White-Collar Immigrants on the Rise

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2010 To the anti-immigrant sentiment in the country, here's a noteworthy fact: A new analysis of census data shows that in 14 of the country's 25 largest metropolitan areas, more immigrants are employed in white-collar jobs than in the low-wage blue-collar work we normally associate them with. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Deadly Winter for Border Crossers

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2010 It's been a wet and deadly winter for illegal immigrants crossing into Arizona from Mexico, with nine border crossers dying from hypothermia since November. That equals the number who died trying to make the crossing in the previous three winters combined. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Profiting From Immigration Injustice

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2010 Business is booming in Arizona, thanks to a disturbing federal immigration program that transfers millions of taxpayer dollars to a private prison company, parasitic attorneys and other opportunists. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Big Payoff Seen in Immigration Reform

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2010 Despite the American penchant for xenophobia, a report from two policy institutes concludes that legalizing the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. would boost wages, consumption, jobs and tax revenue. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Walking for Legalization

Staff / Truthdig Jan 2, 2010 Taking an ambulatory cue from the Freedom Riders of the civil rights era, four immigrant students -- three of whom are undocumented -- are walking from downtown Miami to Washington, D.C., in a four-month protest against the Obama administration's inaction on legislation that could give legal status to immigrants. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sun Sets on Anti-Immigration Sheriff

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2009 Joe Arpaio, a sheriff in Arizona known for his rabid anti-immigration stance and poor treatment of undocumented immigrants in his custody, has finally lost the federal power to enforce immigration law -- a power reserved for federal agents, not county sheriffs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Senate Panel Votes Down Abortion Amendment in Baucus Bill

Staff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2009 Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch tried, and ultimately failed, to add an amendment to the health care hydra that Max Baucus' reform bill has become. This one would have required women to buy separate policies for abortion-related services. Even the formerly reticent Sen. Olympia Snowe cast a "no" vote on this one. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wilson and Our National Character

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 14, 2009 If you saw a woman struck by a car, would you call an ambulance right away? Or would you first ask for her papers to make sure she was not an illegal immigrant?If you saw a woman struck by a car, would you call an ambulance or ask for her papers to make sure she was not an illegal immigrant? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Remembering Sacco and Vanzetti

Staff / Truthdig Aug 24, 2009 Eighty-two years ago Sunday two Italian immigrants were executed after a dubious trial for murders someone else later confessed to. Whatever really happened, Ferdinando Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti have come to stand for the greater inequities of American justice. (Howard Zinn explains, after the jump.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Georgia and Russia Get Their War On

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2008 Georgia bombed separatists in the country's South Ossetia region Tuesday evening, killing 25; Russia rolled an estimated 150 tanks into Georgia in retaliation, ostensibly to defend the region's high Russian immigrant population. Georgia pleads its case as a "freedom-loving" nation to garner U.S. support; any semblance of logic retreats. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Amigos de Los Latinos

Staff / Truthdig Jan 31, 2008 Latino voters have become a major force in American politics, especially in the Democratic primary. Although these Spanish-language ads from Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are similar in theme to the two presidential candidates' other TV spots, the music adds a little sabor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Holiday for American Immigrants

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Nov 23, 2007 The turkey may share the table with lasagna or guacamole or Asian-style rice bowls. Welcome to America, Pilgrim. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )