by Jesus
November 22, 2011

Victor is kind of an intense guy. At 19 years old, he speaks with honesty and grace beyond his years. It’s very difficult to not be awed by him; His baby face is unsuspecting, his demeanor light, his smiles genuine and deep. But when he speaks, it’s a different story.
We met him out in Texas during the United We Dream congress, and as we fell into conversations with him, we understood the importance of capturing some of his thoughts on film for the purpose of …

With its new request for information from vendors on its second attempt to connect video-surveillance towers, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is following the same path that led to a failed $1 billion “virtual fence” across part of the Southwest border, several management and security experts say.
Source: Nextgov | The Southwest …

Using the word “illegals” as a noun dehumanizes people, just like other racialized and hateful terms.  Sign the pledge to stop using the word and encourage others to do the same!
Read on to learn more about the campaign, from the Drop the I-Word website:
About the I-Word Campaign

Illegal(s): a damaging word that divides and dehumanizes communities and is used to discriminate against immigrants and people of color. The I-Word is shorthand for illegal alien, illegal immigrant and other harmful racially charged terms.

The I-Word Campaign represents a broad spectrum of …

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June 29, 2010, 1:43 pm
New York Times

Puerto Rico Extends Deadline for Birth Certificates

By ISOLDE RAFTERY

Puerto Ricans facing the imminent mass invalidation of their birth certificates have received a reprieve from the Puerto Rican government.
People born on the island – including the nearly 1.4 million Puerto Ricans living on the United States mainland, about 300,000 of them in New York –- now have until Sept. 30 to continue to use their old birth certificates.
Last December, in an effort to curb passport fraud, the Puerto Rican legislature created a new, more …