Dos Pueblos

01/20/2015

Please note that we have made the difficult decision to shut down Dos Pueblos on January 31, 2015. Unfortunately we did not have the time to give this project the necessary resources to make it successful.

12/03/2014

It is time for immigrants to actively engage in the immigration reform debate. Here is a website with history and information you can use to dispel the myths and correct the record in the debate.
http://www.braceros.org

Welcome to the Bracero Project. Author bracero Date December 1, 2014 Please use the navigation menu above to navigate the site.

11/19/2014

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152967942944238&fref=nf

11/11/2014

The White House reports that there are currently 30,000 immigrants serving in the US Armed Forces. Additionally there have been 102,000 immigrants who have served in the armed forces since 2002. More importantly, immigrants have served with distinction fighting for their adopted country. Seven Mexican citizens have been awarded the nations’ highest award, The Medal of Honor. It is important to remind everyone this Veterans Day as the discussion about immigration reform intensifies across the nation. Please share this image with your network today.

Mexican citizen Medal of Honor recipients:
1. Isaac Payne, Trumpeter 1875 (Indian Wars)
2. Pedro Cano, Private US Army 1944 (World War II)
3. Marcario Garcia, Staff Sergeant US Army 1944 (World War II)
4. *Silvestre S. Herrera, Private First Class US Army 1945 (World War II)
5. Jesus S. Duran, Specialist Fourth Class US Army 1969 (Vietnam War)
6. Jose F. Jimenez, Lance Corporal US Marines 1969 (Vietnam War)
7. Alfred V. Rascon, Specialist Fourth Class US Army 1966 (Vietnam War)

10/13/2014

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/mexico/141006/mexican-mass-grave-iguala-students-survivor-story

Hit men confessed to working with local police to kill students. This 19-year-old managed to escape.

10/02/2014

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/trail-of-fearscentral-american-women-risk-sexual-violence-en-route-to-us-for-a-better-life_16094086

Trail of Fears

09/30/2014

http://www.texasobserver.org/brownsville-texas-border-doctor-stories-fear-love/

A Brownsville pediatrician sets the story straight about the children and families crossing the border into Texas.

09/24/2014

http://dospueblos.org/

Immigration Reform Information Center

09/13/2014

http://dospueblos.org/2014/09/the-latino-vote-and-immigration-reform/

President Barack Obama was supposed to be the hope, the hope for all of the disfranchised in the country and the hope for immigration reform. Initially the political rhetoric was that the Republica...

09/09/2014

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/09/07/obama-angers-delay-election-immigration-activists-opinionline/15254225/

What people are saying about the president delaying executive action.

09/09/2014

http://www.msnbc.com/daily-rundown/watch/immigration-advocates-unhappy-with-obama-326388291941

09/08/2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/opinion/isis-deep-in-the-heart-of-texas.html?_r=0

A legitimate threat from foreign forces should not be used as fodder for anti-immigrant, enforcement-over-citizenship border politicians.