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Leslie Berestein Rojas
Immigration and Emerging Communities Reporter
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Leslie Berestein Rojas is KPCC's Immigration and Emerging Communities Reporter.
An award-winning journalist with several years’ experience reporting on immigration issues, Berestein Rojas most recently covered immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border for the San Diego Union-Tribune. She has retraced the steps of migrants along desert smuggling trails, investigated immigrant detention contractors, and told the stories of families left behind in Mexico’s migrant-sending towns.
A native of Cuba raised in Los Angeles, Leslie has also written for Time, People, the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Times. She has reported from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
Stories by Leslie Berestein Rojas
American snapshot: Glassell Park
Where kielbasa meets crispy pata: A Polish restaurant and a Filipino restaurant side by side in a Glassell Park mini-mall.
Immigration and nativism, in historical context
Author Peter Schrag has an interesting piece published today in the Immigration Policy Center's "Perspectives" series, narratives written by academics and researchers on the topic of immigration.
Back in the spotlight: The 14th Amendment
The back-and-forth over the 14th Amendment has recently bubbled back to the top of the immigration-debate cauldron. Until now, the talk of eliminating the constitutional right to U.
For the late-morning second cup: Croatian mariachi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG69jcIUqrY&feature=player_embedded
In the news this morning: The 14th Amendment, Muslim women speak out, and more headlines from the weekend
Congress may look at ‘birthright citizenship' debate | ajc.com (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Five great reads this week, in case you missed them
A few stories and essays stood out this week, providing insight on recent news events, such as the tragic migrant slayings near the Texas border in Mexico, or shedding light on the little-known, as did a standout NPR piece on a new book that analyzes the onetime iconic film character Charlie Chan through the lens of the cultural and racial politics of his era.
A Muslim NYC firefighter on the events of 9/11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU5W-iUv8fg&feature=player_embedded
Longest waits for immigrant visas: September
Every month, Multi-American is posting the longest current waits as listed in the U.S. State Department’s monthly Visa Bulletin.
In the news this morning: No Quran burning, a calm fourth night in Westlake, Eid holiday tomorrow, and more
Essayist: Before Burning Quran, Know What's In It : NPR (NPR)
Immigrant poet captures 'The Art of Exile'
http://vimeo.com/14816331
The two big updates of the afternoon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do1AJghk35I&feature=player_embedded
And now that 'Los Doyers' is trademarked...
Yesterday I posted on the trademarking of "Los Doyers," the Dodgers nickname resulting from the team's name being mispronounced in Spanish. Now, LA Observed reports that a website that sold "Los Doyers" merchandise prior to the trademark was recently asked to stop selling it.
Westlake unrest dubbed 'LA Machete Riots' by immigration restriction group
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I16020r--oM
In the news this morning: Trafficked farmworkers, arrests in Mexico migrant slayings, 37 held in drop house, and more
Thai farmworkers describe being lured into slavery in U.S. - latimes.com (Los Angeles Times)
Go Doyers!
Now for a story that I absolutely freaking love: The trademarking of "Los Doyers" (as in the accented Spanish mispronunciation of "Dodgers") by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The team trademarked "Los Doyers," by now a nickname so common that it's mispronounced on purpose, last month.
