Same-Sex Bi-National Couples Now “Low-Priority” for Deportation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 20, 2011
At President Obama's orders, DHS will now give low priority to deportation cases involving individuals in same-sex relationships with U.S. citizens.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: deportation, gaymarriage, homelandsecurity, immigration, lgbt, obama, samesexcouples
San Francisco Files Suit Against Car Wash for Wage Theft
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
Latino workers say they were forced to wait in unsanitary back rooms for hours on end before being allowed to "clock in" for work.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: dennisherrera, laborrights, larazacentrolegal, sanfrancisco, workersrights, workingconditions
Film Pays Tribute to a Chicano Original: Oscar “Bandido” Gomez
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jul 17, 2011
Seventeen years after his mysterious death, a Chicano activist and radio personality is being honored through film.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: achicanomystery, chicano, chicanofilm, oscar"bandido"gomez, thedeathofradiobandido
Filipino Journalists on Pulitzer Winner’s Coming Out
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 01, 2011
The admission by Pulitzer Prize-winning Filipino journalist Jose Antonio Vargas that he is undocumented is bringing mixed reactions from Filipino media.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: dreamact, filipinoamerican, immigration, Joseantoniovargas, media