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Immigration policy, civil rights, Latin American affairs, and U.S. political coverage through a Latino lens.

DREAM Act student activists in graduation caps and gowns at a protest

DREAM Act Students Occupy Senator McCain's Office

Five undocumented students sat down in John McCain's Tucson office and refused to leave - knowing deportation could follow.

Sofia Reyes - Jul 14, 2023

Indigenous Peruvian women at a protest in Lima demanding justice

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Add This to Fujimori's Crimes: Mass Sterilizations

Peru's former dictator ran a government program that sterilized over 300,000 women - mostly indigenous, mostly poor, mostly without consent.

Sofia Reyes - Nov 10, 2022

Protesters marching against Arizona SB1070 immigration law

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Arizona's Brewer Keeps Moving to the White

Arizona's SB1070 required police to check the immigration status of anyone they 'reasonably suspected' was undocumented. In Arizona, that means brown.

Sofia Reyes - Jun 27, 2022

Law enforcement inspecting a semi-submersible vessel used for drug trafficking

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The Narco Submarine

A homemade submarine packed with cocaine changed how the world understood the scale of drug trafficking - and who gets blamed for it.

Sofia Reyes - Mar 15, 2022

Protesters in Merida Yucatan holding rainbow flags at a demonstration

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Yucatan's Double Ban: Gay Marriage and Abortion

As Mexico City prepared to legalize same-sex marriage, Yucatan amended its constitution to prohibit it and restrict abortion - a reminder that Mexico is not one country.

Sofia Reyes - Sep 28, 2021

Immigration rights protesters outside a Chicago church holding signs

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Elvira Arellano: The Face of Undocumented America

A Mexican woman refused to leave a Chicago church and in doing so became the most visible face of a broken immigration system.

Sofia Reyes - Jun 8, 2021

U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.

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Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite Needs a History Lesson on Cuba

A Florida Republican congresswoman made comments about Cuban-American cemetery plots that revealed just how little she understood about the community she represented.

Sofia Reyes - Jan 19, 2021