Latino News and Opinion

...Ethnic media call for immigration reform in 2013....

...SAN DIEGO -- The 2012 presidential election will likely be about jobs and the economy -- and not about immigration.         ...

...Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit joined the growing list of courts to reject the government’s attempt to bar noncitizens from seeking reopening or reconsideration of their cases from outside the United States. The American Immigration Council's Legal Action Center and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, which filed a joint amicus brief in the case and argued before the court, applaud the court’s ruling. “The court’s decision is yet another step in protecting the important safeguards that Congress put in place to help ensure that noncitizens are not unlawfully separated from their families,” said Beth Werlin of the Legal Action Center. ...

... Washington, D.C.—The American Immigration Council strongly condemns last week’s ruling from the Board of Immigration Appeals holding that immigrants arrested without a warrant are not entitled to certain Miranda-like warnings prior to questioning by immigration officers.  In a precedent decision, the Board held that noncitizens need not be informed of their right to counsel or warned that their statements can be used against them until after they have been placed in formal deportation proceedings. ...

...Murdoch’s vultures come in all fashions, and they all feed on human carrion....

...CHICAGO -- In retelling last week's revelation that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas is an illegal immigrant, civil rights metaphors have been trotted out to describe the plight of a talented young man who got caught up in an immigration mess but, through his shocking confession, has become to some people a new American hero....

...CHICAGO -- Tensions flared during testimony leading up to the final state Senate vote on Texas' sanctuary cities bill -- and not just over whether the new measures would have a chilling effect on commerce or open the door to racial profiling of Latinos. One incident in particular struck at the very heart of fears about immigrant assimilation and the preservation of an "American culture" that shares the English language....

...     Chicago -- Last month, President Obama went to El Paso, Texas, to address the issue of immigration reform and reminded his audience that moving the debate forward "ultimately has to be driven by you, the American people."...

...Chicago -- Viewed in a certain context, the disruptions that 4-year-old Emily Ruiz suffered when she was unwittingly caught up in an immigration debacle were tame compared to the treatment of many other families with mixed immigration status....

...Chicago-- Last week, a 10-year-old boy in Riverside, Calif., who was charged with his father's murder said he did it to stop the daily abuse that he, his brothers, sisters and stepmother were living with....

...On the morning of September 10, 2001, Congress was in the throes of debating when and how section 245i of the Immigration and Nationality Act would be extended. If you recall, that section allows for the ability of individuals who were in the U.S. illegally but who had been sponsored by an employer or qualifying family member to adjust their status in the U.S., without leaving the country to attend a Consular interview where they would ultimately be found ineligible for a “green card” because they were subject to a 10 year bar/penalty due to their illegal presence. Only one day later, on the morning of September 11, 2001, after the first of the twin towers was attacked, all hope for a renewal of section 245i was destroyed....

...Within the U.S. the month of April brings two equally important dates, depending on an individual’s immigration status. If you are a U.S. citizen or Lawful Resident of the U.S. most probably your one and only date of significance (absent personal days such as birthdays, anniversaries, of course) is April 15Within the U.S. the month of April brings two equally important dates, depending on an individual’s immigration status. If you are a U.S. citizen or Lawful Resident of the U.S. most probably your one and only date of significance (absent personal days such as birthdays, anniversaries, of course) is April 15Within the U.S. the month of April brings two equally important dates, depending on an individual’s immigration status. If you are a U.S. citizen or Lawful Resident of the U.S. most probably your one and only date of significance (absent personal days such as birthdays, anniversaries, of course) is April 15....

...EVERY year thousands of immigrants being held on Rikers Island are transferred to federal custody and deported. Only about half of them have a criminal record, many of them are here legally, most of them have their due process rights violated and all of them are subjected to substandard conditions before being returned to their countries of origin....

... Arizona, the nation’s leader in over-the-top immigration laws, has pulled back. Its Republican-controlled Senate rejected five anti-immigration bills in one day last week. It was a startling rebuke to the Senate president, the architect of the state’s go-it-alone approach to enforcement. Other states weighing similar crackdowns should take note. ...

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...During the first decade of the 21st Century, this is the first time since 1910 that Puerto Rico's population has declined, while the stateside boricua population has continued to increase, reflecting an outmigration from Puerto Rico perhaps as great as that of the 1940s....

...President Obama has provided a new spin to the immigration issue. In his Jan. 25 State of the Union address, he put it in the context of education....

...Is citizenship losing its meaning? In a world of relentless migration, dual nationalities and cultural inclusiveness, is the emotional attachment to the nation and to fellow Americans slowly withering?                                   Lea en Español:   ¿Ciudadanos todos, ó no en absoluto?  ...

... There is nothing sacred about American birthright citizenship. But there also is no pressing fundamental reason to change more than a century of constitutional law....