A few days ago, I blogged about Utah’s new immigration bills. Well, it turns out that these new bills aren’t sitting well with Utah’s Latino community. The Latino leadership in Utah is planning a 15 day business strike, even going to far as to encourage Latinos to pull their money out of the banks during [...]

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I was recently sent some information about the Freedom from Fear Award, which is a new award that will be given to honor 15 ordinary people who have displayed their courage and bravery on behalf of immigrants and refugees. This award will honor people who aren’t paid advocates, but instead every day people who are [...]

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Note: This blog was originally published on November 10, 2010 by Unai Montes-Irueste of Cuentame. It came to my attention after discussion that was prompted by Seneca’s recent blog post on The Latino State of the Union. The material is still very relevant and worth sharing on the eve of the big DREAM act vote [...]

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While some Senators are complaining about having to work during the holidays, Senate majority leader Harry Reid is plowing ahead and filed his cloture motion for the DREAM act vote. Senator Reid’s office released the following from his floor speech this evening in an exchange with minority leader Mitch McConnell: Mr. Reid: “Yes, and I [...]

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For those of you following the latest DREAM Act legislative maneuvers, you probably know that the Senate tabled the bill so that it could take up the version that was passed by the House of Representatives earlier this week. VivirLatino has a pretty good explanation here: “Senator Reid twice asked to vitiate the vote on [...]

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This just in — the DREAM act has passed in the House of Representatives 216-198 with eight votes on the GOP side voting yes. Tomorrow the Senate will vote on it, but it’s going to be more difficult in the upper house. So for those of you supporting the DREAM act, calls still need to [...]

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The next few days will be very important for the immigrant and by extension larger Latino communities as the DREAM Act vote comes up. For up to date info, follow @DREAMAct on twitter. StudentActivism.net has a pretty good whip count of Senators who are against the DREAM Act, almost certainly against, likely against and unknown, [...]

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By Matthew Stieglitz A friend once told me when it comes to Latinos in college, WEB DuBois’s adage of the “talented tenth” is more like the “talented tenth of the tenth”. In that light, many often wonder how educated Latinos can most effectively serve our community. As one Latino faculty member told me when I [...]

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