Hispanic American Village Immigration, Assimilation and Latino Identity Readings

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Immigration Issues

Readings related to politics, policy, human rights, and coming to the U.S.

Adios, Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs is gone from CNN: Now what?
Nightmare of a Dream Student
After Immigration Raid, Laurel's Inter-Racial Bonds Still Strong
Undocumenteds the Invisible Victims of Katrina
Census boycott splits Latinos
The woman migrant is today’s newcomer
Women Lead the Way in Immigration Movement
Immigration Reform? Wait 'Till Next Year
Gutierrez brings Obama message of immigration reform
Obama Can End Illegal Immigration—Bail Out Mexico
Immigrants Speak up to Obama on Immigration
Immigration Reform Debate Must Regain a Moral Compass
ICE Immigration Raids Waste Time and Money
After Bush: Let's Put an End to Punitive Immigration Policies
After Lucero murder, civil rights leaders address hate crime spike
Women Immigrants Fight To Stay In U.S.
Obama on Immigration: Friend or Foe?
It's Immigration, Stupid
Transborder Mexican middle class a rising force to reckon with
Immigrant Groups Strategize for Presidential Campaign
Obama and McCain on Immigration: Life vs. Death
Dems look into minority-owned businesses
Greyhound Prohibits Selling Tickets to Undocumented Immigrants
Study Finds Latino Immigrants are Best Commuters
Study Finds Latino Immigrants are Best Commuters
Backlash Against the Backlash Grows
From a Memoir of a Farmworker's Daughter: Migrant Souls
LAPD Opens Dangerous Front in Immigrant Movement
Women Lead the Way in Immigration Movement
Citizenship Fee Hike Smells of Politics
The Hidden Downside to a Guest Worker Program
Temporary Workers Must Be Included
Powerful Documentary: The Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon
Minutemen Mobilize Whites Left Behind by Globalization
From a Memoir of a Farmworker's Daughter: Migrant Souls
Legal, Skilled Immigrants are Languishing in Backlogs
Immigration: Asking Neighbors to Vote in Defense of Families and Children
Debate Endgame in this Congress -- Stalemate, Solution, or Setback?
¡Gracias!: Richard Rodriguez on What Undocumenteds Do for Us
Made in Miami: New Telenovelas Tackle Expatriate Life
The Feminine Side of Immigration
Signature Drive to Create California Border Patrol
Latino Media, Politicians React to Governor's Praise of 'Minutemen'
Study: Long Wait for Green Cards
Meeting Truth in the Desert

Identity and Assimilation

Hispanic and Latino/a, linguistic and cultural identity issues

Linguistic Isolation Carries a Heavy Cost
English-Only Latinos Face 'The Shame' of Not Speaking Spanish
Mexican-American citizens being denied passports
Latino Youth Talk About the Real 'O.C.' by G Arellano
To get ahead in the US, aprenda español
Black, Brown, and Beyond: Grappling with the Divisions
From a Memoir of a Farmworker's Daughter: Migrant Souls
My Magic Apron
The Next Generation of Hispanic TV is in English
Everybody Throw Your L's Up -- Reggaeton Brings Out Latino Pride
In the Year 2104, Americans Will Speak a New Kind of English by F Schurmann