On November 12th the Washington D.C. restaurant called Immigrant Food, which owners call “gastroadvocacy,” opened for business only a few feet away from the White House. They are serving up eclectic blends of immigrant inspired dishes, along with free English classes, advocacy programs, and meetups for customers. “Immigrants…
The gender pay gap continues to negatively impact women, but Latinas feel the consequences harder. Today is Latina Equal Pay Day, which marks the amount of extra days a Latina would have to work to earn what a white male makes in one year, and Nov. 20th is…
Puerto Rican Congressman José E. Serrano of New York State’s 15th Congressional District will retire from the U.S. House of Representatives in 2021, following his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, while two Puerto Rican candidates have emerged as frontrunners to fill his seat come next election. Serrano, who has worked…
Under a new proposal by the Trump administration, fees for citizenship applications would increase by more than 80%, making the challenging process even more arduous, immigration advocates claim. For marriage-based green cards filed within the United States, application fees would increase by 56%, from $1,760 to $2,750, and…
A new California law that requires officers in the state to record the race and gender of the people they stop and search led to findings of racial profiling at traffic stops by an LA Times investigation. Leo Hernandez was stopped twice by Los Angeles Police Department officers…
It’s been a tumultuous time for people living in the United States under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The program, known as DACA, put in place by the Obama administration in 2012 has been in danger of ending. And on Tuesday, November 12, the Supreme Court will hear…
A Texas high school student has her gaze set on the stars, while NASA has their sights set on her. Junior Perla Bautista was chosen for a coveted spot at National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program, the Terrell Independent School District announced Nov.…
A California judge ordered the federal government to provide counseling for families that they’ve separated at the border, something that advocates and mental health professionals have asked for years. The government’s ‘family separation policy’ has “caused severe mental trauma to parents and their children,” U.S. District Judge John…
Jose Segovia Benitez spent six years serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, including one deployment to Iraq, and earned multiple awards and decorations during his time defending U.S. freedom. As we celebrate Veteran’s Day, it’s worth also noting that many veterans, despite spending years serving the U.S. military,…
Thousands of families separated. Several migrants neglected, harmed or killed while in U.S. custody. Immigrant advocates and lawyers working tirelessly to force the U.S. government to take accountability for its poor handling of a surge in migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. These are the realities that have become…