immigration

America Ferrera Visits POLITICO to Voice her Opinions on Immigration Reform

Like her strong characters, actress America Ferrera is making sure that her voice is heard, but this time it's on a political platform. The Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild-award-winning actress, has become a strong voice in support of comprehensive immigration reform as Voto Latino's artist coalition co-chair. Last week, she stopped by the set of POLITICO in Washington, D.C., to further discuss her stance on the issue.

Border Patrol Agents Practice Systematic Discrimination

Border Patrol officers' routine abuse of undocumented immigrants has been called criminal. The result of their ongoing victimization has led to the deaths, hospitalization, and injury of a number of migrants who lined the border, attempting to cross in order to gain access to a better life. Migrants are subject to physical abuse, verbal harassment and mistreatment; which is very deliberate and usually occurs when migrants are apprehended by border patrol officers.

'Nuestro Texas:' Latinas Fight for Their Reproductive Health Despite a 'Straight-up Legislative Assault'

Jessica González-Rojas, the executive director at the National Institute of Latina Institute of Reproductive Health, highlighted "Nuestro Texas, a human rights campaign calling for reproductive health access for all women, without distinction as to geographic location, ethnicity, race, economic class, or citizen status."

The Couple App is Helping to Keep Multi-national Couples United in the States

The digital age has brought on a number of things: the ability to converse globally with a few clicks and strokes, to direct technology with our voices, to navigate cars that can self-correct, and to utilize phone applications that can do just about anything -including helping couples secure green cards?

Jorge Cruz: An Artist Unafraid

Transgender artist Jorge Cruz captures with his camera...yet, there still seems to be something greater occurring. There's the vibrant subject(s); the engaged photographer; but, also, the enlivened photos, which wake and writhe whenever they gain an audience -becoming a personality independent of the artist and the subject. Cruz's prints, like his music, his writing, his creative directioning, his... ongoing list of artistic occupation, is created in the avant-garde realm of ambiguity, analysis, experimentation and counter-culture.

Immigration Reform 2013 News: Michelle Obama Voices Support For Activists on Twitter, Says 'We're With You'

First Lady Michelle Obama voiced her support for immigration reform on Twitter this week after President Barack Obama addressed the issue during a west coast trip.

Exploring Dora: The Positive and Negative of the 8-Year-Old Latina with a Backpack

Eight-year-old pan-Latina goes on excursions; with an educational objective, she explores mountains, forests, jungles and oceans with the assistance of friendly animated but inanimate objects and animals: Backpack, Map, Boots the Monkey and many others, who help to guide her along her purposeful path.

Immigration News 2013: Pres. Obama Responds to Heckler, Says He Doesn't Have Power to Stop Deportations

President Barack Obama was making a speech in San Francisco on Monday when a young person -- who was part of a crowd that the White House assembled for the event -- interrupted the Commander in Chief and called for faster progress on immigration

Immigration News 2013: Pres. Obama Pushes Immigration, Maintains Support Among Latino Population

Republican John Boehner recently boasted that immigration would be placed on the backburner until 2014, but this didn't stop President Barack Obama from speaking on the issue during a trip to the west coast

Guillermo Gomez-Pena: Chicano 'Cyberpunk' Rebel with a Creative & Ambitious Cause

Ethno-politics, immigration, technology and language happen against the canvas, in an opus, or in any medium, when you are an artist. And, if you are Guillermo Gomez-Pena, you could address societal concerns regarding Latinos through performance art, audio, video, installations, poetry, journalism and cultural theory. A writer, a MacAuthor fellow, and an editor, Gomez-Pena brings style, energy and heritage to everything that he completes.

Veterans Day: Latino Groups Urge Congress to Honor Latinos in the Military with Immigration Reform

As Americans, we live in a country that is a melting pot of diversity, yet there is one common denominator that we all share regardless of race or status of citizenship - the value of our freedom.

Binational LGBTQ Families and Their Inclusion in Immigration Reform

LGBT organizations who seek immigration equality (Immigration Equality, The DOMA Project and Advocacy at the Latin American Coalition) and those who are part of a binational LGBTQ household continue to strive for change even after the decade-long battle for inclusion and access to green cards for their spouses appear to be over.

Immigration Reform News 2013 Update: President Obama, Sen. John McCain Meet To Discuss Immigration

President Barack Obama and Arizona Senator John McCain will meet at the White House on Thursday to discuss the next step in immigration reform

Mexicans and Salvadorans Have the Most Optimistic Image of the U.S., Study Says

Who are the greatest Latino optimists in the United States? According to a recent Pew Report, Mexicans and Salvadorans share a positive image of the U.S.

Mark Zuckerberg's DREAMer Hackathon to Give Tech Savvy Immigrants a Platform to Shine

When you combine innovative tech gurus like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Dropbox's Drew Houston, Microsoft's Bill Gates and LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman with creative thinkers who are passionate and directly affected by immigration reform in the U.S., you have a powerful formula geared towards change.

New Hispanic Cable Network, Fusion, Lands President Obama Interview

The new cable network, Fusion, that targets the young Hispanic demographic, launched today, and President Obama is set to make a special guest appearance this evening, helping to introduce the network to audiences.

Aloe Blacc 'Wake Me Up' Video Touches the Heart of the Immigration Debate in the U.S.

While Democrats and Republicans battle it out on Capitol Hill and try to come up with a comprehensive solution on immigration reform, singer Aloe Blacc is using his voice and his powerful video to get his message across on the controversial issue - and it is sure to tug at your heartstrings.

Immigration Reform News 2013: President Obama Moves Forward On Immigration Push After Government Shutdown

With the government shutdown now a thing of the past, President Barack Obama is following through with his commitment to address immigration reform

California Law Allows Undocumented Immigrants Who Pass the State Bar Exam to Practice Law

California Gov. Jerry Brown has been on a roll lately -- he's implemented a "revenge porn" law to protect online victims from their exes, he's tackling the war on drugs with his more lenient stance on nonviolent drug offenders and he's allowed undocumented immigrants who have law licenses to practice law in California -- further expanding immigrants' rights.

Immigrant Friendly Cities Boost Economic Vitality: Will Others Cities Follow Suit and Embrace Immigrant Integration?

While immigration reform has sparked a national and international outcry for a resolution, cities in the Midwest are coming up with innovative ways to make the best of a difficult situation while strengthening local economies that have been in dire need of a boost.

U.K. Immigration Rules 2013: Britain Tightens Borders, Limits Immigratio, Cuts Healthcare, Landlords Must Check Citizenship

While the United States is looking to loosen up immigration laws to create an easier path to citizenship, the United Kingdom seems to be heading in the opposite direction