Take a sneak peek inside into life on the Texas-Mexico border… and those who dare to cross it in hopes to pursue the “American Dream.” American Dream Not Quite Reality For Priscilla Aguero and Jose Loredo, the American dream has yet to be achieved. As a young man, Loredo made his way through the harsh elements of the […]
American Dream Not Quite Reality
May 8, 2014 by
“Before I built a wall I’d ask to know, what I was walling in or walling out, and to whom I was like to give offense. Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, that wants it down,” – Robert Frost, Mending Wall. In a small, quiet neighborhood on the edge of Lubbock, 31-year-old Priscilla […]
Long Wait Brings Focus to Restrictions
May 8, 2014 by
Vanessa Loredo, a Texas Tech University sophomore Spanish major, said her father, Jose Loredo’s cousin, crossed over illegally when he was young. Read his story in: American Dream Not Quite Reality As a native of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, he moved to Weslaco, where he began to work and build a family, Vanessa Loredo said. After […]
Desert Guides at a High Price
May 8, 2014 by
A local woman who has assisted undocumented citizens over the border, knows Loredo and Aguero’s story because she too has lived it. Read also: Long Wait Brings Focus to Restrictions Born in Texas and raised in Mexico, she came back to Texas where her family made a living traveling as migrant workers. She refused to […]
Blurred Border Boundaries
May 8, 2014 by
Immigration expert and Texas Tech University professor Miguel Levario, Ph.D., said if there is a decrease in immigration and deportation numbers, it is most likely due to our economy, as immigration waves pattern economical ones. “The blanket statement is that this is a national policy, but if you look at the enforcement of that policy, […]
Life in Juarez
May 8, 2014 by
The U.S. Department of State travel website states Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, has one of the highest homicide rates in Mexico, earning it a travel warning, as the border city continues to struggle with crime and violence fueled by the illegal-drug trade. A few miles away, citizens in El Paso, Texas, reside in the safest city […]
Texas Remains Republican; Expected Results from Political Science Poll
April 17, 2014 by
The majority of Texans would vote for Republican Greg Abbott for governor if the elections were today, according a poll conducted by Texas Tech’s Earl Survey Research Lab. The preliminary results also said that voter photo ID laws would not be a problem with many Texas voters, and that more Texans have changed their opinion […]
