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Georgia Lawmakers Pass Arizona-Style Immigration Law

Georgia Lawmakers Pass Arizona-Style Immigration Law

By Irasema Romero | 04/15/2011 - 15:37 | 0 Comments

In the final day of the legislative session, Georgia lawmakers passed a bill that if signed by Republican Governor Nathan Deal may become one of the toughest anti-immigration measures imposed by a state.  

Similar to last year’s Arizona law, the HB87 would allow enforcement officials to verify immigration status of certain investigation suspects. CNN.com also...

I Was Undocumented on Sesame Street
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I Was Undocumented on Sesame Street

By Fox News Latino | 03/15/2011 - 11:21 | 3 Comments

Carlo Alban is an actor and playwright. His autobiographical one-man show, Intringulis, is playing at New Orleans’s Southern Rep theater through March 23.

 

In 1993, when I was 14, I became a regular on ...

New New Report on Immigrant Workers Reveals Rampant Workplace Abuse
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New Report on Immigrant Workers Reveals Rampant Workplace Abuse

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 01/04/2011 - 16:35 | 4 Comments

That grilled chicken salad that you ate for lunch? There’s a good chance that everything in it, from the tomatoes to the lettuce to the bird itself was picked or processed by a Latina. Some 640,000 women (mostly Latinas) perform farm work and another estimated 63,000 work in poultry farms and processing centers.

In both cases, women endure backbreaking work in return...

Salma Hayek: "I was an illegal immigrant in the United States"
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Salma Hayek: "I was an illegal immigrant in the United States"

By Mariela Rosario | 12/08/2010 - 10:16 | 8 Comments

In a revelatory new interview in V magazine Spain, Salma Hayek admits for the first time that she came to the country illegally.

“I was an illegal immigrant in the United States,” Hayek said during the interview. “It was for a small period of time, but I still did it."

She also touched on the racism she had to confront when she was...

White House Shares 10 Reasons to Pass the DREAM Act
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White House Shares 10 Reasons to Pass the DREAM Act

By Mariela Rosario | 12/06/2010 - 12:47 | 3 Comments

Independent immigration-rights groups, Democratic congressional leadership, the President of the United States and even some conservative leaders all support the DREAM Act. So why is it's passage causing so much controversy? Mainly because it's being used as political fodder by Republican legislators and anti-immigrant groups who are claiming the bill...

Accusations of Voter Fraud Among Undocumented Immigrants

Republicans Make Accusations of Voter Fraud Among Undocumented Immigrants

By Mariela Rosario | 11/02/2010 - 14:30 | 2 Comments

Even though Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett already confirmed that there was no proof of widespread or systematic voter fraud, many local pro-enforcement groups like Americans for Legal Immigration PAC and Ban Amnesty Now are insisting that the threat exists.

“Democrats are trying to limit their losses on Election Day by cheating and...

Mexico's Illegal Immigration Problem
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Mexico's Illegal Immigration Problem

By Mariela Rosario | 10/05/2010 - 16:00 | 5 Comments

Most Americans would probably find it hard to believe that Mexico has a problem with illegal immigration. At best, they may think that it stems from Central and South American's overstaying their welcome in the country en route to the United States. But the majority of illegal immigrants in Mexico are actually from the United States.

According to Mexico’s federal...

New Study Shows Number of Babies Born to Undocumented Immigrants
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New Study Shows Number of Babies Born to Undocumented Immigrants (and Tells Why Latinos Should Care)

By Alice Taranto | 08/13/2010 - 17:00 | 2 Comments

The Pew Hispanic Center just released a new analytic report about Census Bureau data regarding immigration. The report includes stats on "unauthorized immigrants" and the significant population of children born to them.

In 2008, about 340,000 of...

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