Undocumented Immigrants

There's An App For That: Phone Points Illegal Border Crossers To Water

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 12.30.2009 | Los Angeles


SAN DIEGO — A group of California artists wants Mexicans and Central Americans to have more than just a few cans of tuna and a jug of water for ...

Immigration Reform's Curtain Call: A Hollywood Happy Ending

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 12.29.2009 | Denver


Wayne Trujillo

The illegal immigration debate appears to be taking a sabbatical here in Colorado and much of the nation. The people at the debate's crux remain frozen in a legal purgatory.

Depression and Suicide Rise for Hispanic Teenagers in Queens

Ruchika Tulshyan | Posted 12.17.2009 | New York


Ruchika Tulshyan

There are a growing number of severely depressed Hispanic adolescents in Queens who hide suicide attempts. In some traditional pockets, to talk about mental illness is considered shameful.

Pennsylvania Burning: Feds Levy Charges In Immigrant Killing and Police Cover-Up

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics


Brian Levin, J.D.

The United States Department of Justice announced a sweeping set of indictments levied by a federal grand jury connected to a racially motivated killing and alleged police corruption in Shenandoah, PA.

University Of Denver Study: Undocumented Immigrants Should Become Citizens If Certain Conditions Are Met

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 12.09.2009 | Denver


DENVER — Millions of undocumented people in the U.S. should be given a path to legal status after the country finds a way to stop illegal immigr...

Undocumented Immigrants Scared to Seek Free Health Care

Benedict Moran | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York


Benedict Moran

New York health officials say that a large number of undocumented immigrants fear going to city health centers and instead rely on an illegal network of doctors and traditional faith healers.

Queens Frets Over Census Participation

Benedict Moran | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York


Benedict Moran

Activists are afraid that low participation will further cut services in the borough. Queens is especially tricky due to its high number of undocumented workers scared of deportation.

A Life In Limbo: Unidentified, Uninsured Immigrant Lingers In Hospital That Can't Keep Him

Medill News Service | Sean Cooley | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago


By the time Juan Ramirez was discovered on Aug. 27, 2008, the damage had already been done. Ramirez, 42, an immigrant living without a known address o...

New York Abandons Role as Sanctuary for Immigrants

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York


Seth Freed Wessler

Immigrations agents at Rikers regularly deceive people they suspect of not being citizens and rope them into the deportation system by violating their legal and human rights.

National Association of Evangelicals Provides Moral Model on Immigration Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

Church leaders who have been personally and privately supportive of immigrants and their struggles have now publicly declared that it is morally wrong to keep families apart.

Sheriff Arpaio: "I Could Get Elected On Pink Underwear"

Isabel Macdonald | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics


Isabel Macdonald

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a defiant, racial-profiling desperado with renewed authority to abuse his inmates. The scary part? The voting public approves.

Latinos Must Think Before Boycotting the Census

Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


Hector E. Sanchez

Boycotting the census is not the right way to put pressure on the administration. Calling for a census boycott would only be a severe setback, hardly a way to advance the Latino agenda.

Death Toll Increases to Over 5,000 and Counting

Mary Ann West | Posted 12.02.2009 | World


Mary Ann West

The deaths of unauthorized migrants have been a predictable and inhumane outcome of border security policies on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last fifteen years.

Woodstock Film Fest -- Those Who Remain

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 12.02.2009 | 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.

Aching for Immigration Reform

Venkat Srinivasan | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York


Venkat Srinivasan

While the economy dominates all issues, African immigrants continue to hope that immigration reform does not fade into oblivion either.

Obama's Anti-Stimulus

Leighton Woodhouse | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


Leighton Woodhouse

The forced downsizing of American Apparel is more than a tragedy. It is a canary in the coalmine for how the most vulnerable populations in this country will fare under the Obama administration.

Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

The Real Health Care and Immigration Questions

Ali Noorani | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics


Ali Noorani

Claims that undocumented immigrants would benefit or even participate in a reformed health insurance system are false. Medicare and Medicaid already do a good job of excluding ineligible immigrants.

Immigration Battle Heats Up During Health Care Debate

washingtonpost.com | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 11.15.2009 | World


As Congress's debate over health-care legislation lumbers toward a defining test for the Obama presidency, partisans on both sides of another issue --...

Post-9/11 Immigration Debate Needs Shift in Focus

Rinku Sen | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Rinku Sen

We must reclaim the debate and change our language. We need to challenge the criminalization of undocumented workers by labeling them "illegal." We need to stand up for full inclusion of immigrants.

Some Thoughts for Labor Day

Angela Heimburger | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics


Angela Heimburger

The workers who clean houses, cook meals, and provide care for children and the elderly are often on call around the clock, paid a pittance for their services and protected far too little by labor laws.

DC or Bust: Lou Dobbs and His Hate Groupies

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media


Karl Frisch

If Dobbs won't end his association with FAIR, which the Southern Policy Law Center has designated as a hate group, CNN should do the right thing and end its association with Dobbs.

The Harrowing Journey North with Rebecca Cammisa's Which Way Home

Matthew-Lee Erlbach | Posted 09.24.2009 | World


Matthew-Lee Erlbach

"Many people think that migrants just easily appear at the U.S. border," said Camissa. "But the tough journey begins at the Mexico-Guatemala border."

The Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Limbaugh. Beck. O'Reilly. Hannity. Dobbs.

William Fisher | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media


William Fisher

Rush Limbaugh. Glenn Beck. Bill O'Reilly. Sean Hannity. Lou Dobbs: our five horsemen found their Holy Grail: A new cottage industry called immigration.

Weekly Immigration Wire: Healthcare and the Undocumented

The Media Consortium | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics


The Media Consortium

Right-Wing pundits are polluting constructive dialogue about health care reform, many times citing immigration as mark against it.