AltWeeklies Wire
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
Vaya Con Momnew
After their mother was deported to Mexico, the Brito children embarked on a two-year journey trying to navigate life in the United States on their own.
OC Weekly |
Marisa Gerber |
10-25-2011 |
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
Make a Run for the Altarnew
What's a little marriage fraud between amigos? It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
07-11-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
The Crucifixion of Juareznew
On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death.
OC Weekly |
Susana Hayward |
04-30-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: El Paso, Ciudad Juarez
Whatever Happened to the Santa Ana Four?new
Orange County seethes with immigration raids, demonized Mexicans and appeals for amnesty. 2007? No, 1951.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
07-17-2007 |
Immigration
Anti-Immigrant Fight Clubnew
How I learned self-defense from the California Coalition for Immigration Reform and lived to write about it.
OC Weekly |
Luke Y. Thompson |
04-10-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal immigrant, Minutemen
Hangin' With the Hatersnew
Orange County Latinos faced off against the Orange County Anti-Immigrant All-Stars, the people who can't give you a straight answer about hamburgers but have the ear of Congress.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
05-05-2006 |
Immigration
The Return of Nativonew
The longtime Latino activist Nativo Lopez rises from the political graveyard to lead immigrants again -- but will he harm more than heal?
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
04-21-2006 |
Immigration
Gilchristification of Orange Countynew
Monday's student walkout shows the past ain't dead -- it isn't even passed.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
03-31-2006 |
Immigration
Un-Made in Mexiconew
Sex, drugs and the American flag: The true tale of an Orange County family.
OC Weekly |
Boyd Taylor |
02-03-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Razin' La Razanew
Whether posing as protesters or cutting off speeches, Orange County police are clamping down on immigrant-rights activists.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
01-20-2006 |
Immigration
