By José Villa, Senior Editor Hawaii Hispanic News HONOLULU, Hawaii — A resolution requesting the establishment of a permanent Mexican Consulate in the state of Hawaii was presented in the 2011 Hawaii State Legislature’s session. On April 8, the resolution passed, with amendments, the House Committee on International Affairs and then moved to the Senate. [...]
New health surveys will get to the root of Latino identity
LatinaLista — Every Latino knows that not all Latinos are the same. Some of us eat pinto beans, others eat black beans. Some eat tortillas and other eat plantains. For some, tequila is the liquor of choice and for others, it’s rum. Now, the government is finally understanding that there are problems when umbrella labels [...]
Guest Voz: Colorado dairy farm immigration raid went too far in criminalizing workers
LatinaLista — Earlier this month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton announced changes to the immigration enforcement program known as Secure Communities (click on “What’s New” tab). It’s a program that many were lead to believe would only go after “criminal aliens,” those who pose a serious safety threat to residents. In most [...]
Rights Groups Say Proposed Tweaks to Secure Communities Program Are Too Little Too Late
MetroLatinoUSA WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Center for Constitutional Rights, Detention Watch Network (DWN), Rights Working Group (RWG), National Day Laborer Organizing Network and the National Immigration Project reject Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) announcement of minor changes to Secure Communities, a federal immigration enforcement program that has come under fire by communities nationwide that say [...]
Guest Voz: It’s time for Latinos to rally to the defense of Head Start
LatinaLista — The nation’s budget deficit is serious business. Nobody can argue that. Yet, the fact that some in Congress are arguing that the poor and children of color can most afford cuts or eliminations of programs that don’t just provide a service but directly impact their fragile quality of life versus maintaining tax breaks [...]
Hispanic economists and policy analysts offer ideas on how to strengthen financial outlook of Latinos
LatinaLista — Today, Hispanic university economists, financial executives and policy analysts gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas to discuss “The Hispanic Economic Experience.” Coming from across the nation and throughout Texas, the economists met to deliver their latest research findings regarding the financial state of Latinos in the United States. Mark Lopez, associate [...]
