Category: United States
November 8, 2016 > Lucía Isabel Seda
Among Republican Latinas, Support for Donald Trump is Split
NEW YORK — As voters hit the polls today, presidential frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are making their last appeals to voters in an effort to win the race […] Read More >
November 7, 2016 > Daniela Castro, Samantha Lee and Rheaa Rao
Transgender Latinas Team Up Against Discrimination
Joselyn Mendoza, hair tied up in a neat bun, looked completely at ease as she combed a customer’s hair at the Parisien Beauty School in Queens, New York. On a […] Read More >
October 7, 2016 > Staff
Hurricane Matthew Leaves Hundreds Dead In Haiti
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA The death toll from Hurricane Matthew, which struck Haiti on Tuesday, continues to rise, with Reuters reporting this morning that nearly 500 people have died. Matthew is the strongest […] Read More >
April 19, 2016 > Katie Schlechter
Reunification with Family in US is Bittersweet for Child Migrants
This article was originally published in Civic Ideas on April 18, 2016. NEW YORK — It is an uplifting image: a child seeing her mother for the first time after […] Read More >
February 18, 2016 > Katie Schlechter
Child Migrants Fight in Immigration Courts to Stay in U.S.
This article was originally published in Civic Ideas on February 17, 2016, and is the first in a two-part series. NEW YORK — Congregating on benches in a downtown Manhattan […] Read More >
February 2, 2016 > Dusty Christensen
Fourteen Arrested Protesting Georgia University Ban on Undocumented Students
Undocumented students and activists in Georgia staged sit-ins at three state universities on Monday, calling for an end to policies they say unfairly deny undocumented student access to public higher […] Read More >
January 14, 2016 > Staff
U.S. To Admit More Central American Refugees Amid Migrant Crisis
Top Story — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in an address to the National Defense University on Wednesday that the country will expand the number of Central American […] Read More >
January 13, 2016 > Staff
US Agents Will Carry Guns in Mexico in New Joint Border Inspections
Top Story — The United States and Mexico inaugurated a joint inspection program on Tuesday that, for the first time in history, will allow armed U.S. customs officials to work […] Read More >
December 11, 2015 > Staff
Officials to Relocate 800 Central American Child Migrants to Dallas Area
Top Story — Some 800 unaccompanied child migrants who traveled to the United States from Central America in the last few months will be relocated to two Dallas area campsites […] Read More >
November 20, 2015 > Staff
Report: More Mexicans Leaving the United States Than Arriving
Top Story — More Mexicans are now leaving the United States than arriving, a Pew Research Center report released on Thursday revealed. Data from the center’s 2014 Mexican National Survey […] Read More >