Posts Tagged as "Undocumented Immigrants"

Community Leaders Tackle Education & Enforcement Issues in Immigration Reform

Mar. 28, 2013 / By
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Enforcement issues and education barriers are the biggest problems facing the undocumented community in Long Beach according to community leaders at a forum on immigration reform last week...

The Peace Builders: Long Beach Immigrants Rights Coalition

Feb. 21, 2013 / By
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Long Beach is a city known for its diversity: in people, music, and food. Regarded as a global city, it is a definite epic center of migration, with migrant workers commonly found in the booming hotel Industry and numerous foreign-born students attending the CSULB and Long Beach City College campuses...

Long Beach Youth Voices on Immigration Reform

Feb. 8, 2013 / By
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Last week, President Obama gave a speech outlining his plan for comprehensive immigration reform.

In his speech, he emphasized a path to citizenship, continuing to strengthen border security and cracking down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants...

Ethnic Media’s Collective Message to the White House: Do It Now

Jan. 30, 2013 / By
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New America Media, Editorial

Editor’s Note: This editorial was produced in association with New America Media (http://www.newamericamedia.org..

Citizen Children Experience Trauma After Separation from Immigrant Parents

Jan. 14, 2013 / By
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El Nuevo Sol, News Report, Rocio Romero, Posted: Jan 13, 2013

U.S.-born María Vasques was just six years old when her mother Edith Barrios kissed her goodbye...

Fear of Deportation Takes its Toll on LB Immigrants

Jan. 6, 2013 / By
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Long Beach residents Joel H. and Rigoberto M. are undocumented fathers with children in the United States, and in their homelands of Honduras and Mexico...

Long Beach Undocuqueers Take Stage at CSU

Dec. 16, 2012 / By
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Undocuqueer activists opened up to an audience of fifty at CSU Long Beach to discuss the ways in which their undocumented and queer identities, experiences, and dialogues will shape immigration policy in the upcoming year...

When Did Immigrants Become the Enemy?

Apr. 20, 2012 / By
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New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, Posted: Apr 20, 2012

Photo of Condoleeza Rice urging passage of immigration reform earlier this month provided coutesy of Duke University...

DA Launches Program for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence

Oct. 16, 2011 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Oct 05, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO – District Attorney George Gascón yesterday reached out to members of the ethnic media here to announce his office’s launch of a program that seeks to help victims of domestic violence within immigrant communities...

Maria Rios: Living the Ghost Life

Sep. 28, 2011 / By
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Graphic by John Oliver Santiago.

There comes a moment in life when even the simplest tasks seem difficult on the body.  ..