While Black Lives Matter protests continue throughout the country, undocumented Latino allies to the movement are being targeted by ICE at the demonstrations. Photo: Molly Adams, Wikimedia Commons. Reports of deportation agents detaining Latino allies at Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests around the country have surfaced. And immigration…
The Sierra Club is an influential grassroots environmental organization in the U.S. and Puerto Rico with 3.8 million members committed to influencing public policy. Photo: courtesy of Sierra Club. The Sierra Club’s new president is an environmentally-focused Latino ready to take the Trump Administration to task on issues…
Zulaika Quintero was featured on the PBS 2019 docuseries Family Pictures USA. Photo: courtesy of Zulaika Quintero. A school principal at a Florida elementary school is helping her students and their families, the majority who are migrant workers, stay protected and informed during the coronavirus pandemic. Zulaika Quintero’s…
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro spans 1,590 miles between Santa Fe and Mexico City. Proposal would preserve the abundant history of this trail. Photo: Samat Jain, Wikimedia Commons. While most of the country is under stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus pandemic, a New Mexico state proposal…
A detained woman at a U.S. – Mexico border patrol station was forced to give birth standing upright. Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Immigration advocates are concerned about the health and safety of pregnant people detained at the U.S. border, especially since news surfaced about the abuse…
Daniel Hernandez owns and operates the Colonial Market and Restaurant in South Minneapolis, which serves a large Latino community, and has been interpreting official messages to Spanish on Facebook Live. Photo: courtesy of Daniel Hernandez. While quarantine continues to keep many Americans at home, one Minnesota businessman is…
Latinos who are struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic can still set up direct deposit to receive our IRS stimulus payment electronically. Photo: Artem Beliaiken, Unsplash. As coronavirus continues to harm the American economy and force workers to quarantine at home, the federal government started disbursing the $2.2…
Nearly 16.8 million unemployment claims were filed as of Apr. 9, bringing the unemployment rate to more than 10% and growing daily. Photo: Engin Aykurt, Unsplash. Latinos are projected to be one of the most afflicted populations as coronavirus forces people to practice social distancing and work from…
The 2020 Census can be filed by phone, mail, or online. Photo: United States Census Bureau. The 2020 Census is underway nationwide and the Latino community in marginalized neighborhoods across the country is mobilizing to ensure an accurate count, noting low results so far. Reporting household numbers during…
Hundreds of thousands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detainees will be forced to submit to DNA cheek swabs. Photo: Charles Reed, Wikimedia Commons. Immigration officials are gearing up to begin harvesting undocumented detainee DNA beginning this week. The federally approved measure has led immigration advocates to claim…
