Over the weekend, I received an email from Jay Johnson-Castro about a family that was separated at the border by our immigration rules had a happy ending as they finally reunited in South Florida last Friday (video). Abel Gómez showed up one day last month at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing in Texas certain that immigration [...]
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Zoila Meyer who came here when she was 1 just found out she is only a “legal resident” but not a citizen. When her parents brought her with them from Cuba they always told her she was a U.S. citizen. Some would say she has been living the American dream; marrying her high school sweetheart, [...]
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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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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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Those within wingnuttia have completely failed to grasp the power WE hold. The immigration debate has awakened the sleeping giant and WE are forcefully speaking out against the racist nativism that has divided this nation. This debate has also brought out the monster in some.
This type of nativism has slowly infected the US like a [...]
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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.
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