Frontera Entries
11 de Julio, 2008
Latinos [and Allies] Want Specifics, Not Soundbytes
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Latin America , Política Estados Unidos , Race for '08 | Tags: ICE, Immigration, John McCain, latinalista.net, LatinoPolitico, migra, Obama, The Sanctuary, Zuky.net
MMMM! DO YOU SMELL WHAT NEZUA'S COOKIN'? It's the flava of the voting week, and that flava is currently simmering and spiceh!!! It may fade in a few, but for now, that flavor is Obama and McCain's Concern for Latin@ Issues. It also means that the "Left Blogosphere" or... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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18 de Abril, 2008
Sueños Rotos [Broken Dreams]
Categorized under Frontera , Música , Raza , Violencia | Tags: borders, migra, misogyny, Que Viva Las Mujeres, YouTube
THE BORDER is a tearstained sieve that traps pain and violence and visits it upon the weakest and poorest in our economy and society. It is a valve that shunts cash one way, and blood the other. Until it is torn down and a more modern, humane, holistic, and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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2 de Abril, 2008
They Break Laws to Make Laws
Categorized under Frontera , Parenting | Tags: Arizona, borders, bush, Califas, Chertoff, DHS, Environment, New Mexico, putos, Texas
OH, but we're not really surprised, are we? WASHINGTON — The Bush administration will use its authority to bypass more than 30 laws and regulations in an effort to finish building 670 miles of fence along the southwest U.S. border by the end of this year, federal officials said... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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17 de Marzo, 2008
¡Que Vivan Los San Patricios!
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Historia , día festivo | Tags: borders, Colonization, eat the rich, England, Farming, historia, Immigration, Ireland, Power to the People, St. Patrick's Day, The Great Hunger
THIS IS NOT the first time in history that those with power looking only toward their own profit margin have unwittingly lent their hand to disastrous effects on larger populations' basic ability to live; it is not the first time that indifference to the hunger of la gente has... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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16 de Marzo, 2008
The Perks of Being in D.C.
Categorized under Acción , Blogando , Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Man Eegee | Tags: blogs, borders, Immigration, SAVE act
Met with some congressional staffers Friday and took the opportunity to ask about the SAVE Act, which the GOP is itching to get pushed through the House for a vote to create a wedge issue for the election campaign. Pro-migrant bloggers have been concerned that the enforcement-only campaign would be... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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13 de Marzo, 2008
Four Days in the Hole
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Ley , Política Estados Unidos | Tags: borders, Criminal Justice System, Immigration, migra
A STORY that makes you cringe. And really, only the tiniest sampling of how inhumanely those inside the "justice" system can be treated every day. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - A woman being held as an illegal immigrant spent four days forgotten in an isolated holding cell at a courthouse with... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Thru the Plexiglass
Categorized under Frontera , Humor | Tags: Amigos and Amigas, CIS, Immigration, YouTube
PUT TOGETHER by a friend, Will Coley, and some of his friends. Here's a funny video (though its a humor held together by too many unfortunate truths) they made on the archaic and inefficient patchwork that is our current system of Immigration law.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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7 de Marzo, 2008
MALVERDE - La Marcha
Categorized under Artivism , Cultura , Frontera , Música , Política Estados Unidos , Política México , Raza | Tags: borders, HR4437, Immigration, Latino, MALVERDE, May Day, Mexicans, Mexico, music, YouTube
I KNOW you been bumpin' this. For when gente feel like they've had enough Flamenco for the evening. Some rhythm and flow from Mexican American Hip Hop artist Malverde.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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5 de Marzo, 2008
The Cognitive and The Material
Categorized under Corazón , Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Raza | Tags: borders, Clinton, FEMA, Format, Hope, Immigration, Material and Cognitive, migra, Migrant farmers, Obama, Wiretapping
INTERESTING and insightful article on messaging, power, voters, public discourse, and political agendas. There are two kinds of policy: cognitive and material. Material policies are familiar: they outline what is to be done in the world. For example, the details of a health care plan, or a plan for getting... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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3 de Marzo, 2008
Us Vs. You. Or Just We?
Categorized under Frontera | Tags: borders, Califas, Chicanos, Hope, Immigration, Mexicans, Migrant farmers, workers
IT MAKES ME SAD to think that something as important to the "we" that we are as migration, hope, hunger, and self-actualization [i.e., "the immigration issue"] is so polluted with racism, fear, greed, anger, and other small parts of ourselves that we can barely talk about it reasonably anymore.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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13 de Febrero, 2008
Symbol and Essence: The Power of Naming
Categorized under Corazón , Español , Frontera , Guerra , Política Estados Unidos | Tags: Democrats, español, Immigration, Language, racism, Republicans, Symbol and Essence, war on terror
ANOTHER BLOG POST exclusive to MTV, as it is part of my Street Team 08 duties! This one delves more into one of my favorite paradigms, Symbol and Essence. Words that came to me while thinking on our many forms of warring with the Other.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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7 de Febrero, 2008
Desert Flower in an Icy Dreamland
Categorized under Corazón , Frontera , Raza | Tags: Flor Crisostomo, ICE, Immigration, Mexicans, migra, Que Viva Las Mujeres, Sanctuary Cities, Soul of the World
FLOR CRISOSTOMO is 28 years old. She is not a citizen of the United States, though she is trying to live her own tiny dream here. Which involves being alive, working very hard, living on extremely modest means (I can earn in an hour or so what this person does... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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31 de Enero, 2008
Why Are Mexicans So Damn Kind and Smart?
