Immigration

Ralph Isenberg is on a Wild Crusade Against Domingo Garcia over May 5 Immigration March

Ralph Isenberg and Domingo Garcia haven't always been enemies. Back in 2010, in fact, they were all set to dine together at a fundraiser with President Obama, until Isenberg was unceremoniously disinvited by the White House. Their relationship has since gone south, reaching its nadir this month wit ... More >>

Why Don't Legal Immigrants Gripe More about the Undocumented?

GOP Party Platform Antagonizes the Sleeping Giant in Texas

Texas isn't really a red state anymore. It just doesn't know it yet. The Hispanic population nationwide grew from 35 million to 50 million over the last decade or so, and 20 percent of that growth was in Texas. Meanwhile, the white bloc that does all the electing around here is no longer a majority. ... More >>

Texas Wants 'In' on National Immigration Database, But Why It's Necessary Is A Mystery

Yesterday, Texas Secretary of State Esperanza "Hope" Andrade requested access to a federal database of immigration records as a way to ensure that voters are here legally. It's a little like putting border patrol agents at polling stations -- but without the threat of deportation, at least for now. ... More >>

The Tortilla-Wrapped Destiny of SB 1070

Neo-Nazis, burritos and the tortilla-wrapped destiny of SB 1070.

Freedom Under Fire: A Village Voice Media Special Report

Laughing With Joe Arpaio: What's Wrong With People?

Whenever the immigration issue comes up, as it has now with the ongoing Supreme Court review of Arizona's anti-immigrant law, so does Joe Arpaio. The famous Phoenix sheriff is in the national news again this week over a recording surfaced by The Associated Press in which Arpaio can be heard doing a ... More >>

Dallas Deportation Orders Down, But Will Obama's Policy Shift Stick?

In Dallas and across the country, the astronomical number of deportation orders issued by immigration courts is at last beginning to fall. President Obama's new strategy focuses on intelligent enforcement and prosecutorial discretion. Translated: We'll show bad guys the door, but the undocumented st ... More >>

A Hard, Compassionate Case for Immigration Reform

Sometimes, even conservatives make good points.

Are More Mexicans Becoming Conservative?

And do teachers discriminate against students with Hispanic first names?

More Unlicensed Drivers and Longer DMV Lines, All Slipped Into a ... School Finance Bill?

The East Dallas driver's license office on a recent Wednesday morning. Cozy!​Those state-lawmaker types are a shifty bunch, eh? During the state legislature's regular session, lawmakers debated a bill that would have required proof of citizenship or legal status for anyone applying for a new ... More >>

Tom Leppert Reviews Obama's Immigration Policy Speech Given in El Paso Tuesday

Official White House Photo by Pete SouzaPresident Obama in El Paso on Tuesday​No doubt you're well aware that President Barack Obama was in El Paso yesterday, where he said that "genuine, comprehensive reform" was the only way to repair a "broken immigration system." In his speech, posted in its e ... More >>

Do Mexicans Poop in the Fields?

Doug Havard Pleads Guilty to a Federal Crime. But What of All Those Local Charges?

​As you no doubt recall, Doug Havard -- the former Winston School and SMU student who skipped town after being arrested on charges of counterfeiting, selling GHB and armed robbery, among many others -- was brought back to the U.S. a few days ago following a six-year prison vacay in England. This m ... More >>

Asylum for High-Profile Mexican Police Chief Marisol Valles Is No Sure Thing in Dallas

Via.​Marisol Valles became an instant media star last October, when she took over as police chief of Práxedis G. Guerrero, a town near Juarez. She was just 20 years old, a criminology student and a mother, and the job she was taking only opened up when her predecessor was beheaded. Two weeks ago, ... More >>

Ralph Isenberg DREAMs of a Day When Deported Saad Nabeel Can Return to Frisco

​For those unfamiliar with the story of Saad Nabeel, there's quite the extensive Wikipedia page -- but long story short, he's the Bangladeshi-born 19-year-old who, till recently, had been in the States since he was 3, when his folks came here seeking political asylum -- a request repeatedly denied ... More >>

Why Can't White People Ever Say Goodbye to Old Flames?

An Opportunity to Stand Up

NY Times Takes on DPD's "Noxious Practice" of Ticketing Non-English Speaking Drivers

​This morning, The New York Times' editorial page insists the tale of Ernestina Mondragon, the first of 39 drivers ticketed by Dallas police for not speaking English to speak up, is merely a symptom of a larger issue: "how local police departments should deal with recent immigrants." (And, no, the ... More >>

Hey, Mexicans, Don't Drink the Water!

Ask a Mexican

Dear Babe: Mexicans don't hate you because you're Spanish, but just because you're you

Indefinite Detention? That'll Set Those Damned Kids Straight.

Ask a Mexican

Are illegal immigrants closing California hospitals? Not quite, Mrs. Dobbs.

Dallas Attorney is Anti-Illegal Immigrant, But Very "ProAmerica"

Farmers Branch Pulls in the Welcome Mat

CNN's Rick Sanchez is in Irving -- But For How Long?

Dogging on Michael Vick|The Huddled Masses

Where Would Jesus Jump the Fence?

Land of Opportunity...

...For many skilled immigrants, it's not here, it's home

Looking on the Bright Side

MALDEF and ACLU Begin Their Full-Court Press in Farmers Branch

¡Ask a Mexican!

¡Ask a Mexican!

Yo Soy el Army

Uncle Sam wants you--especially if you're Latino

Love's Not Blind. It's Just Stupid.

¡Ask a Mexican!

Cold as ICE

Constable Mike Dupree deports his ex-lover to Honduras

Re: Farmers Branch, Where the Lawsuits Are Piling Up

Farmers Branch: It's Scary

Bilingual in the Branch? Say It Ain't So.

Slow Tide Rising

Did the Latino vote push Democrats over the top?

¡Ask a Mexican!

Off the Island

Line in the sand

Billboard conservatives

Just Like Mom Used to Make

Letters

Heavy Traffic

Border drug lords get rich while attorney Mike Barclay gets worn out defending the poor smugglers

Letters

Every egg matters; The little ingrates; Groucho does Iowa; Conan's feminine side; Salt in the wounds

Sweet Jesus

"El Matador" could be a contender, but for the INS

Our Man in Saipan

Dick Armey thinks he's found a free-market paradise in the Marianas Islands, a U.S. territory where the workers never complain, the factories never quit, and wages are so low, even welfare mothers can hire a Filipino maid