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WATCH: Stephen Colbert Takes on the Term 'Anchor Baby'

WATCH: Stephen Colbert Takes on the Term 'Anchor Baby'

By Adriana Rivera | 12/15/2011 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

In Stephen Colbert’s “Tip of the Hat/Wag of the Finger” segment on his hit political satire commentary show The Colbert Report, he brought up the term “anchor baby” and read the definition as written in the American Heritage Dictionary which he says is, “accurately defined as ‘a child born to a non-citizen mother in a country that...

Occupy Wall Street Wants To Recruit Immigrants
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Occupy Wall Street Seeks To Recruit Immigrants

By Fox News Latino | 12/14/2011 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

Occupy Wall Street’s latest effort to attract immigrants is a march for immigrant workers planned this weekend in New York City.

The rally, organized for Sunday, aims to raise awareness on immigrant issues and to draw immigrants to a social movement that has largely focused on corporate greed. It takes place on International Migrants Day...

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"Anchor Baby": When a Dictionary Definition Makes a Political Statement

By Viviana Hurtado | 12/13/2011 - 14:00 | 0 Comments

Millions of words roll off our tongues every day. We often times don’t think about the power of words, specifically the legitimacy we give a political position or social statement with the terms we choose to use. That is, until a scandal breaks.

Exhibit A: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language added “anchor baby,” along with 10,000...

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Arizona's Immigration Law Case
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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Arizona SB 1070 Case

By Amaris Castillo | 12/13/2011 - 11:45 | 0 Comments

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear the arguments surrounding Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB 1070. According to The New York Times,...

Manu Chao Blasts Treatment

Manu Chao Blasts Treatment of Jailed Migrants in New "Clandestino" Video

By Amaris Castillo | 12/09/2011 - 12:45 | 0 Comments

Global superstar Manu Chao went to Arizona recently to denounce the treatment of undocumented immigrants at a county jail. And how did he express this, exactly? Through music, of course!

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Would Passage of the DREAM Act Have Saved Joaquin Luna?

Could Passage of the DREAM Act Have Saved Joaquin Luna?

By Viviana Hurtado | 12/07/2011 - 09:30 | 0 Comments

Despite being a good student with dreams of becoming an engineer, 18-year-old Joaquin Luna committed suicide the Friday after Thanksgiving.  Why?  His family insists that the Mission, Texas teen (who was brought illegally to the U.S. by his parents as a six month old baby) became depressed after the Development, Relief, and Education for...

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Election 2012: The Latino Vote

By Viviana Hurtado | 11/29/2011 - 17:30 | 0 Comments

We’re less than a year out from the 2012 Presidential Election, and Latinos are poised to determine who occupies the White House! Our growing segment of the electorate may register and vote in droves (we hope)—or, unhappy with President Barack Obama’s record on job creation and immigration reform, many may choose to sit the election out.

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Election 2012: The GOP’s Stance on Immigration
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Election 2012: The GOP Candidate’s Stance on Immigration

By Viviana Hurtado | 11/14/2011 - 10:15 | 0 Comments

Newt Gingrich is up in the polls. Rick Perry is down. As the Republican field narrows before President Barack Obama’s challenger is chosen, we thought it was only fair to take to look at where these hopefuls stand on the key political issue of immigration, since we broke down the President's stance last week....

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