Categorized under Corazón , Frontera , New Mexican Memes , Raza | Tags: borders, Change, Hope, Immigration, Mexicans, Mexico
I GUESS THE ANSWER to that is just another mystery, like so many of those that disappeared with the ancient tribes of México. But look to José to break it down: ECATEPEC, MEXICO -- Jose Luis Gutierrez is the mayor of the biggest city in Mexico you've never heard of,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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20 de Enero, 2008
Mount Rainier Has Heart
Categorized under Corazón , Derechos Humanos , Frontera | Tags: Immigration, migra, Mount Rainier, Sanctuary Cities
The tiny city of Mount Rainier is considering whether to declare itself a sanctuary for illegal immigrants, entering a regional and national debate over enforcement of immigration law. If the City Council approves the proposal, the eclectic city of 9,000 in Prince George's County will join nearby Takoma Park in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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18 de Enero, 2008
Poison? Or Antidote?
Categorized under Cultura , Derechos Humanos , El Malestar Pálido , Español , Frontera , Hipnotismo , Historia | Tags: borders, Bracero, Immigration, Mexico
South Carolina has one of the fastest-growing Latino populations in the nation, and illegal immigration is one of the hottest topics -- along with concerns about the economy and the Iraq war -- among likely voters in the state's Republican primary Saturday. In Saluda County, a collection of farming and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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11 de Enero, 2008
Liberty in Chains
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , El Malestar Pálido , Frontera , M , Migra , Protesta , Terrorizing la Gente | Tags: borders, Gitmo, Justicia
Six years and going strong since America perverted its own sense of justice and fairness by maintaining a detention center in another country and under the banner of freedom from terror illegally detained American citizens and world citizens exposing them heavily to torture instead of legal representation and equal protection... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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30 de Diciembre, 2007
The Fable of Greebey Vather, Time Traveler Extraordinaire
Categorized under Frontera , Literatura , Medios | Tags: borders, Film, Hope, hypocrisy, Mexicans, Mexico, Outtakes and Remakes, Thompson
I see a screenplay blooming. Dealing with a favorite theme: time travel. You now think you'll steal this zeitgeisty gem from me, but you cannot because in the future, I have already finished it, and am mailing it to myself yesterday in a walnut sealed in Presidential earwax and pressurized... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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19 de Diciembre, 2007
Fresh Fruit at Affordable Prices!
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Violencia | Tags: borders, Corporations, Farming, Florida, Hidden Costs Visible Savings, Migrant farmers
Three Florida fruit-pickers, held captive and brutalised by their employer for more than a year, finally broke free of their bonds by punching their way through the ventilator hatch of the van in which they were imprisoned. Once outside, they dashed for freedom. When they found sanctuary one recent... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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17 de Diciembre, 2007
La Migra Trying to Start War With México
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Gobierno , Planeta , Política Estados Unidos , Violencia | Tags: borders, migra, Power to the People
SAN DIEGO - The Border Patrol says its agents were attacked nearly 1,000 times during a one-year period along the Mexican border, typically by assailants hurling rocks, bottles and bricks. Now the agency is responding with tear gas and powerful, pepper-spray weapons, including firing into Mexico. The counteroffensive has... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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16 de Diciembre, 2007
Canucks Drill Through Border-Illusion
Categorized under Frontera , Globalización | Tags: borders, Canada, Corporations, Goose y Gander, Mexico
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cabo Drilling Corp., (TSX-V: CBE) ("Cabo" or the "Company") Mexico Division, has been awarded a contract by Pinnacle Mines Ltd. (TSX-V: PNL) to drill a minimum of 4,500 meters on Pinnacle's La Calavera copper-silver-zinc joint venture property located in the State of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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14 de Diciembre, 2007
Code Switching for the Masses
Categorized under Frontera , Ley , Política Estados Unidos | Tags: borders, Corporations, hope, Impeachment Pie, Power to the People
THE USA'S selective loathing of foreign elements has always disturbed me. Almost 100% of our products are made elsewhere, (even the traditionally AMERICAN products, hola Chrysler users!), massive corporations join hands with no regard to politics or who our "enemy" is on any given day, and then here on... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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24 de Noviembre, 2007
Illegal Angel Operations
Categorized under Corazón , Frontera | Tags: ALIENZ, borders, Hope, Mexicans, migra
ONCE AGAIN, a Mexican Being was where he was not supposed to be, and just look at the consequences. PHOENIX - A 9-year-old boy looking for help after his mother crashed their van in the southern Arizona desert was rescued by a man entering the U.S. illegally, who stayed... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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13 de Noviembre, 2007
Bloody Kisses on la Frontera
Categorized under Chinga la Chota , Frontera , Migra , Política Estados Unidos | Tags: ALIENZ, borders, Environment, Format, hope, migra, resistance, The Haunted Land
I HAVE TO SAY, the cross-border Kissing Booth just about cracked me up. Though I am not often capable of such things, meeting antagonism and violence and hostility with a sense of humor and love is probably the most satisfying way to engage negativity and destructive energy. Though la migra... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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29 de Octubre, 2007
