Group Offers Free Citizenship Assistance

By Diana Guevara A workshop was held in San Diego today to assist people who wish to become U.S. citizens.   You Are America hosted the event at San Diego’s Equality Alliance Center in North Park at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. The campaign, funded by San Diego Naturalization Collaborative, is offering free help for people going through the application process. One of the people utilizing the program’s help is YouTube sensation Jorge Narvaez, who appeared on The Ellen Show after he sang wi...

Life as an Undocumented Immigrant

How Restrictive Local Immigration Policies Affect Daily Life   By Angela S. García, David G. Keyes   Download this report (pdf)   Download the introduction and summary (pdf)   Read the report in your web browser (Scribd)   What happens to undocumented immigrants after the passage of anti-immigrant state laws such as Arizona’s S.B. 1070 and Alabama’s H.B. 56 or restrictive local ordinances such as those in Prince William County, Virginia, o...

U-T: Threatening note found near critically injured mother

By Susan Shroder and Pauline Repard EL CAJON — A 32-year-old woman was critically injured and not expected to survive after an assault in her El Cajon home on Wednesday, police said Friday, and a threatening note telling the mother of five to go back to her home country was found near her, a family friend said. The woman’s 17-year-old daughter found her unconscious in the dining room of the house on Skyview Street off Lemon Avenue about 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, said El Cajon police Lt. Steve Shak...

OUTLAW: My Life As an Undocumented Immigrant

by Jose Antonio Vargas for DefineAmerican.com This article was originally published in the New York Times Magazine. One August morning nearly two decades ago, my mother woke me and put me in a cab. She handed me a jacket. "Baka malamig doon" were among the few words she said. ("It might be cold there.") When I arrived at the Philippines' Ninoy Aquino International Airport with her, my aunt and a family friend, I was introduced to a man I'd never seen. They told me he was my uncle. He h...

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

U.S. border cities prove havens from Mexico’s drug violence

By Alan Gomez, Jack Gillum, and Kevin Johnson Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has warned of human skulls rolling through her state's deserts. Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, says violence on the U.S. side of the border is "out of control." Rep. Candice Miller, R-Mich., has suggested sending a military brigade to protect Americans. "Of course there is spillover violence along the border," Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said during a recent congressional hearing. "It is not secure and it has never be...