Daniel Escalona

Julian Castro, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate acknowledges supporters after delivering comments during a rally in San Antonio, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Your Voice: Democrats shouldn’t be afraid to push substantive immigration proposals in 2020

May 23, 2019 at 12:07 p.m.

The last two years have seen a decrease in the enrollment of international students in U.S colleges and universities. Enrollment fell six percent in 2017-18 after falling about three percent...

Samira Lopez, 5, of Honduras carries a wet mattress and a guitar as she plays in a migrant camp where a few hundred Central Americans continue to camp out outside the closed Benito Juarez sports complex, in Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018.

Your Voice: Language matters when talking about the migrant caravan

May 23, 2019 at 12:07 p.m.

A few years ago, the Associated Press entered into a heated debate over the language of immigration. In the AP Stylebook, it suggested that journalists use the term "undocumented immigrants"...

Migrant farm workers from Mexico carry a cooler of drinking water into the the field while working at the Grant Family Farms on September 3, 2010 in Wellington, Colorado. The farm, the largest organic vegetable farm outside of California, hires some 250 immigrant workers during the peak harvest season. Owner Andy Grant lamented that the issue of illegal immigration has become politicized nationally. "They feed America," he said of immigrant workers. "They should not be victimized." Grant said his workers start at $7.25, which is the minimum wage in Colorado.

Your voice: Immigrants aren’t lazy, their wages just don’t keep up

May 24, 2019 at 3:30 a.m.

Questions about who is worthy of citizenship have been an important theme during the Trump era — everything from family separation to reducing the admittance of refugees.The newest group unworthy...

An ice cream man on a three wheel bike blends in with pedestrians passing a restaurant and doorway art along 18th St., in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Article about which is the "coolest" neighborhood in Chicago.. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune)

Your Voice: Culture is not static and unchanging, let’s celebrate that

May 24, 2019 at 3:30 a.m.

Recently, Fox News's Laura Ingraham made headlines and generated criticism when she said that the United States is unrecognizable due to increasing ethnic diversity. Ingraham's words echo nativist and xenophobic...

Javier Baez #9 of the Chicago Cubs during the T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Nationals Park on July 16, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Your Voice: Baseball has a superstar problem

May 23, 2019 at 12:06 p.m.

Ask any non-baseball fan to name the biggest superstar in the game, and they may struggle to name someone. But, ask the same question to a non-basketball fan and similar...

Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA chant slogans and carry signs while joining a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017.

Your Voice: Stop preaching the heroic immigrant narrative

August 18, 2019 at 7:49 p.m.

I have family members who are immigrants from Mexico, Croatia and Canada. A good friend of mine came to the United States from Mexico as a child, and has since...

A woman drinks from a bendable plastic straw in 2018.

Think about the disabled before banning straws

May 31, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

As a disabled person, nothing is more annoying to me than going to a restaurant, itching for a burger and a beer, only to see a small step ominously outside...

Fans of Mexico pose at Moscow Red Square on June 18, 2018 in Moscow, Russia.

Your Voice: ‘Nada nos detiene,’ building bridges from Moscow to Mexico City

May 24, 2019 at 3:30 a.m.

I have a confession to make: For much of my life, I agreed to watch (and feign enthusiasm towards) the Mexican national football team every four years simply to appease...

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