American Bullets, Mexican Blood
Categorized under Frontera , Ley , Política Estados Unidos | Tags: borders, Mexican Cartels, Mexico
MANY PEOPLE, when arguing me and trying to convince me of how evil and ugly and degraded Mexico is, like to minus part of the equation from their awareness. Talk about crime in Tijuana, but don't talk about the culture of criminality that a border creates with its unnatural... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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27 de Octubre, 2007
Racism in a time of Need
Categorized under Chinga la Chota , Derechos Humanos , El Malestar Pálido , Frontera | Tags: ALIENZ, borders, ICE, Mexicans, racism, Wildfires
REPORTS ARE COMING IN from San Diego that paint a picture of racism and anti-migrant sentiment on the part of la chota, sadly, in the midst of what should be a time where we are concerned with human lives and health. Can't say I'm a bit surprised. But I am... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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26 de Octubre, 2007
Mexican Firefighters Come to the Aid of US
Categorized under Frontera | Tags: borders, Mexicans, Mexico, Wildfires
HERE IS A STORY I am sure you will see trumpeted across all the front pages of the major English-language US news sites, ahem: TIJUANA, Mexico: About 60 Mexican firefighters crossed the border to help fight the California wildfires — then returned home as a separate blaze roared up... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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24 de Octubre, 2007
Dream on
Categorized under Frontera , Política Estados Unidos | Tags: DREAM act, hope, Immigration
DREAM ACT fails to pass. (52-44 as mariachi mama and my email lists tell me).... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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19 de Octubre, 2007
Yearning to Breathe Free
Categorized under Acción , Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Raza | Tags: borders, Hutto, ICE, Mexicans, migra, Police State, Power to the People, Raymondville
IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING this blog or many others in the "brown blogosphere," (and eventually the mainstream blogosphere, although we were originally told this was one of our "pet issues") you know the names HUTTO and you know the name RAYMONDVILLE and you understand that these are detention centers,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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16 de Octubre, 2007
Get Dusty Foot or Drown Trying
Categorized under Frontera | Tags: borders, Cuba, Mexico, migra
JUST A REMINDER that your commute could be a lot worse: CORTÉS, Cuba — Cubans are migrating to the United States in the greatest numbers in over a decade, and for most of them the new way to get north is first to head west — to Mexico —... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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28 de Septiembre, 2007
Hope Your Hoofburger is ICE cold
Categorized under Frontera | Tags: migra
Reno, Nevada - Federal agents raided 11 McDonald's restaurants in northern Nevada and made dozens of arrests Thursday as part of an investigation into illegal immigration. Agents for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made at least 56 arrests in Reno, Sparks and Fernley after raids at the restaurants and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Somos América
Categorized under Frontera | Tags: Immigration
RIVERSIDE, N.J., Sept. 25 — A little more than a year ago, the Township Committee in this faded factory town became the first municipality in New Jersey to enact legislation penalizing anyone who employed or rented to an illegal immigrant. Within months, hundreds, if not thousands, of recent immigrants from... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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23 de Septiembre, 2007
Nuestro Sueños - Our Dreams
Categorized under Acción , Frontera | Tags: Change, Hope, The Dream Act
YOU'VE READ A POST here and there on this blog about the D.R.E.A.M Act, usually as related to my friend Jose. Those posts referred to the California DREAM act, but there is a Federal DREAM Act, too. The Federal DREAM Act does not offer instate tuition in any form,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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19 de Septiembre, 2007
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Categorized under Frontera | Tags: blogs, Immigration, Lil 'Nita
NEW SITE on stories, resources and info on "immigrant integration." Click pic for link. The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights is putting together a new site to concentrate sotries, resources and info on immigrant integration - www.immigrantintegration.org. They are looking for other good websites or stories on... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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The Answer to All Our Problems
Categorized under El Malestar Pálido , Frontera , Política Estados Unidos , When the Right is SO wrong | Tags: borders, putos, racism, Tancredo
...IS CLEARLY Tom Tancredo and his platform of racist blame! Tancredo said the more he studies the issue, the more it seems that many of the nation's problems can be blamed on Hispanics crossing into the United States from Mexico. Health care costs? Blame the burden of paying for... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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18 de Septiembre, 2007
Liliana and her Son
Categorized under Frontera , Guerra , Iraq the Casbah | Tags: ALIENZ, hypocrisy, Iraq, migra, Sanctuary Cities
"THE MOVEMENT FOR THE ILLEGALS TO GO HOME," the anti-migrant protestor says, and I am not sure, but am assuming she doesn't refer to the illegal invasion of Iraq? Or does she? What could be more illegal than killing or aiding in the death of a million people in a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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13 de Septiembre, 2007
Back in the Good Ole O.R.
