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Alex Sanchez Freed!

Monday, February 15th, 2010

AN EXCLUSIVE VIDEO from Cuéntame featuring the recently freed Alex Sanchez, of Homies Unidos.

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A Plush Destiny for Yet Another Pawn…

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

CRIMES IN LINE WITH THE DOMINANT PARADIGM are not seen as criminal. Others rouse fury and command milkbox galore. As Noam Chomsky said about terrorism being a simple distinction on which direction the guns were pointed in, so goes the justice system and media in the USA when it comes to people of color and whites.

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Esmeralda’s Horrible and Hopeful Story

Friday, November 13th, 2009

COURAGE COMES IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS. For Esmeralda, a transgender asylum seeker from Mexico, who faced horrific circumstances in immigration detention, it came in the form of seeking justice.

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Antique Rogue Cop Focus of FBI Investigation

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

YOU CAN TELL THE DINOSAURS of our culture. They are the ones who continue to try and act out decrepit cultural values the rest of us banished long ago. Joe Arpaio is one.

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THE CRIME: Sleeping While Chinese

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

IF THE POLICE are out to alienate themselves entirely from the people of the US, they should continue Tasering people in a sadistic manner.

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Torn Apart

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

IF YOU’VE NOT SEEN IT around yet, I suggest you check out the new series by Colorlines called “Torn Apart.” Investigating the effects of deportation on families of color, their reporters travel to Jamaica and connect stories that span two countries and illustrate why keeping a national soul means swiftly enacting reform.

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Potential Americans, Not Criminal Horde

Monday, October 12th, 2009

IT’S ALWAYS NICE, when you’ve been following an issue for a while—the twists and turns of its conception and effect leading a good portion of your news day by the nose—to sniff changes in the wind that you perceive as positive.

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ABDUCTED: Yair Anthony Carillo

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

THERE IS AN AMBER ALERT for Yair Anthony Carillo, one sweet baby boy snatched in Nashville on Tuesday by a woman who entered the Carillo home pretending to be an Immigration authority demanding papers proving citizenship and left after stabbing the mother nine times.

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New Berkeley Law Study Finds Enforcement of Immigration Laws Led to Racial Profiling

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

EVERY DAY IT BECOMES CLEARER that the current form of “Enforcement First” immigration tactics boil down to a War on Latinos with all the measures in place lending themselves enabling, requiring, or encouraging the illegal practice of racial profiling. The data and evidence grows, and here is another addition.

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MCSO Police: “I Am Up Here!!! You Are Down There!!!”

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

JOE ARPAIO’S RENEGADE LAW OUTFIT thinks itself on a mission to rid the state of Latinos. Every day the case grows stronger that law means nothing to these cops and that the community is under siege. Here are a couple videos that demonstrate them violating a friend’s civil rights.

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USA Today, Sir Gomez, and the Tainted Tanton Express Line

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

IT’S A PRO-RAID, PRO-ICE, DIVIDE AND CONQUER STRATEGY (a popular genre, increasingly so lately given all the cultural shifting in the US) used in this article that attempts to slash at some of the strongest points that immigration advocates and human rights activists wield.

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Weekly Immigration Wire: Kennedy Was Friend to Immigrants

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

SENATOR TED KENNEDY’S DEATH yesterday was a blow to the immigrant community. For over 40 years, Kennedy was a fighter for immigrant rights and is remembered for many valuable contributions that moved the nation closer toward humane treatment of new Americans. His loss is made all the more stark by current White House capitulations toward enforcement and abdication of a similar fighting spirit.

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Headline Fiesta! Mucho Calór!

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

TODAY WE PERUSE THE NEWS, from the War on Indians to the Games Nations Play. As usual, your host Nezua is glad to have you here and promises to dally, dither, and ruminate with great unabashed passion and hella brown pride. GO!

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Preying on Immigrants in Need, Chapter 79b

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

GUESTPOST: Newsday highlighted yesterday New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s recent announcement of a crackdown on three NYC-area businesses charged with defrauding clients looking to resolve their immigration status.

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Janet Napolitano Likes to Play Pretend

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

LIKE A FAVORITE CHESS GAME, the White House plays with its constituency, with it’s Latin@ constituency, with its pro-migrant constituency. Their actions show not a preference for humanitarian or People-centric legislation, but one for prison profits.