7 hours ago by D. Graglia

By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor It seems immigration-related reality shows are all the rage this season. Only a couple of weeks after the launch of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s show, the ABC network this week launched “Homeland Security USA”. The show — a border protection version of “Cops” — debu ...

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1 day ago by D. Graglia

By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor Catholic leaders in the U.S. have been raising their voices in support of reform of the nation’s immigration laws, as Feet In 2 Worlds has reported in recent weeks. Now, a Vatican news service has issued a report that praises American Catholic bishops for their oppo ...

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6 days ago by Suman Raghunathan

By Suman Ragunathan, FI2W columnist As the dust begins to settle after the historic November elections, the incoming Obama administration has lost no time in assembling transition teams on a host of pressing issues, including immigration. The new administration faces difficult questions about the re ...

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7 days ago by Eduardo A. de Oliveira

By Eduardo A. de Oliveira, EthnicNewz and FI2W reporter For millions of immigrant workers 2008 began with a sour taste in all the mouths they have to feed. Six months into 2007, Congress had drowned their highest hopes by killing the Immigration Reform bill. For many families there was no choice but ...

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9 days ago by Josh"Ing"Silverstein

Immigrants have gotten a bad rap here in America since the first Spaniard came to conquer the land that was cared for by natives for thousands of years. Once the Europeans had established themselves as the preeminent power on the continent however, they hated each and every new immigrant group that ...

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12 days ago by D. Graglia

By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor A little over two months ago, we reported on Mexican officials and news media announcing they expected a massive return of migrants from the United States. In the face of economic uncertainty and lack of jobs, they predicted the migrants would come home to Mexico to ...

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13 days ago by Marie-Theresa Hernández

link to image Today is Christmas. This is Houston, so the weather is weird. Its too warm for sweats, too cool for shorts (at least for me). I was outside, talking to my neighbors. Turns out their Dad is not home this Christmas. He went to see his parents. He had been here for more than a decade with ...

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16 days ago by D. Graglia

By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has become famous for his made-for-TV antics, like forcing inmates to use pink underwear, and his immigration enforcement fervor, which has drawn heavy criticism from civil rights advocates. Now, he’s getting his own FOX reality show and p ...

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20 days ago by CAUSA Communications Department

American Public Media did a story yesterday on Marketplace about a small businessman who runs a car repair shop in Minneapolis who doing rather well these days, as customers try to extend the lives of their beaters. The businessman has a big obstacle to success -- he's an undocumented immigrant from ...

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26 days ago by D. Graglia

By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor For the second time in less than a month, an Ecuadorean immigrant was savagely attacked in New York by men shouting anti-Hispanic slurs. Once again, as with the death a month ago of Marcelo Lucero, the pain was felt among Hispanics in the United States and in farawa ...

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