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“Ni de aquí, ni de allá’: Growing Up with an Undocumented Mom

patriciaalvaradoJune 20, 2023

by patriciaalvaradoJune 20, 202304559

Patricia Alvarado is a psychotherapist and owner and director of the group practice, Alvarado Therapy & co-founder of Latinx Healthy Minds providing mental health programs for Latinx professionals. I remember the stress and anxiety as the police car switched from one lane to the...

Culture

Digame: Flor Martinez is Advocating for Farmworkers and the Undocumented

Virginia IsaadNovember 30, 2022December 6, 2022

by Virginia IsaadNovember 30, 2022December 6, 202205550

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....

News and Entertainment

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

Virginia IsaadMarch 3, 2022

by Virginia IsaadMarch 3, 202207939

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, 202204657

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...

Culture

DACA Recipient Areli Morales Pens Children’s Book Dedicated to Dreamers

Virginia IsaadJune 4, 2021

by Virginia IsaadJune 4, 2021017459

The cover art for Areli is a Dreamer by Mexican-American author Areli Morales and illustrated by Luisa Uribe features two cities – Mexico and New York with a young Areli straddling the border between the two. The art evokes the...

News and Entertainment

House Passes Immigration Bill Creating a Pathway Toward Citizenship for Dreamers

Virginia IsaadMarch 19, 2021March 19, 2021

by Virginia IsaadMarch 19, 2021March 19, 202106903

Undocumented immigrants in the U.S. may have a chance at citizenship with a new bill the House passed on Thursday. The American Dream and Promise Act would allow Dreamers a chance toward citizenship as there is currently no process available...

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Biden Pauses Deportations, Preserves DACA and Halts Border Wall Construction

Virginia IsaadJanuary 21, 2021January 21, 2021

by Virginia IsaadJanuary 21, 2021January 21, 202104740

The newly inaugurated President Joe Biden got right to work mainly focusing on undoing the work of former President Donald Trump. Biden signed several executive orders centered on immigration in the U.S. One of the orders pauses deportations in the...

News and Entertainment

Santiago Potes Becomes First Latino DACA Rhodes Scholar

Virginia IsaadNovember 30, 2020November 30, 2020

by Virginia IsaadNovember 30, 2020November 30, 202003939

Santiago Potes, who was born in Colombia, has made history becoming the first Latino DACA recipient to win the Rhodes scholarship. On Saturday, the Rhodes Trust announced that Potes, a 2020 graduate of Columbia University in New York, would be...

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CBP Officer & Navy Vet Fired Over Mexican Birth Certificate

Virginia IsaadNovember 27, 2019July 16, 2020

by Virginia IsaadNovember 27, 2019July 16, 202002229

Raul Rodriguez, 51, worked for U.S. Customs for 18 years and last year he was shown his Mexican birth certificate and then fired by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in July. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Rodriguez...

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Becoming a U.S. Citizen Could Get a LOT More Expensive

Virginia IsaadNovember 15, 2019July 15, 2020

by Virginia IsaadNovember 15, 2019July 15, 202002030

The Trump administration has been notoriously pushing policies that impact undocumented immigrants in the U.S. but now they’re making it that much more difficult for anyone trying to become a citizen but proposing to increase the cost of citizenship applications...

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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, 202001841

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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Jennicet Gutiérrez is Fighting for the Trans Undocumented Community

Yvette MontoyaJune 17, 2019August 5, 2020

by Yvette MontoyaJune 17, 2019August 5, 202004499

“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” — Albert Einstein It’s been four years since transgender activist, Jennicet Gutiérrez interrupted Obama’s presidential Pride month...