Posted in Mexico on May 14th, 2009
The economic downturn had affected us directly or we know of a loved one, or a close friend that has been downsized. Two weeks ago yours truly became part of the labor statistic due to my past employer eliminating ten percent of their staff.
This bubble burst is impacting immigrants legal or illegal even more drastically. [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Immigration, Labor, Law & Justice, Mexico, Racism, Struggles on Mar 11th, 2009
Luís Argueta, director of the award-winning film “The Silence of Neto,” (Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival; Best Movie, New York Latino Film Festival), along with co-producer Vivian Rivas, are now in the post-production phase of their new full-length documentary “abUSed - The Postville Raid,” about the arrest of nearly 400 immigrant workers in a single [...]
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