As Cuban refugees in Puerto Rico, my parents made it a priority in our upbringing for my brother Ignacio and me to learn Cuban history and traditions, from...
Immigration
An old Irish custom—at least my mother told me it was Irish and old—was to put an extra potato in the pot for supper for “the people on the...
Arizona's immigration crackdown both was inspired by and inspires fear. "Panico." That's how Joel Navarette, the coordinator of the...
With Arizona's new immigration law causing debate around the country, it's best to start off on the same page about the facts. Lawyer Tom Roach clears...
Lady Liberty has seen many tempest tossed generations set foot upon these shores. With each new wave of immigrants, the American Catholic Church has become a...
Immigrants today experience economic, social, legal, and pyschological crucifixions. Last April I was working on a video documentary on the U.S.-Mexican border...
Some Catholics aren’t so sure about the bishops’ push for comprehensive immigration reform, but this Catholic activist says it’s time for the...
The immigration debate comes home to Catholic parishes She brought her children here from her country because she feared gangs would kill them. “I left...
The right paperwork can save lives among the world’s stateless people. After a record turnout of nearly 60 million Americans marched through voting...
How to deal with the immigration “problem”? Give people a real choice on migration. It may surprise red-white-and-blue Americans fixated on...
