Last week, the Department of Homeland Security informed dozens of states that they cannot opt out of the controversial fingerprinting program known as Secure Communities, designed to identify and deport undocumented immigrants with criminal records. In a letter sent to 39 Governors, federal officials informed them that any previous agreements over the program were now […]
Hazelton Anti-immigration Laws Revisited
A pair of anti-immigration laws in the town of Hazelton, Penn., declared unconstitutional by a federal appeals court last year, are getting a second chance. The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed its ruling from last September that declared the laws unconstitutional because they conflicted with federal immigration laws. The court’s decision stems from […]
Guest Blogger Series: Nancy Keenan “Fighting for Reproductive Rights for Every Woman”
They appeared last month in Los Angeles: billboards that read in Spanish and English “El lugar más peligroso para un Latino es el vientre de su madre/The most dangerous place for a Latino is in the womb.” These billboards are the latest front in a cynical campaign by anti-choice activists targeting women of color. For […]
Bloomberg and Soros will fund nearly half of $127 million program in NYC to help young Latino men
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new initiative Thursday, funded in part by billionaire hedge funder George Soros and himself, which aims to improve the lives and future prospects of young Latino and Black males in the city. Bloomberg and Soros have pledged $30 million each from their own funds for the program […]
Illinois Dream Act Signed into Law
The Illinois DREAM Act, which will help undocumented students in the state pay for college, was signed into law by Governor Pat Quinn on Monday. The law will create a “DREAM Fund” supported by private donors—not taxpayers, that will hold funds for grants and scholarships for students. Quinn has pledged $1000 of his own money […]
New Study Shows Latinos hurt the most by Recession
A report by the Pew Research Center released last week found that Latinos have been the worst hit by the current economic recession. Researchers from the Social & Demographic Trends Project analyzed data from the Census Bureau and found that the median wealth of Hispanic households fell drastically from $18,359 in 2005 to $6,325 in […]
Alabama faces Federal Lawsuit over Anti-immigrant Law
The state of Alabama is facing a legal challenge by the Obama administration over its anti-immigrant law, considered to be the harshest immigration law in the country, which requires law enforcement officials to question the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Monday […]
New Program Club Digital looks to close Digital Divide among Latino Families
The launch of a new bilingual program this week, Club Digital, marks an unprecedented effort to close the digital divide affecting Latino families in the U.S. Club Digital is the nation’s most comprehensive bilingual, multimedia Internet training program that will reach nearly 3 million Latinos in California during its summer pilot program launched on August […]
Comentarios from Maria Cardona: “Tyranny of 87 must stop”
We have become victims of the Tyranny of 87. This is not a reference to the years immediately preceding the French Revolution of 1789. I am referring to July 2011 in the United States of America, the greatest democracy in the world. Or so I thought. The Tyranny of 87 is the bizarre, surreal, but […]
Guest Blogger Series: Jorge Bauermeister “Telecom, Wireless, and Broadband Offer Untapped Economic Potential for the U.S. and Latinos”
The economy of the United States has been at a standstill since 2008. Job creation has stagnated, and economic performance has businesses worried. Despite these negatives, the potential for the American economy and workforce remains promising. Through the power of technology, the economy can recover with positive job creation and strong business growth. In 2010, […]
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