U.S. Border Patrol agent Jesus Mesa Jr. shot down a 15-year-old Mexican boy named Sergio Adrian Hernandez-Guereca in 2010, alleging that the boy threw a rock at him. Attorney Robert Hilliard, the lawyer for the victim's family, stated that there was no proof that Hernandez-Guereca threw a rock at the agent, and continues to press on with a lawsuit after U.S. prosecutors chose not to charge Mesa in the wrongful death of the teenager. The teenager's death was witnessed by 25 civilian witnesses and law enforcement officials.
The largest Hispanic-owned business in the United States was founded by a working class man who emigrated from Cuba to the United States in 1959. That man, Jorge Mas Canosa, was recruited by an underground utility construction firm in 1969 by the name of Church & Tower, which he would later purchase. Under his guidance, Church & Tower joined forces with a construction company Burnup & Sims in 1994, and together the two companies, now one, assumed the name MasTec.
Despite the long, winding road to immigration reform, there are still plenty of "Dreamers" out there. The question is, will House Republicans get in their way?
Arizona Senator John McCain is pushing the comprehensive immigration reform bill he helped to write, telling Republican-leaning crowds that it will create jobs and boost the economy.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio is warning fellow conservatives that the bipartisan immigration reform bill currently being debated in Congress is far better than the alternative: letting President Obama legalize undocumented immigrants by executive order.
The immigration reform movement just got a very large, and very high tech, supporter. Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire founder of Facebook, has publicly stated his desire to help push immigration reform through his advocacy group FWD.us.
In an attempt to appear more receptive to immigration reform, House Republicans are expressing support for young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. But the rhetoric about their parents remains as harsh as ever.
Conventional political wisdom says House Republicans must oppose comprehensive immigration reform if they want to avoid primary challenges from the right. But do they?
Comprehensive immigration reform faces tough opposition in the conservative House of Representatives, but there are signs that Republicans may be changing their minds.
Secretary of Homeland security Janet Napolitano resigned this week, and House Republicans struggle to reconcile the needs of the national party with the desires of their constituents.
