Colbert Report: Jose Antonio Vargas

Jose Antonio Vargas explains which is more difficult: coming out of the closet as a gay man or as a border gay. The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive

Free Immigration Info Session & Case Assessment!

Download: English Flyer | Spanish Flyer Get your immigration questions answered by licensed attorneys for FREE! Stop by Thomas Jefferson School of Law on Wednesday, June 15 for information sessions and case assessments by lawyers of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). There will be no cost to participants for this event. Information sessions will cover naturalization and the basics of family immigration. The first session will begin at 5:00 and individual case assessments ...

Gay Undocumented Immigrant Released From Rikers After Acquittal

By Monika Fabian A month ago, a jury found Ricardo Muñiz innocent of assaulting a 65-year-old man during a fight outside a Brooklyn bar in July 2009. The dispute began when two men harassed Muñiz and a friend of his with homophobic epithets in the bar, according to published reports. Yet in spite being cleared of all criminal charges, it appeared as if Muñiz would remain behind bars. During his pre-trial detention, Muñiz, 25, became ensnared in the Rikers Island Criminal Alien Progr...

Bi-National Lesbian Couple Can Press US Marriage Claim

BY PAUL SCHINDLER In what appears to be the first such action of its type, an Immigration Judge in Manhattan has adjourned deportation proceedings for the Argentine lesbian spouse of an American citizen to allow the couple to proceed with their application to have their marriage recognized for purposes of federal immigration law. Monica Alcota, 35, who came to the US a decade ago, married her partner of nearly three years, 25-year-old Cristina Ojeda, last August in Connecticut. The c...

Apply now to new community engagement job training academy!

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACADEMY Paid on-the-job training in the cutting-edge field of non-profit civic engagement The Equality Alliance of San Diego County is now taking applications for the inaugural class of the new Community Engagement Academy (CEA).  The Academy will provide training on how to engage peers to improve the community.  The one-week CEA will enhance or develop the following knowledge and skills: Knowledge of Civic Engagement: ·         Governance structures (fede...

Huff Post: The U.S.-Mexico Border Is Getting Organized

John Carlos Frey Director If you have ever visited a U.S. town or major city along the U.S.-Mexico border you will quickly realize it is a unique part of the country. The region is alive with multiculturalism, globalization and ethnic diversity. I was born in a border town in Mexico, Tijuana, and grew up in a border town in the U.S, San Diego. I believe that border communities are microcosms of what is possible when we embrace our differences instead alienating each other because of them. ...