Categorized under Artivism , Blogando , Corazón , Cultura , Derechos Humanos , El Malestar Pálido , Frontera , Guerra , Hipnotismo , Indígena , Iraq the Casbah , Política Estados Unidos , Política México , Signs of the Sixth Sun | Tags: activism, borders, Chris Simcox, Environment, False History, Immigration, KGB Bar, New York City, NYC 2007 Pro-Immigration Meetup, The Haunted Land
AS IT TURNS OUT, I cannot blog on much that went on at the Immigration Strategy Meeting. My packet of materials is half drafts that cannot be disseminated (lest they "fall into the wrong hands"), and the cat who invited me to the panel I spoke on (and who funneled... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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7 de Septiembre, 2007
2007: The Beatles Invade Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Migra | Tags: ALIENZ, borders, Change, Joshua Hoyt, migra, The Beatles, The STRIVE Act
IN REFERENCE TO THE LAST POST, here is Joshua Hoyt's (Executive Director Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights) spoken testimony to Congress concerning H.R. 1645, the "Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy"-- The STRIVE Act of 2007. It is an intelligent and informed and passionate talk (and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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The STRIVE Act
Categorized under Frontera , Migra | Tags: familia, HR 1645, Immigration, Joshua Hoyt, migra, The STRIVE Act
For Immediate Release - Press Release September 6, 2007 ICIRR DIRECTOR AND POLISH IMMIGRANT LEADER TESTIFY AT CONGRESSIONAL IMMIGRATION HEARING Joshua Hoyt, Tony Wasilewski push for fixes to broken immigration system Washington D.C. - As part of the push for real solutions for the broken immigration system, ICIRR executive director... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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28 de Agosto, 2007
Happy Slaves Are Building Fences
Categorized under Corazón , Frontera , Globalización , Signs of the Sixth Sun | Tags: borders, Immigration
The case of Elvira Arellano is symptomatic of the kinds of obstacles we face when trying to enforce immigration laws in the United States. Like other "essays" clinging to the web like lichen these days, this particular ugly growth waves a reasonable cluster of verbiage your way, an introductory phrase... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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27 de Agosto, 2007
ACLU Challenges Prison-Like Conditions at Hutto Detention Center
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera | Tags: ACLU, Hope, Hutto, migra
From aclu.org: On August 27, the ACLU announced a landmark settlement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that greatly improves conditions for immigrant children and their families in the T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas. The settlement was the result of lawsuits brought earlier this year on... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Cause and Effect
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Raza | Tags: Immigration, migra
Undocumented immigrants are starting to leave Arizona because of the new employer-sanctions law. The state's strong economy has been a magnet for illegal immigrants for years. But a growing number are pulling up stakes out of fear they will be jobless come Jan. 1, when the law takes effect. The... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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How to Commit Republican Suicide, Pt. 734
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Gobierno , Política Estados Unidos | Tags: Immigration, Republicans
SOME SENSIBLE WORDS for the Republicans today. Of course, to have hope in their hearing such words, one would have to possess the view that the Republicans are currently motivated by "sense." And as the article points out, it seems all they really care to reach for these days is... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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23 de Agosto, 2007
Univ of Tejas to Join Hands Across el Rio
Categorized under Frontera | Tags: borders, Power to the People
FOLLOWING UP on Hands Across El Rio: BROWNSVILLE, August 21- The University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College is going to play a major role in Hands Across el Rio, the grassroots protest against the federal government's plan to build a border wall. Hands Across el Rio officially launches Aug.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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19 de Agosto, 2007
Elvira and Saul Arrested
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Raza | Tags: border, Elvira Arellano, migra
THEY HAVE ARRESTED arrested Elvira and Saul Arellano. Of course. The government knew it was dangerous to let her become a Cause for Human Rights or anything like that. Better to chop her down before she got too far. It's not as if they weren't hearing all this "Rosa... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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15 de Agosto, 2007
Death by ICE
Categorized under Frontera | Tags: ALIENZ, migra
THE ICY BEAT MARCHES ON: Three detainees died within weeks of one another while in federal immigration custody, adding to a toll of more than 60 who perished in recent years and fueling complaints of medical maltreatment from civil rights advocates. The dead were a pregnant Mexican woman who... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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3 de Junio, 2007
Americans Raised by ALIENZ???
