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MATT.org Blog on the DREAM Act In the News

by::  MarissaGabrysch

The DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act has been introduced several times in the US Congress and would provide a path to citizenship for immigrant students and individuals wishing to join the US military. Learn more about the developments with the DREAM Act... More...

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Posted on: Friday, October 26, 2007   by:   mgabrysch    0 Comments    Share

New MATT-sponsored immigration blog! Immigration

by::  DanielaPerdomo

MATT is the partnering sponsor of a new daily-updated, non-partisan blog on immigration! It launched on Monday, June 25 but its success is dependent on readers like you who write comments, send in tips, etc. Visit it here: rethinkimmigration.blogspot.com As it’s in the... More...

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Posted on: Monday, June 25, 2007   by:   daniela    0 Comments    Share

Immigration Reform and Regional Security Immigration

by::  FrankCabrera

How does this tie into immigration policy? The security implications are vast. A failure of immigration reform and the continuation of anti-immigratory policy will provide those who threaten regional security with a tool to further foment anti-American sentiment. One could place their bets that... More...

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Posted on: Friday, June 8, 2007   by:   frankcabrera    1 Comments    Share

Legal vs Ilegal Immigration, Amnesty to what? Immigration

by::  JuanGodoy

  Can’t stand media communicators and even congressmen using the term "Legal Immigration" (versus the "Illegal" kind) as to imply "Just" or "Fair" without any understanding of the fact that for generations immigrants have come to this... More...

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Posted on: Tuesday, June 5, 2007   by:   comprehend    1 Comments    Share

Student Voices in Mexico!! Personal Reflections

by::  HumbertoGonzalez

            Hey guys! Well, once again has Student Voices lived up to its purpose! Last May 25 th , Student Voices held another panel in which students from Mexico and the United States got to speak their minds on topics of concern. This time,... More...

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Posted on: Wednesday, May 23, 2007   by:   hgonzale    0 Comments    Share

Mexico's Financial Crisis: The Tequila Crash Economy

by::  AlbertoValls

The Mexican crisis raised, throughout the world, a number of questions regarding the sustainability of the market oriented reform process in the world. The crisis and eventual demise of the Mexican exchange rate peg was, both sudden and dramatic. It not only marked a new style of crisis, it also... More...

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Posted on: Tuesday, May 1, 2007   by:   AlbertoValls    0 Comments    Share

Financial Crisis of 94: The Tequila Crash Economy

by::  AlbertoValls

Mexico’s financial crash in 1994 is a clear example of the vulnerability of financial markets. To have a better understanding of the American investors’ point of view in the Mexican financial market, I chose to write about the famous 1994 financial crisis in Mexico. This lost of... More...

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Posted on: Tuesday, May 1, 2007   by:   AlbertoValls    1 Comments    Share

A Trip to L.A. Personal Reflections

by::  DanielaPerdomo

As I stare out from my hotel room in Los Angeles, I see a landscape of cool concrete, pinned down by palm trees. The sun seems to hang perennially high, and I think there is some kind of force, centrifugal perhaps, that buzzes about the city—even as I look out the window at 4 a.m. It may be... More...

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Posted on: Thursday, April 26, 2007   by:   daniela    0 Comments    Share

Would Richardson get the Latino vote? Politics

by::  DanielaPerdomo

Bill Richardson, despite having an Anglo name, is half-Mexican—and proud of it. The two-time and very popular governor of New Mexico, one of the border states, he has an impressive résumé: he has been the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and secretary of energy under... More...

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Posted on: Friday, April 13, 2007   by:   daniela    1 Comments    Share

Student Voices @ its best! United States - México Relations

by::  HumbertoGonzalez

           There have been few events in my life that have influenced me so much that they have actually changed me. Such was the pioneering event that took place at the University of the Incarnate Word Wednesday morning on March 21st. Student... More...

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Posted on: Tuesday, April 10, 2007   by:   hgonzale    0 Comments    Share

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