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Educators in Arizona Sue State Board of Education over Ban on Mexican-American Studies

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Eleven Tucson area educators have filed a lawsuit against the state board of education and superintendent this week arguing that a state ban against Mexican-American studies, set to take effect at the end of this year, is “anti-Hispanic.” The teachers are asking a federal judge for a stay on the new law because, they argue, […]

Univision Says It Will Not Run Ads Telling Latinos to Not Vote

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Earlier today, La Plaza ran a story about a Spanish-language TV spot sponsored by a conservative group that was encouraging Latinos to not vote this year. Univision network just issued a statement that they will not be running these ads and clarifying that Robert De Posada, president of Latinos for Reform, is not affiliated with […]

Conservative Latino Group Tells Latino Voters to Stay Home on Election Day

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A new conservative Latino group is trying to silence voters in the upcoming mid-term elections by telling Latinos not to vote. The Virginia-based organization, Latinos for Reform, is responsible for a Spanish –language ad currently running in Nevada whose message is, “Don’t vote.  Yes, you heard right, don’t vote.” Attacking President Obama and Democrats over […]

Senate Hopeful Defends Ad and Confuses Latinos and Asians

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Republican Senatorial candidate Sharron Angle, in addressing a group of Latino high school students in Nevada, defended an ad aired recently by her campaign by saying she was “unsure” if the images of dark-skinned individuals sneaking through a chain link fence actually depicted Hispanics. The TV spot, which is no longer available on You Tube, […]

Kris Kobach Says he Will Continue Anti-immigration Legal Work

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The author of Arizona’s anti-immigration law, which has been copied by numerous states across the country, says he will continue to push his anti-immigrant agenda, as he accused immigrants in Kansas of voter fraud. As previously reported by La Plaza, Kobach, a Republican candidate for secretary of state in Kansas, is a constitutional law professor […]

Guilty Verdict for Two Men Charged in Fatal Hate-fueled Beating of Mexican Immigrant

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A federal court in Pennsylvania found two men guilty yesterday in the beating death of Luis Ramirez, an immigrant from Mexico, who police say was targeted because of his race and nationality. “Four people attacked one person because of his race and because they didn’t want people like him living in their town,” prosecutor Myesha […]

State Board of Regents in Georgia says Undocumented Students Can’t Enroll in Universities

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Yesterday, the state board of regents in Georgia ruled that students who can’t prove they are in the country legally won’t be allowed to enroll at the University of Georgia and four other state colleges. The new policies were decried by immigration rights activists and civil rights advocates. “Clearly, we are very disappointed that the […]

Fox News Site Targets Latinos

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 This week, without fanfare, Fox News launched a bilingual version of their news site called FoxNewsLatino.com aimed at the English-speaking Latino audience.  Just ahead of the mid-term elections, the site is expected to cover politics along with a wide range of Hispanic-related topics.  First day stories included coverage of the trapped Chilean miners and a […]

Federal Judge says Challenge to AZ Law Can Stand

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Motions by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of S.B. 1070 were denied by a federal judge on Friday. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton will allow the lawsuit, led by Phoenix advocacy group Friendly House […]

Deportation Fears Prompt Immigrants to Prepare Wills for Families

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As the immigration issue has heated up across the country, undocumented immigrants have begun turning to lawyers to help them prepare the necessary documents to help their families should they be separated. The legal documents will help determine what will happen to families and belongings should one of the providers be deported. “There’s a culture […]