Categorized under Frontera | Tags: ALIENZ
BETTER LISTEN FOR STRANGE CODED LANGUAGE sent back to the mother ship! Those ALIENZ can show up anywhere. Even in the heart of your Commerce Engine. Indeed, the presence of illegal immigrants may actually be increasing overall employment, and at little cost to wages, suggested Robert J. LaLonde, a professor... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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31 de Mayo, 2007
Show Them the (Whitewashed) Liberty Door
Categorized under Cultura , Frontera , Migra | Tags: assimilation, Hope, migra, racism
A FANTASTIC POST from Laurafern, about her experience married to un migrante mexicano, and some realizations and fears and hopes she's having about life in America. The sad truth is that Fermin’s attitude reflected on things I wouldn’t have believed, that my pro-immigrant views are not the mainstream, that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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30 de Mayo, 2007
Corporate Czars and the Beet Field Peon
Categorized under Frontera , Historia , Ley , Religión | Tags: hypocrisy, Mota, racism
AND WHILE WE ARE DISCUSSING the validity of "law," the morality of the "force" that fuels these laws, the agents who prosper from our swallowing them whole, and the hypocrisy therein that cannot withstand close inspection, I offer this:... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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24 de Mayo, 2007
In Memory of Mrs. Nueces
Categorized under Frontera , Ley | Tags: borders
I'M NOT SURE why it matters at this point...but the brief consideration, or appearance of respect for past treaties is—though quaint—a sweet one. HARLINGEN, Texas -- A planned, much-debated fence along the U.S.-Mexico border designed to keep illegal immigrants from crossing the Rio Grande river could skew the border and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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19 de Mayo, 2007
Anchor Around Her Own Neck
Categorized under Frontera | Tags: hypocrisy, malkin, pundits
CAN WE, as honest and intelligent people, really ignore the disturbing contradiction existing in the Malkin? It's been said before and I'll say it again: What's up with the Anchor Baby raging eternally against immigrants entering the country, sometimes in the same way as she did? Michelle: is it... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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17 de Mayo, 2007
Immigration Reform Deal Struck
Categorized under Frontera , Ley , Política Estados Unidos | Tags: Migrant farmers
A DEAL first negotiated by Senators Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz) has been has been accepted and agreed upon by a "bipartisan group" of senators. The deal attempts a broad reworking of America's immigration laws. In the details available so far, preference for attaining a green... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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La Migra, Asparagus Killers
Categorized under Frontera , Migra | Tags: borders, migra, Migrant farmers
I WRITE OFTEN, and have recently, about this self-defeating dynamic America sees fit to practice in regard to brown immigrants from south of the "Border." And deeper yet, this...utterly disgusting and strange notion that America has nurtured in one form or another since the days of her Jamestown aspirations—this civilized/savage... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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16 de Mayo, 2007
Elvira and Saul Need Help - Stay of Deportation
Categorized under Acción , Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Migra | Tags: Elvira Arellano, migra
A CALL TO ACTION to residents of Califas, from a friend and activist LaVerdad regarding Elvira Arellano and her son Saul. If you live in California, please join with us on this. With this effort I do think we can make a difference—a huge difference—to this family, and also... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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14 de Mayo, 2007
Citizenship Application Workshop
Categorized under Acción , Frontera | Tags: borders, Green Card, Mexicans
PLEASE see below the cut for information on a Citizenship Application Workshop on May 19, 2007 in Orange, CA.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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11 de Mayo, 2007
We March Again
Categorized under Frontera , New Mexican Memes , Raza | Tags: borders, May Day, Power to the People, Protest
"NO MATTER HOW HARD YA TRY YOU CAN'T STOP US NOW" goes the Rage Against the Machine song, and it fits just right today. Those types who wished the cops "would have used real bullets" in the recent assault by the LAPD upon marchers in the May 1 May... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Kindergarten Class Pwns the MinuteMensos
Categorized under Frontera , Raza , Viernes Noche Música | Tags: Hope, Mexico, YouTube
FOR OUR FRIDAY You-Tube treat, I give you a stand-off between a sidewalk full of lame Minutemens@s and a playground of young children, whose unflagging cheer of ¡México! ¡México! ¡México! brought tears to my eyes by the time the vid was over. This wasn't really because of the name... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Alien Expedition 0257u.09
Categorized under Blogando , Frontera | Tags: ALIENZ, blogs, Nezuanalysis
PERHAPS YOU HUNGER for a bit more intelligent commentary on my recent post titled The True Front of Progressivism than that found on certain comment threads. I can't say I blame you. The post generated a bit of conversation, and much of la energía has been fantastic, and sometimes has... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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7 de Mayo, 2007
Moving Forward [Insights Into today's Immigration Issue]
Categorized under Frontera , Raza | Tags: borders, brown pride, Chicanism@, False History, Format, Health, historia, Hope, hype, Latino
MIAMI, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Networks U.S. Hispanic Group, a division of the number-one nonfiction media company Discovery Communications, today announced the launch of "Moving Forward: Thought Leaders Share Their Views on Issues Facing U.S. Hispanics," a study available to the public that provides a rich, and timely exploration... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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6 de Mayo, 2007
The True Front of Progressivism
Categorized under Blogando , Derechos Humanos , Frontera | Tags: Adoption, blogs, Hope
SOMETIMES YOU WONDER if blogging is a component of Real Change, done for distraction, provided as a social experience, or is just a game. And of course, it is all these things at different times. In their better moments, blogs can affect people and their views profoundly, just as a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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2 de Mayo, 2007
Concretized Fear
Categorized under Frontera | Tags: borders
WHEN HAS A BORDER WALL done anything but harm? Berlin, Israel, Baghdad, China, America. These fences, walls, borders, assaults upon the flow and migration of water, humans, and animals. These politically-inspired prisons we erect. Concrete, barbed wire, sensors, radar, aerial drones. We confess our lack of understanding, loss of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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1 de Mayo, 2007
The Job-Stealing Aliens Have Landed!
