60 days ago by Elisa

The death by suicide of Joaquin Luna, Jr., has weighed heavily on my mind. He was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who was brought to the United States as an infant. As this New York Times story pointed out, he has become a symbol in calls to re-introduce and pass the DREAM Act, which would gra ...

75 days ago by The World's Most Accurate Economic Forecaster

Before he died, Joaquin Luna put on his best suit, white shirt and black skinny tie, the same outfit he wore every Sunday without fail to the Pan de Vida church in his home town of Mission, Texas. As his brother put it: “He dressed himself to go to God.” Then he shot himself in the shower room, leav ...

86 days ago by Pastor Cranky

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117 days ago by Bruce

So much for President Obama being undocumented immigrant friendly. CNN reports: Nearly 400,000 people were deported from the United States in the past fiscal year, the largest number in the history of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, the government announced Tuesday. The year-end ...

119 days ago by Stephen Kastner

SOMOS/WE ARE is an initiative of the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) that inspires immigrants to take action in reclaiming their humanity and in supporting legislation that truly reflects what immigrants are worth and deserve. Every year more than 11,000 migran ...

136 days ago by Danielle

Only being able to take ONE 50 pound suitcase, Queens, New York native Nadia Habib packed this past Wednesday night ready to face her deportation September 29, 2011. Nadia, a 19 year old Stony Brook University student came to the United States as a baby, and faces deportation to Bangladesh with her ...

149 days ago by ecoadmin

Recently, a Tea Party activist got permission from the California Secretary of State to gather signatures on a ballot initiative that would, if approved by the voters, make life much harder for immigrants, and for many other Latino's and Latinas in California. Supporters of the initiative must gathe ...

160 days ago by Pastor Cranky

September 4, 2011 Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento, CA Hymns: #1030, “Siyahamba” (We Are Marching in the Light of God), #123, “Spirit of Life” (with 2nd verse in Spanish, “Fuete de Amor”), #121 “We’ll Build a Land.” Piano music from Chinese, Korean, Russian composers A Story for All Ages ...

174 days ago by lawmrh

“Laws seeking to regulate human actions should not embrace savage measures.” – Cesare Beccaria “Forensic restraint” When I relocated to Maricopa County, Arizona 3 years ago, one of the first news stories I read concerned 35-year old Alma Chacon, an undocumented pregnant woman shackled to a hospital ...

176 days ago by Dee

He is a Hero! The man who rescued a 6 year old American girl from a vicious kidnapper has come forward and said he is an undocumented immigrant. This HERO saw a precious little girl being snatched away into a van by a vicious kidnapper. Without a moment's hesitation, Antonio Diaz Chacon, 23, thought ...