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Digame: Flor Martinez is Advocating for Farmworkers and the Undocumented

Virginia IsaadNovember 30, 2022December 6, 2022

by Virginia IsaadNovember 30, 2022December 6, 202203782

Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Flor Itzel Martinez Zaragoza is an entrepreneur, human rights activist and innovator and the creator behind the Instagram account @flowerinspanish....

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Disney Buys ‘Mija’ Doc About Mexican American Daughter of Undocumented Immigrants

Virginia IsaadMarch 3, 2022

by Virginia IsaadMarch 3, 202206961

Filmmaker Isabel Castro’s documentary feature debut Mija garnered critical acclaim at Sundance earlier this year for its portrayal of two Mexican American daughters trying to succeed. Disney Original Documentary has now acquired worldwide rights to the film and FX, which...

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Cecilia Suárez Talks Playing an Undocumented Matriarch in ‘Promised Land’

Virginia IsaadFebruary 18, 2022February 28, 2022

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 18, 2022February 28, 202204231

Warning: Spoilers ahead The plights of undocumented immigrants crossing the border is the central focus of the first episode of ABC’s Latinx family drama, Promised Land. It follows Juana Sánchez (Katya Martín) and her sister Rosa (Ariana Guerra) on the...

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Latina Daughter of Undocumented Immigrants Headed to Harvard

Virginia IsaadApril 16, 2021

by Virginia IsaadApril 16, 202108275

Proving Latinas are capable of anything despite the obstacles immigrants and first generation kids face, another student has now been accepted into Ivy League schools. Stephany Gutiérrez is a senior at Santa Ana High School and she was recently accepted...

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Undocumented Latina Entrepreneurs Thrive Despite Their Status

Virginia IsaadApril 23, 2020July 24, 2020

by Virginia IsaadApril 23, 2020July 24, 202007030

Rosa Torres is a 23-year-old undocumented sociology student who co-founded Floreria Esperanza with her mom selling custom flower arrangements through Instagram as a creative avenue to make money. Torres was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and came to the U.S. when...

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Border Patrol Agents Taser Undocumented Man in El Paso Burger King

Virginia IsaadFebruary 14, 2020July 22, 2020

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 14, 2020July 22, 202001981

A viral video showed U.S. Border Patrol agents tasering a man they suspected of human smuggling and now they’re addressing concerns of the agent’s use of excessive force through the use of stun guns. The encounter happened inside a Burger...

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These Drawings By Undocumented Children Will Break Your Heart

Araceli CruzNovember 4, 2019July 13, 2020

by Araceli CruzNovember 4, 2019July 13, 202003183

In 2018, under the Trump administration’s “Zero Tolerance” policy, thousands of children were separated from their families at the border but the effects from those separations are still felt today one way or another. Dr. Belinda Arriaga, an associate professor...

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Undocumented Woman Claims ICE Agent Raped Her For Years

Araceli CruzOctober 24, 2019July 26, 2020

by Araceli CruzOctober 24, 2019July 26, 202001055

There’s no denying abuse happens inside immigration detention centers. It also occurs on the outside too. A startling lawsuit alleges that an immigration agent raped an undocumented woman for years by using deportation threats against her and her family. This...

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Undocumented Latina Gives Birth Inside Church to Avoid ICE

Araceli CruzOctober 1, 2019July 24, 2020

by Araceli CruzOctober 1, 2019July 24, 202001677

For the past two years, Ingrid Encalada Latorre has called the Unitarian Universalist Church in Boulder, Colorado, home. It is also the place where the undocumented Peruvian immigrant gave birth to her third child just a few weeks ago. It’s...

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Selena Gomez is Taking a Stand with Netflix Docuseries on Undocumented Immigrants

Araceli CruzSeptember 18, 2019July 28, 2020

by Araceli CruzSeptember 18, 2019July 28, 202002794

Historically, the actor and singer Selena Gomez isn’t one to get political. Sure, she’ll open up about the negative effects of social media, the importance of mental health, therapy, and body positivity ⁠— but when it comes to speaking on...

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14 Celebrities Who Were Once Undocumented

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiJuly 9, 2019August 2, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiJuly 9, 2019August 2, 2020015668

Issues like immigration don’t seem so abstract once you know someone who has immigrated to the United States. Putting faces and names to something, whatever it may be, instantly humanizes whatever you are looking at. Immigration is a human issue...

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28 Rights Every Undocumented Immigrant Should Know They Have

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiJuly 3, 2019August 1, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiJuly 3, 2019August 1, 202006792

One of the most important things you should learn in the United States are your rights. This is especially true if you are an immigrant, and it’s crucial if you are an undocumented immigrant. There are a lot of people...