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 governmentâs âfamily separation policyâ has âcaused severe mental trauma to parents and their children,â 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 Veteranâs Day, itâs 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…
A Milwaukee man, Clifton Blackwell, who allegedly threw battery acid on a Latino manâs face, has been charged with a felony hate crime. The victim of the alleged attack, 42-year old Mahud Villalaz, was left scarred with second-degree burns across his face. Mahud says in a video that…
Tuesday, November 5 is a day this Latina wonât soon forget. Itâs a date that proved victorious for Democrat Regina Romero, who was elected as Tucson, Arizonaâs first Latina mayor. This makes her the only mayor out of the 50 most populous cities in the United States, who…
An icon of our time has passed. Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado Salinas, who delivered daily horoscopes and instilled the message of âmucho, mucho amor!â in generations of fans and followers, died Saturday night, Nov. 2, at Auxilio Mutuo Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico, according to Sofia…
Despite having passed credible fear screening, a Cuban asylum seeker became the seventh adult to die in Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) this year. Roylan Hernandez-Diaz was found dead at a detention center in Louisiana on Oct. 15, and ICE officials released a statement the next day pronouncing his…
The self proclaimed âworldâs only all-Latina film festivalâ Señorita Cinema, takes place in Houston this weekend from Nov. 1-3. The biannual festival began in 2007 and is a product of founder Stephanie Saint Sanchezâs lifelong passion for filmmaking, according to spectrumsouth.com. It all started when she was given…
An estimated 250,000 Salvadorans in danger of having to return to their home country after President Donald Trump ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) now have legal authority to remain and work in the U.S. for one more year. The Oct. 28 decision is part of the administrationâs strategy…
