Under the Bracero Program (1942–1964), farm hands were taken from poor rural communities in Mexico and brought to fields in the U.S., where they picked fruit and cotton until their contracts expired and they were forced back across the border.
Joaquin Luna’s family said he killed himself last week out of despair over his immigration status, but others say the suicide was unrelated to that.
December 2, 2011 | by Sonia Smith
The illogical politics of immigration reform.
McAllen’s mayor is Branded a loser for the first time in twenty years.
Democrats and Republicans seem ready to make a push for comprehensive immigration reform, after years of stalemate on the issue. But Brooke Rollins, head of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, thinks their approach may have the wrong focus.
If you're wondering why trial lawyers were once regarded as heroes rather than pariahs, let me tell you about my friend Warren Burnett, the late, great champion of little guys and lost causes.
Whenever I go to Fort Worth, I try to take a look at the little house where we lived. It’s amazing to think about what we went through.
How Hollywood sees us—and how Hollywood got us wrong.
Race and racism at the state soccer championship.
Her mom dissed his dad. He defeated her mom. Now
Cecile Richards is helping lead the charge to send
himthat would be the president of the United
Statesback to Texas. Nothing personal, mind you.