Put forth by XicanoPwr
Aug
17
As Congress has tried and failed to pass immigration reform, both Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Bush Administration plan to continue their strong-arm tactics against undocumented immigrants. Soon after the Senate’s failed second attempt to pass Bush’s immigration bill, ICE agents have carried out well-organized publicized raids in factories, meatpacking plants, janitorial services [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Jun
22
When it comes to immigration reform, one of the biggest fear many have is that Congress might pass some type of domestic policy that is intended to hurt not only the best interest of the nation, but the interest of an immigrant – legal and undocumented – who are trying to navigate through this country. [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Jun
12
Three members of the Texas National Guard were arraigned in federal court for subverting the very laws there were suppose to enforce (h/t to stormkite for bringing this to my attention). On Monday, Sgt. Julio Cesar Pacheco and Pfc. Jose Rodrigo Torres, both of Laredo, and Sgt. Clarence Hodge Jr. of Fort Worth, appeared before [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Sep
28
It was bound to happen; the chickens will come home to roost. Recently three National Guardsmen shoot up a family carne asada (barbeque) while on a “beer-fueled” joy ride near Eagle Pass, TX.
The last time the US stationed troops along the Rio Grande, a Marine shot and killed a Texas teenager tending to his goats [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
May
14
When the US is not hunting down immigrants, one thing America loves to pride itself is that it can describe itself as melting pot. One of the reasons, it has always attracted people who are in search of the “American Dream” from all over the world. Just talk to any immigrant, they will simply tell [...]
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
