Stories by Elena Shore
Elena Shore is an editor, Latino media monitor and translator for New America Media.
Posted on Feb 8, 2012, Source: New America Media
Civil rights groups are turning to a new potential ally in the fight against Alabama’s harsh immigration law: the state’s top automakers.
Posted on Dec 16, 2011, Source: New America Media
Once their deportation cases are closed, undocumented immigrants will continue to live here without legal status.
Posted on Dec 16, 2011, Source: New America Media
More than 5,000 letters from young people across the country were delivered to Congress last week, with one simple message: To keep their families together.
Posted on Sep 26, 2011, Source: New America Media
The AP Stylebook prefers "illegal immigrant," but the National Association of Hispanic Journalists advocates the term "undocumented immigrant."
Posted on Oct 7, 2010, Source: New America Media
The stats don't represent the "change" advocates were hoping for.
Posted on Sep 30, 2010, Source: New America Media
Where Latino voters stand on Whitman isn't exactly clear.
Posted on Aug 17, 2010, Source: New America Media
Much of the fear of border violence comes from people who live away from the border. Those who live near it actually feel safer, an observation corroborated by a recent study.
Posted on Sep 17, 2008, Source: New America Media
The arrests call into question how protected undocumented immigrants in this "sanctuary city" really are.
Posted on Feb 2, 2005, Source: Pacific News Service
An immigration law signed in 1996 can get legal immigrants deported for such minor crimes as peeing in public.
Posted on Jul 22, 2004, Source: Pacific News Service
If the Republican leadership thinks they can gain Latino votes by praising immigrants publicly, even as they work privately to pull the plug on any immigration reforms, they are underestimating the savviness of Latino voters.
Posted on Jun 8, 2004, Source: Pacific News Service
Ethnic communities are "coming out" in full force, forming their own religious coalitions and organizing protests to oppose same-sex marriage.