Tag Archives: New Mexico

Latino USA’s Maria Hinojosa to Keynote Immigration Conference

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

Once again, New Mexico State University (NMSU) will host a timely summer immigration conference. Drawing seasoned scholars from different backgrounds and institutions, the conference plans on delving into many issues that remain unresolved in spite of years of political debate … Continue reading →

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DREAM Relief a Game Changer?

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

President Obama’s June 15 announcement of temporary deportation stays for eligible undocumented youth under 30 years of age not only immediately changed hundreds of thousands of lives,  but also dropped a new ingredient and possible game changer into the political … Continue reading →

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Sunland Park: The Surprise that Keeps Surprising

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

In a stunning political development, the often-fractious Sunland Park City Council took action April 18 by a vote of 3-2, with one abstention, to install 24-year-old New Mexico State University (NMSU) graduate Javier Perea as mayor. Appearing before a packed … Continue reading →

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New Mexico’s Burgeoning Border Scandal

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

A local political scandal in a small New Mexico border town keeps getting bigger, with the trails of alleged crime crossing the state line into Texas and over the international border into Mexico. In a spider-like web of intrigue and … Continue reading →

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Double Disaster Deepens in the Juarez Valley

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

If the violence that’s killed hundreds of people and displaced thousands of others isn’t enough, residents of the rural Juarez Valley on the Mexico-U.S. border now confront an additional problem: extreme water shortages. Dependent on Rio Grande irrigation water guaranteed … Continue reading →

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Immigrant Workers Score Wins

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Despite an adverse economic and political landscape, immigrant and low-income workers celebrated victories this past week.  In California, labor and community activists announced the winning of two new union contracts for car washers, or carwasheros, as they are called locally. … Continue reading →

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Susana Strikes Out

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

For the third time in a year, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez failed in her bid to repeal a 2003 state law that allows undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses.  The 2012 New Mexico State Legislature adjourned this past week … Continue reading →

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Mexican Workers Pulverized in the 21st century

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

A new study reconfirms what many people know from first-hand experience: Mexican workers’ purchasing power has plummeted since the turn of the century.  In a just-released report, the economics department of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) documented the number of … Continue reading →

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The Land of the Chile Pilgrims

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

  As the winter sky rehearsed a coming storm,  noisy gulls out for cheap pickings swooped low over a McDonalds’ parking lot on the edge of New Mexico’s Elephant Butte Reservoir, a mammoth artificial lake that tests the lines of … Continue reading →

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Renocimiento y nuevo récord de Jericó en 2o. Informe

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

El informe del alcalde de Saltillo arrasa en las redes sociales Saltillo.- Durante la hora y media del 2º Infome de Jericó Abramo Masso se enviaron en redes sociales un total de 740 twits, que generaron 2 millones 416 mil 370 impresiones, es … Continue reading →

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