Day Workers Unite to Take on Growing Opposition
Rubén Alberto Carrete     [Photo]

The U.S. day-worker movement has become a phenomenon embracing well over 100,000 members who compete daily for jobs on street corners from sunny California to chilly New England.

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Near the Street Where You Live
José de la Isla     [Photo]

Just as all politics are local, to paraphrase the late House Speaker Thomas Tip O'Neill, so too are research surveys. That's why the ground-breaking study by UCLA, the New School University and the University of Illinois at Chicago, on day workers is so interesting.

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Mexico Presidential Candidate
Meets with U.S. Hispanic Chamber Members
Alex Meneses Miyashita     [Photo]

MEXICO CITY — Mexico presidential candidate Felipe Calderón met last week with a visiting U.S. Hispanic mission. Calderón focused on the need to increase North American collaboration and spoke out against the Sensenbrenner bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives in December that proposed to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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When They Meet,
What Should Citizen Ozzie Tell Dubya?
Robert Heuer     [Photo]

Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillén celebrated his 42nd birthday on Jan. 20 by becoming a U.S. citizen. The Venezuela native passed the test in a Chicago federal building, then told the media that now he can say what he wants and “you cannot kick me out of this country."

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For U.S. Border Workers, 'Job Training'
Requires More than Learning English
Ryan Hess and Cecilio Morales

Improving your English is not enough to get a decent job. That at least seems to be the essence of a federal court settlement last month.

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Yes, Virginia, There is a Self-Mutilation Kit
In Your Legislative Stocking
José de la Isla     [Photo]

The anti-immigrant mania gripping state legislatures around this country has plummeted to new depths. Anything goes if it shows our utter distain for— make that irrational thinking about— undocumented immigrants. And that includes self-mutilation.

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Toyota Commercial Hits Hispanic Chord
Andy Porras     [Photo]

¡Híjole! - Wow! Not since founding father Thomas Jefferson gave the Spanish language a ringing endorsement back in the 1700s had such support for bilingualism been uttered on a national scale.

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Exploitation of Immigrants in Gulf Reclamation Invisible to Officials
Cecilia Muñoz

For 17 years, I’ve been working as an advocate for immigrant rights in Washington, D.C. It takes a lot to astonish me.

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Minutemen’s Visit to Capitol Inspired a Lively Exchange
José de la Isla     [Photo]

When the national Minutemen Project “vigilantes” — so labeled by President Bush — came to Washington Feb. 8 to demonstrate in favor of sealing the U.S.-Mexico border, their number was barely half that of the press and foes on hand to greet them.

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One Leg of the Octopus
José de la Isla     [Photo]

This month I found myself walking from the U.S. Capitol steps to the foot of the grounds with a group of Minutemen preparing to launch a media-attracting rally to their cause.

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Senate Told to Vote Hysteria
José de la Isla     [Photo]

A new form of guilt by association may be in the offing, one that is faintly reminiscent of the Joseph McCarthy dark days of the 1950s. This time it is not what individuals do but who U.S. senators hear.

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Leaders' Concerns Grow Over NCLB's Impact on Bilingual Ed
Christine Senteno     [Photo]

As the California Association for Bilingual Education prepares for its annual conference March 1-4 in San Jose, Calif., Latino experts are expressing frustration that support for the pedagogy, particularly at a national level, may severely limit educational opportunities for non-English-speaking students.

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Undocumented Immigrants as Teachers
Marisa Treviño

The trouble with people who are brave enough to think outside the box and then tell everybody about it is that they run the risk of being considered crazy.

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