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Raids Negatively Affect Children By Adolfo Flores It has been more than two months since Jessica's mom was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in an immigration raid in Van Nuys, but to her it feels like just yesterday that she watched her mom drive off in an unmarked van. Several hours later Maria returned to Micro Solutions Enterprises, where she was detained, and was reunited with her daughter. Although Jessica strives to be her mom's support, she says she feels nervous and anxious since the raids. |
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By Cindy Von Quednow Breny Mendoza didn’t consider herself an immigrant until she moved to California. After living outside of Honduras, her native country, for 30 years, traveling and living in Latin America, Europe and the U.S., Mendoza obtained permanent residency in 2001 when she came to Los Angeles to work at CSUN. “It has been hard for me to assume an immigrant identity because I have always wanted to say I am Latin American or Honduran, always with the idea that I will return, or that this is transitory,” said Mendoza who added that she didn’t feel the effects of being an immigrant until she was in the U.S. |
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The Political Awakening of Immigrants By Adolfo Flores Diego Ortiz wasn't as involved with issues affecting the immigrant community as he is today. Granted the California State University, of Northridge student understood the issues, being an immigrant from El Salvador, but he never did much about it. The spring marches in Downtown Los Angeles in 2006 against the Border Protection, Anti-terrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (H.R. 4437) marked a turning point for the now president of the Central American United Students Association at CSUN. |
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Immigrants contribute to the labor market, economy By Cindy Von Quednow Compared to the rest of the U.S, California is the state with the most immigrants, they make up 27 per cent of the total population. The number of immigrants in the state has increased more than five times from 1.8 million to 9.6 million between 1974 and 2005, according to the Institute of Public Policy. In the article “How Immigrants Affects California Employment and Wages,” Giovanni Peri, professor of economics at University of California, Davis, analyses these impressive figures and their affects on the California economy, and concludes by contradicting the notion that immigrant workers harm the state’s economy because they compete with Americans for jobs thereby reducing salaries. He considers that Californians would suffer the most if immigrants did in fact harm the labor market and the economy. |
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(In)adaptation and cultural (dis)integration By Alonso Yáñez When someone decides to move to another country, they're usually worried about preparing for the trip or escaping from unpromising financial or political situations, and don't take into consideration how complicated it is to adapt to a different society. Many immigrants leave behind better careers and status in their home countries in order to live with more opportunities and liberties elsewhere. They often occupy a wide variety of jobs, usually with poor salaries, such as Fidel Jordán, a Peruvian lawyer who came in 2001 to Los Angeles. |
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By Alonso Yáñez The history of humanity has been one of constant mobilization and cultural exchange. From the migration of the Jews to their "promised land", to the arrival of ambitious and disoriented Europeans to America, the great Diasporas of people have substantially changed the lives of immigrants and the residents of the area receiving them. Unfortunately, insecurities and prejudice have also helped maintain the endless intolerance against immigrants. Throughout history, they have been labeled with all sorts of names, from underdeveloped invaders, to pests or hordes of Third World savages that live off the system. |
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