commentary: By Rodolfo F. Acuña    The question that is most often posited during human rights struggles is, “Are We Going to Win?” Early on I would answer with certainty, “yes.” However, today I am cautioned by the words of Alice McGrath, one of the main organizers of the “Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee.”    Alice [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz     A non-profit Catholic organization announced this week in San Diego that it will start a pilot program in three Mexican states that will aim to contribute to peace building in Mexico.     Lynnette Asselin, Mexico’s representative for Catholic Relief Services (CRS), said that the Catholic organization is working closely with [...]

By Mariana Martínez     A year has passed since that night on May 28th 2010, when about twenty federal agents beat and tasered an undocumented immigrant, Anastasio Hernández, as he was being deported to Tijuana.     The beating and tasing left him brain dead; he was declared dead at a San Diego Hospital a few [...]

Frontera NorteSur     When young women and girls began vanishing in Ciudad Juarez about two decades ago, Esmeralda Castillo was not even born. But in 2009, the 14-year-old middle school student joined the ranks of the disappeared.     “She was a normal girl, just like the rest,” Jose Luis Castillo, Esmeralda’s father, said in an [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz     A short documentary that portrays the family life of an immigrant beaten to death by Border Patrol agents at the San Ysidro border crossing last year will be presented on Friday by a community group.     The documentary is about how the death of Anastasio Hernandez has affected his family [...]