LatinaLista — A small earthquake rocked Congress on Capitol HIll yesterday. Unlike the August 23rd earthquake that shook the region with a 5.8 magnitude, this earthquake was symbolic rather than physical. Yesterday, Republicans and Democrats came together in a vote of 389 to 15 to pass H.R. 3012, “The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act.” The [...]
Mexican economists tally the costs of anti-immigrant legislation and shaky economy on undocumented immigrants
LatinaLista — A New York Times editorial today was the latest commentary to blast Alabama legislators for passing HB 56, otherwise known as THE immigration law. The editorial pointed out the devastating unseen consequences of the law on the state’s economy. Farmers can tally the cost of crops left to rot as workers flee. Governments [...]
New report shows Latinos have unprecedented success in lawncare and landscape industry — but for how long?
LatinaLista — Every bad joke you’ve ever heard about Latinos being in the lawn care and landscaping business is about to multiply courtesy of a report released today by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce titled “The Economic Impact of the Landscaping and Lawn Care Services Industry on U.S. Latinos.” According to the report’s authors, [...]
New report reveals Latino and black homebuyers with good credit were targets of subprime lenders
LatinaLista — At the height of the subprime mortgage crisis, the blame for it and the subsequent housing bubble bust were laid directly on the doormat of Latino and black homebuyers. “Buying more home than they can afford” was the popular soundbite pundits and commentators echoed while trying to make someone accountable for the worst [...]
Getting a clearer picture of who are the Latino poor
LatinaLista — The Pew Hispanic Center weighs in on the US Census’ recent release of the more detailed Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) in the new report Hispanic Poverty Rate Highest In New Supplemental Census Measure. What was made clear in the Pew report is that it doesn’t make much of a difference whether the poverty [...]
Growing Mexican trade helps Arizona exports keep pace with other states
By Joshua Armstrong Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – A strong Mexican economy is helping Arizona keep pace with other states in export sales this year, according to recent data from the International Trade Administration. Mexico accounted for more than a third of the state’s international trade in the first half of 2011, when Arizona’s total [...]
