Sunday, November 29, 2009

FOLLOW THE GPS, ÉSE The Transborder Immigrant Tool Helps Mexicans Cross Over Safely

Ricardo Dominguez is very happy that the Border Patrol considers him a nuisance. (Photo by Brett Stalbaum)




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Monday, November 9, 2009

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Walking a mile in an immigrant's moccasins


Ben Reed married Deyanira Escalona in Mexico after she was deported at LAX while en route to their planned wedding in Idaho. They live in Mexico now. "I've been radicalized by the whole experience," Reed says.

Ben Reed was once a conservative shock jock in his native Idaho. But meeting and falling in love with a Mexican national brought about a change in philosophy. They now live in Mexico.
By Hector Tobar
Los Angeles Times

Don't count illegal immigrants? That doesn't add up



Like other efforts to make them non-people, a proposal to exclude them from the 2010 census doesn't do anything to deal with the problem.
By Gregory Rodriguez
Los Angeles Times
November 2, 2009


3 seconds to leave the courthouse

3 seconds to leave the courthouse
October 2008: Los Angeles Immigration Judge orders a notario, who was interfering with the efforts of a pro bono attorney, to leave the court building post haste. Notarios are a very big problem in the immigrant community - often holding themselves out as attorneys and or otherwise offering legal advise based upon little or no knowlege of immigration law.

Allegation 6 was admitted

Allegation 6 was admitted
October 22, 2008: Immigration Judge has 47 cases on her morning master calendar. Clients and attorneys crowd the hallway however cases move through at an efficient clip.