Young Latinas and U.S. immigration policies Karla Gutierrez and Paola Gonzalez, an 18 and 17-year-old from Animo Inglewood Charter High School, perform an original poem that gives a voice to the struggles immigrants have and continue to face in America. People’s stories humanize statistical figures. In this blog, I present a dialogue between […]
Image source: www.apa.org Three undocumented youth who arrived as young children share their stories of how they are fighting hard to achieve their piece of the American dream. Source: Undocumented Americans
Image source: nypost.com President Obama faced criticism over his administration’s handling of immigration enforcement from both the left and the right, labeled “deporter in chief” even as he was also accused of lax enforcement. A closer examination of his administration’s record paints a more nuanced picture. This article explores how immigration enforcement practices shifted to […]
“Recógeme eso! ¡Ponte a limpiar coño! ¡Muchacha de mierda! ¡Levántate! ¡Ahora! ¿Y porque tu no estás? ¡Tu amas a tus amigos mas que a mi! ¡Si te tengo que decir otra ves! Me duele la espalda. Hazme un té.” Of all the things I remember about my childhood, one distinct recurring memory I have is […]
This video explores the intersection of migration and mental health. I narrated it and did all the illustration/animation (I’m not a professional artist). References included in the last frame
The primary focus of this report has been the impact of Mexican immigrants on the United States. The analysis indicates that the welfare use, income, educational attainment, health insurance coverage, Source: 2nd- and 3rd-Generation Mexican-Americans
Image source: pixabay.com Aug 29, 2010 Latina girls have twice the rate of suicide attempts as their Anglo and African-American peers: 21%. Professor Luis H. Zayas has been studying the phenomenon since he accidentally stumbled upon it in the 1980s. I spoke with Zayas earlier this summer about his research and his resulting book, set […]
from The Futuro Media Group Surviving the emotional roller coaster of adolescence is a double and sometimes triple challenge for Latino/a youth. Culture and tradition complicate universal adolescent issues like anxiety, depression, peer pressure, and relationships. Youth in immigrant families often have difficulty navigating the different worlds of school and the streets, home and family. […]
Everything you know about immigration is wrong By Ezra Klein August 10, 2013 Everything you know about immigration, particularly unauthorized immigration, is wrong. So says Princeton University’s Doug Massey, anyway. Massey is one of the nation’s preeminent immigration scholars. And he thinks we’ve wasted a whole lot of money on immigration policy and are about to […]
The worrying rates of attempted suicide among Latina teens have garnered renewed attention after a survey released last month found that Hispanic girls considered or attempted suicide at dramatically higher rates than white or black non-Hispanic teens. In an article for El Correo de Queens, reporter Karmina López covered a press conference at City Hall […]