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Education, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice, Youth

Arrested DREAM Act students may prove to be the leaders in the immigration debate

May 18, 2010, 2:53 PM 3

LatinaLista — It’s been debated in certain circles for awhile that maybe the Latino community would be farther along with Washington in the immigration debate if there was one leader whose actions and words could spur both Congress and…

General, Palabra Final, Politics, Youth

U.S. Census analysis on 2008 presidential race reveals young Latino voters hold key to future elections

May 12, 2010, 10:20 AM 4

LatinaLista — The U.S. Census released their analysis — Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2008 and found out several distinct things about Latino voters. Among the findings are: 1. An extra 2 million Latino voters turned…

Business, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Reports from AZ tell of Latino businesses hurting the most because of SB 1070

May 11, 2010, 7:00 PM 3

LatinaLista — Just a couple of days after Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 into law, she told the Arizona Town Hall group in Tucson that she wasn’t worried that the new bill would hurt Arizona’s economy. Well,…

Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

New report finds that punitive state immigration legislation unites Latinos of all status

May 10, 2010, 9:48 PM 5

LatinaLista — The purpose of each and every punitive immigration related piece of legislation that has been passed on state and national levels have more to do with trying to drive out undocumented immigrants than regulate the situation. However,…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Are Latinos silly to worry about AZ immigration law?

May 8, 2010, 9:16 AM 15

LatinaLista — From some of the critical commentary targeting those protesting Arizona SB 1070, the authors see nothing wrong with SB 1070, feel Latinos’ fears are silly and that people are making a big fuss over nada. One blogger…

Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Democrats must stop treating immigration reform as a political favor to Latinos

May 6, 2010, 6:19 PM 7

LatinaLista — The old adage “Be careful what you wish for” is beginning to hang heavily over the debate on comprehensive immigration reform or CIR. While the immigrant activist and national Latino communities have been actively pushing the Democrats…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

The real fight over AZ SB 1070 is all about social equality for Latinos

May 5, 2010, 5:32 PM 5

LatinaLista — The title of the opinion column by a “Pulitzer-nominated” journalist, named Gregory Kane, had me shaking my head in disbelief — and disgust. The headline read Do Latinos take priority over whites in Arizona? Unfortunately, this question,…

Culture, Education, History, Politics, Youth

Tucson students to create human chain in protest of bill that does away ethnic studies

May 5, 2010, 10:14 AM 0

LatinaLista — The furor over the signing of Arizona SB 1070 that allows for the citizenship status of all Latinos to be questioned by the state’s police has overshadowed an equally disturbing bill that Arizona Gov. Brewer may be…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Politicians voicing support of AZ bill sending unintended message to Congress

May 3, 2010, 6:28 PM 2

LatinaLista — Regardless of all the verbal backlash Arizona has received since passing SB 1070, there are still politicians who want to pass similar laws. The latest politician, who also happens to be campaigning for the U.S. Senate, is…

Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Proposed immigration bill is a start, but hopefully, there’s room for improvement

Apr 29, 2010, 5:29 PM 9

LatinaLista — News that Senators Reid, Schumer and Menendez would be releasing an outline today of an immigration reform proposal surprised many who had heard Sen. Reid repeatedly say that he couldn’t slate immigration reform on the senatorial docket…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

TX state politician plans to introduce immigration bill similar to AZ in 2011

Apr 27, 2010, 5:22 PM 7

LatinaLista — When the Arizona SB 1070 was signed last week, critics warned that a variety of things would happen. Namely, that Latino citizens would suffer an infringement on their civil rights because law enforcement would get them confused…

General, Immigration, Online, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice, Youth

Undocumented “Trail of DREAMs” students near the end of their 1,500-mile journey

Apr 26, 2010, 3:26 PM 0

LatinaLista — The Trail of DREAMs walkers, otherwise known as Gaby Pacheco, Felipe Matos, Carlos Roa and Juan Rodriguez, a group of undocumented students who started their 1,500-mile trek on January 1, 2010 from Miami, FL to Washington, DC…

