The Economic Benefits of Work Permits
Maribel Hastings The Spanish-language media coverage of the refugee crisis in New York reveals a common denominator among immigrants: they want to work. As people seeking asylum,…
Republican Debate: Like A Good Ventriloquist, Former President Controlled What His Rivals Said
Maribel Hastings Former President Donald J. Trump was not present at the first Republican 2024 presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but the Republican base’s favored candidate set the…
Abbott’s Buoys Show His Limitless Cruelty
Maribel Hastings and David Torres The death of the young Honduran man, Norlan Bayardo Herrera, just twenty years old, in the buoy wall that Texas Governor Greg Abbott…
To Republicans Like Abbott or Desantis, Migrants Seem to Be Sub-Human
Maribel Hastings and David Torres The Houston Chronicle reported, in an exclusive, that as part of an initiative by the Governor of Texas, Republican Greg Abbott, to combat…
Let’s Not Forget The 11 Million And The Fight to Legalize Them
Maribel Hastings and David Torres During the intense debate generated by Title 42, its eventual cancellation, and all of the drama that followed and continues to take place…
The Dreamers Advance at a Steady Pace; Everybody Keeps Failing Them
Maribel Hastings and David Torres June 15 was the eleventh anniversary of the executive order issued in 2012 by then Democratic President Barack Obama, creating Deferred Action for…
Anti-Immigrant Intolerance Doesn’t Learn From Its Mistakes
Maribel Hastings and David Torres Last week the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, announced his intention of seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, and immigrants will once…
In the Absence of Reform, More Pro-Immigrant Measures Are Urgently Needed
Maribel Hastings and David Torres With so much negative news on the immigration front in the previous months, President Joe Biden’s recent announcement about the extension of the…
When Republican Extremism Is No Longer Hidden
Maribel Hastings and David Torres The same week that we commemorated the 55th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr, in Memphis,…
The Eternal Tragedies of Migrants Touch Us All, Deeply
Maribel Hastings and David Torres The shocking image of a little child, just one year old, abandoned by a “coyote” along the river bank, is one of the recent scenes…