The first Monday in September is Labor Day.  Most of us think it’s another holiday that we don’t have to work, but the origins of Labor Day still ring true today, 129 years later.  Labor Day is the creation of the labor movement of the 1880’s and it is dedicated to the social and economic […]

Memoirs of a Mojado Growing up undocumented was a very unique experience for me.  Later in college, I learned that I was not alone. Sometimes my experiences were funny and sometimes they were incredibly sad, but these experiences made me who I am today. We want to know what’s your story? Justicia Hoy, in collaboration […]

Sometime when we write about the issues that pertain to the immigration debate, the same comments come up. “Why don’t you just do it the right way like everybody else!?” These statements frustrate me because the notions of how one becomes a U.S. citizens are deeply misconstrued and misunderstood.  I became a U.S. citizen through […]