General, Global Views, Guest Voz, Immigration, Politics, Women

Guest Voz: The “American Dream” doesn’t cross the border south

Apr 23, 2010, 10:38 AM 8

By Giselle Stern Hernandez LatinaLista– Giselle Stern Hernandez is a Mexican-North American writer and performer. She was born and raised in New York. Cuernavaca, Mexico has been her home since 2001 when her husband Roberto was deported from the…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

ICE detains AZ Latino citizen and demands his birth certificate

Apr 22, 2010, 6:48 PM 4

LatinaLista– For anyone who doesn’t think SB 1070 negatively impacts Latino citizens — think again. Thanks to Manuel Guzman of Latino Politico, we see that what everyone says won’t happen has already begun:

General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

AZ Governor feels the pressure from everyone weighing in on SB 1070

Apr 22, 2010, 5:35 PM 5

LatinaLista — Today, leaders from national civil rights organizations gathered together for a press conference call to 1) voice their opposition to Arizona SB 1070 and 2) urge Arizona Governor Brewer not to sign it into law — they…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

AZ Gov. holds the fate of the Constitutional rights of the state’s Latinos with her signature

Apr 21, 2010, 6:03 PM 23

LatinaLista — Immigrant advocates are steeling themselves for bad news to come out of Arizona any day now. There is high expectation that Arizona Governor Brewer will sign into law the most destructive bill yet on Latino constitutional rights….

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

McCain’s reversal on immigration shocks many in the Latino community

Apr 19, 2010, 3:15 PM 12

LatinaLista — On this 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing when we all should be remembering that hatred has no place in a civilized society, we are confronted with the reality that hatred exists to an even greater…

Economy, General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

States passing draconian immigration bills aren’t taking into account Latino buying power

Apr 15, 2010, 3:42 PM 16

LatinaLista — One of the most creative movies about Latinos to ever come out of Hollywood was the 2004 film “A Day Without a Mexican.” The premise of the story was all the Mexicans in the state of California…

Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

Arizona’s new law makes it “open season” on the state’s Latino population

Apr 14, 2010, 5:06 PM 21

LatinaLista — A disgusting story has emerged from Paris, Texas. It seems at a company called Turner Industries it was “open season” on black workers. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found evidence that black workers were harassed with Confederate…

General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

New immigration reform campaign strives to separate the politicians from the legislators

Apr 13, 2010, 4:24 PM 8

LatinaLista — The minute Sen. Reid uttered the statement this morning “We won’t get to immigration reform this work period,” the mainstream news sites couldn’t wait to announce that the Nevada Sen. had “backpedaled” on his promise to the…

Children, General, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final, Parenting, Politics

Study finds 5 million children of undocumented immigrants put at-risk of entering child welfare system

Apr 13, 2010, 4:12 PM 1

LatinaLista — One of the major arguments for the immediate necessity of passing comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) is the fact that current policy is separating families. U.S.-born children are left behind when an undocumented parent(s) is/are captured and deported….

Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Latino voters expect Democrats to champion comprehensive immigration reform

Apr 12, 2010, 1:43 PM 8

LatinaLista — The assertions over the weekend by Nevada’s Sen. Reid and Illinois’ Sen. Durbin that Congress would start working on an immigration reform bill sooner rather than later was welcome news to everyone who has doubted the Democratic…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Under which cup are Democrats hiding immigration reform?

Apr 8, 2010, 2:28 PM 5

LatinaLista — Rumors are running rampant across the country as to the fate of immigration reform in this legislative season. Will another Republican Senator sign on to the Schumer/Graham bill? How committed are Democrats to the issue? Would there…

Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

Three reasons why it’s in the GOP’s interest to address and pass immigration reform

Mar 29, 2010, 1:49 PM 8

LatinaLista — If the Sunday morning appearance by Senators Schumer and Graham on NBC’s Meet the Press accomplished anything, it clarified, threats aside, as to Republican Senator Graham’s commitment to the issue: MR. GREGORY: …immigration reform, where you two…

Children, General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Youth

GOP’s inaction on immigration enables OK lawmakers to make felons out of undocumented children

Mar 26, 2010, 1:08 PM 8

LatinaLista — Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is hopping mad — just like the rest of his party over the passage of the President’s healthcare bill. The only difference between Graham’s anger versus his colleagues is that he’s going to…

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