By Pilar Marrero Five federal courts recently banned the U.S. government from changing the rules on the use of public benefits for applicants seeking permanent residency or a non-immigrant visa, [...] Continue Reading
Immigration
The New Citizenship: “A Place Called Nowhere”
By Robert Navarro With the rise of nationalist hatreds, exclusion and secession, what we are witnessing is a panic reaction to the clearly approaching chaos—the inevitable result of neoliberalism’s [...] Continue Reading
Playas de Tijuana Mural Project: A Reflection
By Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana A life of experiences, three years of fieldwork and, finally, a fellowship that would make a project come to life. The vision for the Playas de Tijuana Mural Project [...] Continue Reading
Non-White Children Still Being Separated from Their Parents
By Leni Villagomez Reeves Why is the Trump administration continuing to separate non-White children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border? 1) It is profitable. 2) It destroys culture [...] Continue Reading
Lights for Liberty
By Peter Maiden On July 12, Fresno was one of more than 700 cities around the world holding a “Lights for Liberty” vigil to protest the situation of immigrants. Many, including infants, toddlers [...] Continue Reading
Trash Talk
By Mike Rhodes Not long ago, it was possible for a company such as Mid Valley Disposal to make a profit from and pay the city some money for picking up customers’ blue bins. That is no longer the [...] Continue Reading
2019: Joaquin Murrieta Rides and Immigrants March!
By Stan Santos The 2019 Joaquin Murrieta Ride was held on July 26, 27 and 28, connecting Madera and west Fresno County communities, including Firebaugh, Mendota, Cantua Creek and Three Rocks, in [...] Continue Reading
Immigrant Advisory Committee
By Samuel Molina It has been more than two years since President Donald Trump took office and began repealing the progress that had been made by immigrant advocates. This has created chaos, [...] Continue Reading
America’s Own Death Camps
By Robert Navarro On social media and elsewhere, there is much resort to memes and breathless discussion that compares the complex of camps along the U.S. southern border and prior “camps” as in [...] Continue Reading
Local Tournament to Raise Funds for Refugees
By Peter Maiden The media has been full of stories about the caravan of refugees coming from Central America through Mexico to the United States, many of them negative. Somehow the anti-immigration [...] Continue Reading
Local Tournament to Raise Funds for Refugees
By Peter Maiden The media has been full of stories about the caravan of refugees coming from Central America through Mexico to the United States, many of them negative. Somehow the anti-immigration [...] Continue Reading
Say Her Name: Jakelin Caal Maquin
By Stan Santos For a few days in December 2018, the newsgroups announced again and again variations of the lead “Migrant child dies in custody,” “7-year-old migrant girl” or, simply, “Guatemalan [...] Continue Reading