Yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered the Obama administration’s plan to deal with drug-related violence in Mexico by sending 500 more federal (agents to the U.S.-Mexico border and also address the issue of U.S.-purchased guns being smuggled south by violent drug cartels. The announcement included a comprehensive outline of how $700 million approved by […]
Arrests at the Border Drop Significantly
March 10, 2009 By
The busiest illegal immigration corridors on the U.S. – Mexico border are becoming increasingly quiet. As the U.S. economy suffers and enforcement increases, the number of illegal immigrants arrested on the border has fallen dramatically. San Luis Rio Colorado, a border town in the Mexican state of Sonora, was once bustling with migrants but now […]
Continued Mismanagement Illustrates Lack of Progress on Immigration Reform
March 6, 2009 By
A March 3, New York Times editorial asks the poignant question of the Obama Administration: who’s in charge when it comes to immigration policy? On the campaign trail President Obama continually promised to take a different, albeit smarter, approach to immigration enforcement than the one chosen by the Bush administration. The Bush era can generally […]
Number of Venezuelan Exiles Expected to Rise in Miami
February 18, 2009 By
Venezuelan American organizations in Miami expect increased immigration to the city following Sunday’s election in which President Hugo Chávez won the right to seek reelection indefinitely, prevailing in a referendum that eliminated term limits for the presidency and other elected offices. Venezuelans voted 54 percent to 46 percent in favor of a Chávez-backed referendum lifting […]
NALEO Educational Fund Concerned about Immigration Stances of New York's Senator Gillibrand
January 28, 2009 By
The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund issued the following statement in response to today’s succession of Kirsten Gillibrand to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by former Senator Hilary Clinton: “Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s record and public statements as a U.S. Representative raise troubling concerns about her lack of commitment to […]
Immigrant Women Face Poor Conditions in Jail
January 26, 2009 By
In a new report released by the Arizona-based Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW); Arizona reportedly has 300 immigrant women who are incarcerated. Problems that negatively impact the welfare of female immigrants are discussed in Unseen Prisoners: A Report on Women in Immigration Detention Facilities in Arizona, including serious issues that affect many Latinas […]
Rhetoric Fuels Anti-Immigrant Violence
November 13, 2008 By
Last Saturday, Marcello Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant living in Long Island was attacked and killed by a group of high school students who, according to police, wanted “to beat up some Mexicans”. Lucero had lived in the US as long as some of his alleged attackers have been alive. The attack and killing of Marcello […]
‘Burbs may be Obama base; Latino-rich communities, not so much
June 23, 2008 By
Obama’s Challenge with Hispanics continues to be a hot topic of discussion… They are a group he will probably want to focus on in the coming months.Obama may have his hardest sell, however, with Hispanic voters like those who make up much of Immigration Nation. The Illinois senator won only 37 percent of voters in […]
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