While most of yesterday’s protests across the country were directed at Arizona’s controversial new law, SB 1070, one local group targeted their anger at one person who they have been at odds with for almost a decade – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio, a 78-year-old ex-federal drug agent, has become a poster child for […]
Graham Looks to Introduce Birthright Citizenship
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who previously was known as a proponent of comprehensive immigration reform, has announced that he may consider introducing a constitutional amendment to not bestow citizenship for the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants. The 14th amendment of the constitution grants citizenship to any person born on United States soil regardless of the […]
Teens Videotape the Beating of Latino Immigrant
In New York, a videotape of a gang of three teens beating a 47-year-old father, cook assistant and immigrant Abelino Manzaniego has led to the arrest of Khayri Williams Clark,18, Nigel Dumas, 19, and a 17-year –old who remains unidentified. On July 17th, Manzaniego was sitting on a bench across the street from his job […]
GOP in California Courts Latino Voters to No Avail
The Associated Press-Univision poll recently released suggests that the Democrats’ historic grip on Latino voters isn’t as strong as it used to be, but don’t count on the GOP to pick up those votes just yet. Hispanics rated President Obama’s job performance 13 points higher in the poll than the rest of the nation. The […]
Fingerprint Initiative Causes Alarm
According to an article by the Associated Press, the federal government is expanding a fingerprint program used to identify illegal immigrants upon arrest. The program has not received as much attention as Arizona’s SB 1070 law but it potentially could have a bigger impact. The cities of San Francisco and Washington DC are not supporting […]
Hispanics Now Second-Largest Consumers in Nation
The implications of the 2010 Census, which estimates that the Hispanic population stands at around 50 million, count in more ways than one. The Hispanic population of today is beginning to mirror the baby boomers of yesteryear. Hispanic families in 2010 are looking more and more like the “idealized concept of 1950s America.” Data shows […]
No Rulings Yet From Hearings on Arizona Law
Yesterday, a federal judge in Phoenix Arizona grilled attorneys on both sides of Arizona’s anti-immigration law. A coalition of civil rights groups and the Justice Department both made their case against S.B. 1070 in separate hearings. Both parties called on U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton to issue an injunction on the law (set to be […]
Government Site Gets Facelift to Engage Hispanic Community
Last week the government unveiled the improved version of GobiernoUSA.gov, the official portal of the U.S. Government in Spanish. The new site design is based on research conducted in the areas of user testing, usability best practices, and the feedback collected from a public dialogue called “Your Voice Matters.” Among the new features is the […]
NALEO Educational Fund Releases Survey on Hispanic Voting Trends
On Tuesday at a briefing at the National Press Club in Washington, the NALEO Educational Fund released the findings of a survey of 1,600 Latino registered voters in four states that will have open or competitive gubernatorial or senatorial races this coming November. These states are California, Colorado, Florida, and Texas. The panel was moderated […]
Hispanic-Owned Businesses Prosper
A survey released last week by the U. S. Census Bureau showed that the number of minority-owned businesses grew at more than twice the rate of all U.S. businesses between 2002 and 2007 by nearly 46%, with the number of women-owned businesses rising by about 20%. The Preliminary Estimate of Business Ownership by Gender, Ethnicity, […]
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