Categorized under Frontera , Humor , Raza | Tags: borders, Mexicans, satire, YouTube
THIS VID is snackylicious, and just like I'ma do with your job, I ripped it offa nuestra amigo, XP. You ought to read his whole post, because its heavy duty. But meanwhile, here's some comic relief to take us out; an illuminating video from the Onion that spotlights the harsh... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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It's A Community Thing.
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Raza , día festivo | Tags: Hope, May Day
SOLIDARIDAD. Even in Milwaukee, USA. RACINE — Roughly a dozen local businesses — from Taqueria Gran Morelos and Las Palmas to Alicia Villa Realty and the Dollar Store — won’t open for business today. [...] Approximately 200 Racine Unified high school students and 200-300 family members will board about 10... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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27 de Abril, 2007
You Can't Deport the Truth
Categorized under Corazón , Derechos Humanos , El Malestar Pálido , Frontera , Hipnotismo , Historia , Indígena , Ley , Música , Política Estados Unidos , Política México , Raza | Tags: borders, Change, Chicanism@, False History, Fear, historia, Hutto, hypocrisy, indigenous, mexicans, YouTube
BIG GOLD-TOPPED PROPZ to mis amig@s sech as XicanoPwr and Marisa at Latina Lista and mi güero blo'migo at Mexfiles, and Migra Matters and No Más Muertes and all the other soldader@s who stare the border issue in the face day after day after day after day. I read... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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20 de Abril, 2007
The Age of Garudacoatl
Categorized under Frontera , Literatura | Tags: borders, familia, JFH
FROM NAROPA U. AND THE AGE OF GARUDACOATL: Join in a one-day conference celebrating diversity and examining racial issues through eastern practices and talks Friday, April 20, as Naropa students present Floricanto Naropa on the Arapahoe Campus. Floricanto Naropa includes several guest speakers including: Juan Felipe Herrera, Naropa Associate... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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6 de Enero, 2007
New US Citizenship Exam
Categorized under Frontera , Política Estados Unidos | Tags: hype
NOW THEY ARE MAKING JOKES in the exam for gaining American citizenship? 2. What is the supreme law of the land?A: The Constitution—Questions and Answers for New Pilot Naturalization Exam Someone call the Decider! He'd get a righteous belly laugh out of this one.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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3 de Enero, 2007
White Fright
Categorized under El Malestar Pálido , Frontera , Indígena , Migra , Terrorizing la Gente | Tags: borders, Capitalism, False History, historia, hypocrisy, Imperialism, indigenous, Mexicans, Mexico, nafta, Obrador, pundits, Quintosol, racism, satire, The Haunted Land, The White Lens
IF THE SCARED EUROINVADER NATIVIST FREAK cannot kill more Indians (aka "Mexicans," etc) to make himself feel as if this "pristine" land his ancestors stole is a secure wedge of the European Manifested Destilicious Pie, he threatens to kill the other European Americans who may not share his same... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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21 de Diciembre, 2006
Mexico Profundo and A New Way Forward
Categorized under Acción , Arte , Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Globalización , Historia , Latin America , Oaxaca , Política México , Resistencia | Tags: APPO, borders, Calderon, Capitalism, EZLN, False History, Hope, Imperialism, indigenous, Mexico
GUSTAVO ESTEVA has written an amazing three-part article on Mexico's divisions and decay, her history, the effects of NAFTA, Neoliberalism, the EZLN (and why they are a hugely important fact), Globalization, and the roots and reasons for what is going on right now in Oaxaca. But more than some... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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15 de Diciembre, 2006
I Pack the Meat That Todo el Mundo Eat
Categorized under Frontera , Humor , Migra , Terrorizing la Gente | Tags: borders, migra, satire
SO THERE I WAS, doing what all the top-rated Mexican Americans do on a Wednesday, por supuesto. Just sort of lazily, self-indulgently and unproductively massaging my seductively oily forehead and leaning against a choice telephone pole on the corner. I thought to myself, "It sure would be nice if... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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14 de Diciembre, 2006
Rights to the Left of me, Torture to the Right
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Gobierno , Guerra , Ley , Migra , Política Estados Unidos | Tags: borders, Gitmo, malkin, migra
SOME BAD NEWS, SOME GOOD. And why would I think it bad news that the inmates of Guantanamo are denied the rights of Americans? Because I do not believe in this notion that when it comes to human rights, what is Wrong to do to human beings on our... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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25 de Octubre, 2006
Solamente Una Bandera
Categorized under Frontera , Globalización , Migra | Tags: Lou Dobbs, Minutemen, NAFTA, Outsourcing
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE AMERICANS who earnestly don't understand why the US Government talks out of both sides of its neck, when it comes to immigration. They are angry and baffled, and it's sort of sweet, to see their ignorance. It would be sweeter if they weren't ready to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Republican Jim Gibbons. For Illegal immigration Before He Was Against It.
