Mexican Immigrants

Gustavo De La Rosa, Mexican Human Rights Activist, Detained By U.S.

washingtonpost.com | William Booth | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY -- Gustavo de la Rosa looks over his shoulder, notes suspicious license plates, changes his routine. As one of the most prominent human ri...

VIDEO: Lou Dobbs vs. 'Latino in America'

Arturo Perez | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media


Arturo Perez

I decided to start writing to Dobbs, pointing out his many errors, and the danger his words could cause. I don't know how many emails I wrote, but needless to say, he never wrote me back.

Woodstock Film Fest -- Those Who Remain

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 10.04.2009 | New York


Stewart Nusbaumer

What we do not see, do not hear about, never even think about, are the families of Mexican immigrant men left behind in Mexico.

Weekly Immigration Wire: Kennedy Was Friend to Immigrants

The Media Consortium | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home


The Media Consortium

The Massachusetts Senator was a vigorous proponent of both Healthcare and Immigration Reform, which isn't surprising when you consider how much these two issues overlap.

Deporting American Citizens: ICE's Mexican-izing of Mark Lyttle

Jacqueline Stevens, Ph.D. | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Jacqueline Stevens, Ph.D.

ICE has been deporting over a million people each year. Most are Mexican citizens residing here without legal status. But thousands of those being detained and even deported are US citizens.

Revisioning the "Poor" Mexican

Karin Badt | Posted 09.06.2009 | World


Karin Badt

My conversation during a cool summery taxi ride back to my apartment in Puerto Escondido.

Cutting Welfare for the Children of Immigrants will Devastate California

Emily Henry | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics


Emily Henry

If these children -- who are American citizens -- experience such a dramatic blow to their already-limited resource bank, the consequences for the entire state will be dire.

Touring Harlem, Lost and Found

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 07.10.2009 | Style


Michael Henry Adams

Are you wistful for that old-time Harlem?

US-Mexico Border Arrests Drop To 1970s Levels As Economy Suffers

Los Angeles Times | Richard Marosi | Posted 04.09.2009 | World


Arrests of illegal immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border have fallen to levels unseen since the 1970s as the ailing U.S. economy and enhanced enforceme...

Mexican Migrants Return Home As US Economy Suffers

Foreign Policy | Malcolm Beith | Posted 03.30.2009 | World


Every Saturday for nearly four years, Elena Trujillo has gone to the local department store in Morelia, Michoacán, to pick up money wired home by her...

Mexico Must Be Part of Immigration Solution

Pius Kamau | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


Pius Kamau

As long as, to poor Mexicans, America is the mansion on the hill, nothing, not even walls, will stem the tide of their scuffed shoes.