AltWeeklies Wire
We went to Mexico to get ahead. We smuggled cheese to get back.new
An American couple moves to Tijuana to avoid the high cost of living in the U.S. They become food smugglers for Mexicans living in the U.S.
San Diego Reader |
Steven Strasser |
12-20-2012 |
Immigration
Dream Onnew
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer tells young immigrants to take a hike—literally.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
11-15-2012 |
Immigration
Tags: DREAM Act
Straight Outta Syrianew
Orange County, Calif. is home to growing numbers of refugees from Syria's civil war.
OC Weekly |
Yasmin Nouh |
10-22-2012 |
Immigration
Obama’s Deferred Action Plan Attracts Latinos’ Attentionnew
Undocumented residents across the country are flocking to legal offices to discuss and apply for Deferred Action status, a recently approved administrative program that temporarily protects young immigrants from deportation.
C-Ville Weekly |
Laura Ingles |
09-18-2012 |
Immigration
The New Immigration Fightnew
Maria Mazy, 19, is a naturalized US citizen who fears a Mississippi crackdown on immigration would destroy the peace and tranquility that she loves about America.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-31-2012 |
Immigration
Questions Remain As Davidson County's Controversial Deportation Program Endsnew
After nearly five years of controversies, bad headlines and a sustained cry of protest from Nashville's immigrant community, Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall held a press conference Tuesday morning announcing that his office will no longer participate in the unpopular Immigration and Customs Enforcement program known as 287(g).
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
08-27-2012 |
Immigration
Tags: 287(g), immigration
New Orleans' Immigration Battlesnew
Why immigration court in New Orleans is stretched to the breaking point.
Gambit |
Charles Maldonado |
07-31-2012 |
Immigration
Deporting the Tamale Ladynew
Will the United States send Juana Reyes back to Mexico—for selling $1 snacks outside of a south Sacramento Walmart?
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
07-27-2012 |
Immigration
The power of wordsnew
People are not "illegals," and we will not be defining them that way.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mark Kemp |
07-09-2012 |
Immigration
Undocumented immigrants circumspect about Obama directive on deportationsnew
"We want more than anyone to actually have this to be true and for us not to be played again, so we're not calling this a victory yet."
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
06-27-2012 |
Immigration
Power Playnew
DREAMers score a win with Obama's immigration initiative, but the war is far from over.
Phoenix New Times |
Stephen Lemons |
06-26-2012 |
Immigration
Arizona immigration ruling affects Indiananew
A U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down key parts of an Arizona immigration law means that similar Indiana provisions are unconstitutional.
NUVO |
Lesley Weidenbener |
06-25-2012 |
Immigration
New policy lets DREAM Act students work, avoid deportationnew
Undocumented students across the country breathed a collective a sigh of relief Friday as the Obama administration announced an executive order to immigration officials to stop detaining and deporting DREAM Act-eligible immigrants while offering renewable two-year permits to legally work in the U.S.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-21-2012 |
Immigration
New Christian coalitionnew
Evangelicals come together in the name of immigration reform, regardless of other political leanings.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
06-21-2012 |
Immigration
As Border Apprehensions Fall, a Serious 'Minor' Problem Emergesnew
Soon after the number of undocumented immigrants nabbed at the border plummeted in 2011 — 340,000 caught compared to highs upwards of 1 million annually — we got news from the Pew Hispanic Center that migration from Mexico to the U.S. has essentially stopped, and maybe even reversed.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
05-02-2012 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration, Border Apprehensions