Categorized under Frontera , Política Estados Unidos | Tags: GOP, hypocrisy
BROWN WOMEN FROM BELOW THE BORDER are good enough to clean up after you, good enough to cook for you, good enough to take care of your babies, and good enough to run down and hide in the basement when La Migra comes around. But for Republican Jim Gibbons, karma... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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16 de Octubre, 2006
Contagio [Unrelated Quotes, Part 2.]
Categorized under Frontera , Globalización , Unrelated Quotes | Tags:
Unconfirmed reports suggest that pop star Madonna has adopted a one year-old boy during her visit to the impoverished African nation, Malawi. —Madonna to adopt a boy?, www.timesnow.tv... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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12 de Octubre, 2006
Minuteman Runs Away From Girl Armed With Truth
Categorized under Frontera , Medios , Protesta | Tags:
JIM GILCHRIST, founder of the racist "Minuteman Project," who is supposed to be able to guard a border but who turns and runs from students carrying banners and chants (runs under cover of armed protection), now runs from a debate with Karina Garcia, Political Chair of the Chicano Caucus... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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27 de Septiembre, 2006
The White Lens
Categorized under El Malestar Pálido , Frontera , Hipnotismo , La Lente Blanca | Tags: The White Lens
LET ME TRY TO SKETCH OUT what I mean with all my talking of White vs. Non-white, and what that means to me. Because I'm stepping on some toes. And if we're going to bump into each other, let's make it nose to nose. When I say "White,"I don't... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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23 de Septiembre, 2006
The Great (Possible) Spinach Caper
Categorized under Frontera , Palabras , Política Estados Unidos | Tags:
I'VE BEEN PAYING QUIET AND CLOSE ATTENTION to the spinach ordeal. Because I've had sneaking suspicions that it is in some way some kind of sabotage against Mexican farmworkers. Now before you imagine I am being irresponsibly paranoid, remember the age we live in! You have to realign your... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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8 de Septiembre, 2006
GOP support from Hispanic Evangelicals Dwindling
Categorized under Frontera | Tags: assimilation, Tancredo
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS FAST SHOWING ITS HYPOCRISY, and consequently, losing major support within the ranks of American Latinos. Specifically, as of late, the GOP's support has taken a big hit in the Hispanic Evangelical community, as can be expected after many broken promises and the outright betrayal represented by... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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2 de Septiembre, 2006
Vernon Robinson Has Had Enough...of Integrity.
Categorized under Frontera , Política Estados Unidos | Tags:
LATELY I'VE BEEN TRYING NOT TO FOCUS ON THE HATE. I don't want to feed it, and it only diminishes you to give it too much credence. I really thought hard about whether or not to even bother posting this. But this "PLEASE elect me and I'll get rid of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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27 de Agosto, 2006
The (Inorganic) Taste of White Power
Categorized under El Malestar Pálido , Frontera , Humor , Los tebeos del Domingo | Tags:
Today's comics, featuring Ryan Lambert's Minuteman Salsa. As a bonus, our email exchange is included. Yummy!... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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23 de Agosto, 2006
Pat "Want More Blood" Buchanan
Categorized under El Malestar Pálido , Frontera | Tags: borders, Capitalism, hype, Pat Buchanan, racism, resistance, White Supremacists
Chicano chauvinists and Mexican agents have made clear their intent to take back through demography and culture what their ancestors lost through war." Pat "The Dinosaur" Buchanan He's right. It's better that these types of things are done with more bloodshed. I mean, that is what he's saying, right? If... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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22 de Agosto, 2006
Brown to the Left of Me, Haters On the Right!
