AltWeeklies Wire
Do You Know Enough to be a U.S. Citizen?new
How relevant is the U.S. citizenship test to everyday life, and how would you fare?
San Luis Obispo New Times |
Staff |
09-13-2011 |
Immigration
Tags: Citizenship Test, U.S. Citizenship
Undocumented Latinos 'Come Out'new
Erick Velazquillo, 22, is Charlotte's defacto face of the DREAM Act. He and others live in fear and embarrassment, wondering if today will be the day they'll be picked up and deported to a homeland they never really knew.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Rhiannon Fionn |
09-07-2011 |
Immigration
Bloody Aftermathnew
Following the brutal Arivaca killings, anti-immigrant groups struggle to change the topic
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-01-2011 |
Immigration
Slim Pickingsnew
A shortage of Mexican labor threatens Arizona farming.
Phoenix New Times |
Monica Alonzo |
08-26-2011 |
Immigration
Lamar Smith’s Push to HALT the DREAM Actnew
Two bills snaking their way through Congress, both with equally catchy names, show just how polarized the debate over immigration has become.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
08-19-2011 |
Immigration
Cashing in on a Crackdownnew
Georgia’s thriving private prison industry will get a boost from new immigration law.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
07-28-2011 |
Immigration
Tags: Prisons
Tornnew
A refugee’s difficult choice separates her from husband and son.
LEO Weekly |
Anne Marshall |
07-28-2011 |
Immigration
How Will Georgia's New Immigration Law Impact Restaurants?new
"Everyone's scared. We don't want to leave our families here. Everyone's talking about it. We don't know what the law means, we just feel scared. Everyone in the kitchens here, they're all Mexican. What's going to happen if we all have to leave? I don't know."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Besha Rodell |
07-12-2011 |
Immigration
My Illegal-Immigration Storynew
'The great lion has awakened, and you have a choice to make'
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rolando Zenteno |
07-07-2011 |
Immigration
Closed Door Policy: Conservative Policies Close Canada's Bordersnew
While Conservatives have spent the last five years in power publicly trying to build up their "ethnic vote," the party has also been responsible for closing Canada's doors to immigrants and refugees.
VUE Weekly |
Samantha Power |
04-25-2011 |
Immigration
Ruben Vives, Former Illegal Immigrant, Wins Pulitzer Prizenew
What a wonderful "chinga tu madre" at the Know Nothings of the world who insist illegals can't make anything of themselves in this country! What a beautiful "arriba" to those of us who know undocumented youngsters can and do make something of themselves in this country--if only they have a chance!
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
04-20-2011 |
Immigration
After the DREAMnew
Students fighting for a path to citizenship still looking for reliable allies.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-04-2011 |
Immigration
Tags: Rick Perry, DREAM Act
Groups urge U.S. Department of Homeland Security to end new prison contract with GEOnew
Over a dozen Texas civil and immigrant rights groups this week sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano protesting the new privately-run immigration detention center slated for construction in Karnes County, Texas.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-28-2011 |
Immigration
City Limitsnew
Steve Kozachik vs. Frank Antenori; Russell Pearce vs. undocumented workers; state vs. feds
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
02-28-2011 |
Immigration
Prisons for Profitnew
Deaths, lawsuits don’t stop expansion of GEO immigration prisons
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-18-2011 |
Immigration
