Jennifer Lee Koh, Esq., New America Media. December 4, 2008. Government officials have convinced tens of thousands of immigrants to sign away their rights without consulting with an attorney.
Roberto Lovato, New America Media. December 3, 2008. Recent talk about immigration issues coming from Washington inspires some hope, some fear and reveals the need for clarity on the issue.
Heidi Beirich, Hate Watch. November 29, 2008. Dobbs got nervous after a news conference on link between the rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric and hate crimes against Latinos.
David Bacon, The Nation. November 26, 2008. A new administration that has raised such high expectations should look for new ideas, not recycle the bad ones of the last few years.
Steve Cobble, Joe Velasquez, The Nation. November 20, 2008. Latinos backed Obama by a 2-to-1 margin on election day and could be the biggest force behind a longterm, center-left political realignment.
Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. November 18, 2008. A President Obama might not be able to take on immigration reform as a top-level priority during an economic downturn.
Rupa Dev, New America Media. November 15, 2008. The results of elections 2008 are good news for immigration reform, but there's still a potentially rocky road ahead.
Peter Costantini, IPS News. November 12, 2008. Many Latinos are angry at Republicans for pushing for the criminalization and mass deportation of undocumented immigrants.
Staff, National Immigration Forum AlterNet: PEEK. November 11, 2008. The promise from Obama's transition team to strip away agency practices inconsistent with his vision of change comes not a moment too soon.
Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. October 30, 2008. Pastor Roberto Velez became a leader of an emerging Hispanic community in Mississippi after ICE arrested 595 workers at a local transformer plant.