Categorized under El Malestar Pálido , Frontera | Tags:
America faces an existential crisis. If we do not get control of our borders, by 2050 Americans of European descent will be a minority in the nation their ancestors created and built. No nation has ever undergone so radical a demographic transformation and survived."Pat Buchanan I don't even know how... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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21 de Agosto, 2006
Slipping Grip on a Dying Notion
Categorized under El Malestar Pálido , Frontera , Globalización , Historia | Tags: brown pride, EZLN, False History, indigenous, Manifest Destiny, mexicans, migra, Reconquista, The Haunted Land, White Power
WELL, WELL, WELL. If it isn't another scared white Neo-Nativist linking to yours truly, rallying his scared White friends together to stop the "invasion" of starving, destitute immigrants; to stop the use of Spanish, to stop the "cultural Reconquista" of America. If it isn't yet another terrified old man quaking... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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20 de Agosto, 2006
Who is the Sign For?
Categorized under Frontera , Humor , Migra | Tags:
I always liked this one. I wonder how long "Mister Hogarth" kept his job after this aired, eh?... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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13 de Agosto, 2006
Unrelated Quotes, Part 1.
Categorized under Frontera , Globalización , Unrelated Quotes | Tags: border, bush, indigenous, NAFTA
Acknowledging the power of Regional Mexican Music, Billboard magazine this fall will hold its first Regional Mexican Music Summit. The summit, taking place in Los Angeles on Nov. 13-14, will be presented in association with Starbucks Coffee."Billboard Launches First Ever Regional Mexican Music Summit Although Starbucks likes to paint itself... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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11 de Agosto, 2006
El Otro Lado
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera | Tags: border, migra, national guard
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania National Guard member died after collapsing in 104-degree heat on her first day patrolling the Arizona-Mexico border, a guard spokesman said Friday.Spc. Kirsten Fike was two hours into the training mission near Yuma when she collapsed Wednesday. She died the next day at... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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10 de Agosto, 2006
All of These are American Dreams
Categorized under El Malestar Pálido , Frontera , Hipnotismo , Historia | Tags: assimilation, GOP, propaganda, racism
WE WAKE WITH A CLEAR MIND. I would like to think we all rise and want the clarity that is in our rested mind to continue. We want to feel that heart-strum thrum fluttering in the core of our rusty pegs, we want it to continue to animate our... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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4 de Agosto, 2006
INVADERS FROM DEVIL COUNTRY TRANSMOGRIFY GOOD OLE SOUTHERN PARADISE
Categorized under Frontera , Hipnotismo , Humor | Tags: Oaxaca, satire
:::---->New arrivals from Mexico transform the Old South NO, I ALREADY TOLD YA, BOB!!!! IT'S SUDDEN INVASION FROM DANGERLAND RESHAPES THE GOOD OLE STATES IN ITS OWN BROWN IMAGE! :::: RAW STORY Published: Thursday August 3, 2006 :::: ::::Print This | Email This:::: DO BOTH! THIS RELEASE IS PRIORITY... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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1 de Agosto, 2006
The Undocumented Illness of America
Categorized under El Malestar Pálido , Frontera | Tags:
No matter that this is the 21st Century and there exists all the technology that one needs to live a life that can virtually transport someone to any corner of the world and see how others live, too many are still afraid of what/who is different from themselves......She discovered that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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29 de Julio, 2006
Joseph Mencia's Guide to Wetback English
Categorized under Español , Frontera , Humor | Tags:
Still on the topic of accent, and the Spanish Language/English Language (and jobs/immigrants), this is funny shit. (Video snackbit below the cut.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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15 de Junio, 2006
NAFTA Super Highway to Divide Semi-United States!
Categorized under Frontera , Globalización | Tags: borders, bush, mexico, nafta
This oughtta make everyone happy all at once! The details of the NAFTA Super Highway are hidden in plan view. Still, Bush has not given speeches to bring the NAFTA Super Highway plans to the full attention of the American public. Missing in the move toward creating a North American... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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11 de Mayo, 2006
Some OTHER Race
Categorized under Frontera , Hipnotismo | Tags:
Even though Latinos (or "Hispanics" if you like government-invented words) made up of over one third of the population growth last year, we are still counted in the "Some Other Race" catch-all category; not quite earning enough importance to warrant our own major category in the "five Office of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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White People Shrinking as a Group - US Census
Categorized under Frontera | Tags:
Even if you build a five-hundred foot wall and keep all the immigrant Mexicans out of the USA forever, Latinos are still going to keep growing, as a group, right here in our dear nation. Recent Census Bureau stats show that it is mostly natural-born Latinos that are swelling... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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3 de Mayo, 2006
Fear and Courage, Pt. 2. - Courage and Unity: America's Better Face.
Categorized under Chinga la Chota , Frontera , Protesta | Tags: activism, borders, May Day, New York City, Power to the People
It is not so much the issue of legality I address in my recent writings on Immigrants. I am not a lawmaker, nor a politician, nor a land-divider, nor someone who feels comfortable claiming earth. Personally, I do not think we can toss aside laws and still be a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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