immigrants
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Doing Journalism
ANNOTATED: Owners of Local Mexican Grocery ‘La Jalisco’ Discuss Struggles, Rewards of Small Business
ANNOTATION INSTRUCTIONS: When you see a light red highlight, click on the small comment box to the right to read the reporter’s annotation. Transcript and Audio: Carolina Medrano and Fatima Mendoza on Family Business ‘La Jalisco’ MARA NELMS: It’s a grocery store like any other — you can find…
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Athens-Clarke County
Owners of Local Mexican Grocery ‘La Jalisco’ Discuss Struggles, Rewards of Small Business
Transcript and Audio: Carolina Medrano and Fatima Mendoza on Family Business ‘La Jalisco’ MARA NELMS: It’s a grocery store like any other — you can find apples and potatoes, cuts of beef and pork, fresh bread and pastries. You can also find horchata, popular Mexican candies, and authentic tacos. It’s…
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Athens-Clarke County
Some Immigrants in Athens Fear Discrimination
An Athens woman is afraid she and her son may be the target of discrimination because of recent controversy surrounding immigrants and immigration policy. “America is my home I have children here, I have settled here, I went to college here, but I feel like I could be more targeted.…
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Northeast Georgia News
Watkinsville’s La Parilla Participates in “A Day Without Immigrants”
Local restaurant employees who intended to make a statement found themselves the victims of racist remarks last Friday. La Parilla, a mexican restaurant in Watkinsville decided to close for the day last Thursday after many of their employees took the day to recognize a national protest called “A Day Without…
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2016 Election
Undocumented Immigrants Look at Coming Election
Election day is here. One of the issues that experts say could impact the results is the Latino vote and the candidates positions on immigration. College Republican, Ben Grayson has a very strong opinion on the issue of undocumented citizens. “In a state funded university, no I don’t think that they…
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Northeast Georgia News
Wave of Immigrants Become American Citizens in Georgia
ATLANTA — At the Atlanta office of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, 154 people became citizens today. More than 23,000 people in Georgia will become American citizens by the end of the 2015 fiscal year. According to Brett Rinehart, Field Director for the Atlanta USCIS office, Georgia is…