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Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies

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2012

Americas and Caribbean Islands

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Americas And Caribbean Islands Union, Ruben B. Botello Jd Dec 2011

Americas And Caribbean Islands Union, Ruben B. Botello Jd

Ruben B Botello JD

Americas and Caribbean Islands Union

By Ruben Barrera Botello, JD

Immigration is a major issue in the United States today. U.S. Latinos often express interest in this issue because of its direct impact on their families, schools, jobs, communities and governmental affairs.

Latinos are Indigenous Americans whose ancestors suffered for centuries under European invaders and occupiers intent on stealing their lands and freedoms. Their native roots tie Latinos to Native Americans throughout the Western Hemisphere, traditionally, culturally and genetically. They remain attached, to their ancestral lands and freedoms, even though robbed of them by the foreign occupiers and their offspring. …