As of Dec. 15, 2024, the population of the United States was 346,270,409 according to data collected by the United Nations. The United States has a voting age population of 262,083,034. Seven percent [...] Continue Reading
Immigration
Full Immigrant Rights in 50 Years?
Given the descent of U.S. immigration policy from its high point in 1965 to its current disastrous low, it might seem unrealistic to describe other than a dystopian vision of the future 50 years from [...] Continue Reading
Reacting to the Threat of Mass Deportations
Results of the 2024 election and Donald Trump’s menacing immigration policies sparked a coalition of immigrant rights and social justice groups to call a press conference at the federal building in [...] Continue Reading
Los Indocumentados de Merced se Preparan para las Políticas de Inmigración de Trump en Medio de Temores de Deportación Masiva
Randu ha vivido en Merced durante la mayor parte de su vida y, por lo tanto, no tiene muchos recuerdos de la infancia de México, el país donde nació. Llegó aquí cuando tenía 7 años cuando su [...] Continue Reading
Having Health Insurance Can Save Your Life
Maria is a meticulous woman. She’s organized, brushes her teeth after every meal, counts her calories, works out daily with her son—she tries to control what she can. But as in all things with life, [...] Continue Reading
Letter to the Editor
Not Rocket Science The solution to the immigration problem, if we really want to solve it, is not rocket science. If the immigration problem is caused by political and economic oppression in other [...] Continue Reading
When Organized Workers Changed the Rules
International Workers’ Day is celebrated in more than 100 countries on May 1. However, the United States does not recognize it as an official holiday. Instead, the United States has its own version, [...] Continue Reading
Immigrants Keep the American Economy Afloat
The success of the American economy is dependent on a successful and ordered immigration system. Since the 1970s, the native-born U.S. population has not been having enough children to replace [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
Congressional Paralysis on Immigration The only bipartisan outcome in the U.S. Congress is that the immigration situation, including the bizarre status quo at the border with Mexico, continues to [...] Continue Reading
Trump: una Amenaza Real Para los Migrantes y la Democracia
(Nota del Editor: este artículo se reproduce con la autorización de HispanicLA.com) Dicen que “Año Nuevo, Vida Nueva”. Pero ese no es el caso para los miles de migrantes que siguen llegando a la [...] Continue Reading
Undocumented Immigrant Population Grows at Unprecedented Levels
(Editor’s note: Reprinted with permission from Ethnic Media Services.) A record number of undocumented immigrants made the United States their home in the years 2019–2021, noted the Migration [...] Continue Reading
We Demand Immigration Reform Now
Demanding “Immigration Reform Now” demonstrations were held in Clovis and Bakersfield at the offices of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R–Bakersfield). These rallies were held in support of HR 1511 and [...] Continue Reading