Blogante News for Monday - August 13th, 2007

Posted on: August 13th, 2007
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Tribe’s promise legal status to illegal immigrants for a price

Latino majority signals sea change - Colorado’s population shift emphasizes the urgency of addressing immigration, education and health insurance reform

In Fundraisings Murky Corners - Candidates See Little of Millions Collected by Linda Chavez’s Family

A day in the life of a woman living in sanctuary - Elvira Arellano

New immigration rules will force firings

Hispanic drug use rises in US culture

Military recruiters set sights on Hispanics

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Between 2006 and 2011 Hispanic buying power is projected to grow a formidable 48%, to almost $1.2 trillion, according to data from The University of Georgia’s Selig Center for Economic Growth.

By 2012, nearly one person out of every six living in the United States will be of Hispanic origin.

Arizona’s Hispanic residents will have more than $28 billion to spend this year on everything from burritos to back-to-school backpacks

Referring to the new immigration enforcement rules that Bush announced - “In certain industries and in certain states, there will be a very significant impact on the functioning of businesses or entire sectors,” said Deborah Meyers, a senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank. “Some employers are going to find themselves having to fire significant portions of their workforces, and I think there will be employees — some who are authorized and some who are not — who will find themselves out of a job.”

In May, Dr. Rivera-Barnes, a Spanish professor at Penn State Worthington Scranton campus, won the 2006 International Latino Book Award prize for best romance novel for her book, “Do Not Pass Go.”

My Picks –» view: excerpts | section

Dancing Away the Heartache, Tacos Included

BBC team ends US Spanish journey

State addresses high number of black and Hispanics in foster care - Connecticut

Latina reaches out to engage Hispanics in the Super Bowl - Mirna Pineda

Hispanic golf pioneer from San Antonio dies - Joe Jimenez

Book seeks to build ranks of Hispanic engineers - “Ay, Mijo Why Do You Want to be an Engineer?”

Maria Uribe Wins 2007 United States Women’s Amateur Championship

Though CUAUHTEMOC BLANCO isn’t a pop-culture deity like David Beckham, he’s a star who’s making his mark in Chicago

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