Ethnic Media’s Collective Message to the White House: Do It Now

January 29, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: barack obama, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, immigration, immigration reform, New America Media

    Editor’s Note: This editorial was produced in association with New America Media (http://www.newamericamedia.org), a national association of ethnic media, and was published by more than 50 ethnic media across the country to bring attention to the urgency of immigration reform. 

Two Farmworkers’ Daughters, Two Paths to Higher Education

January 28, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: brenda rincon, Coachella, Coachella Valley High School, Cristian Cabrera, DACA, DREAM Act, Farm Workers, immigration reform, Kent Braithwaite, Silvia Paz

  COACHELLA, Calif. – Cristian Cabrera was working in the grape fields with her family last summer, saving money for the fall semester, when she received a text from a friend.

Magon: The Deportation Chronicles, Pt. 3

January 23, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: DACA, Deportation Chronicles, DREAM Act, DREAMers, Eastern Coachella Valley, ICE, immigration reform, jesus valenzuela, Jesus Valenzuela Felix, Joaquin Magon, Mary Bono Mack, Raul Ruiz

    The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 24: The Deportation Chronicles, Part 3 Raul: Those Who Said Goodbye In 2010, there were an estimated 387,000 “removals” according to Department of Homeland Security documents.

OPINION: 2012 Presidential Election “Got Personal” at DNC

September 12, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, barack obama, Charlotte, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, college of the desert, Democratic National Convention, Democratic National Convention 2012, DNC, Eastern Coachella Valley, Farm Workers, health, health care access, immigration reform, Jacqueline Lopez, Julian Castro, Michelle Obama, NC, New America Media, Republican National Convention, RNC, the california endowment

    By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated CHARLOTTE, NC – It got personal for me at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.