Latinos

SEIU’s Medina predicts more Latino voter activism next year

November 15, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Service Employees Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina, a skilled organizer and one of the most influential Hispanic Americans in the labor movement, predicts Latino voters will have heightened activism in next year's election.

What happens to children after parents are detained and deported?

November 4, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

You're put in a detention center hundreds of miles away with absolutely no right to see your kids for months, sometimes years.

Labor group and an Ohio town call for new immigration approaches

October 26, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

A town in Ohio says that by rolling out a welcome mat for immigrants, rather than persecuting them, it can help solve the immigration problem and fix its economy at the same time.

Alabama is no “sweet home”

October 13, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

The terror of immigration enforcement is now in effect in the Alabama classroom, and it's traumatizing the most vulnerable members of our society, our children.

MIA: Obama’s new common-sense immigration policy

September 30, 2011 By Matias Ramos

I learned the hard way that Immigration and Customs Enforcement field offices are actually becoming even more ruthless than before.