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Posted on: September 18th, 2007
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Cuban smuggling business is thriving - The multimillion-dollar trade brings more immigrants to U.S. borders. Authorities propose targeting the money source: exiles paying for their relatives’ passage.
Town quietly rescinds tough law aimed at illegal immigrants - Riverside, New Jersey
Quietly living American dream - No laws broken as illegal immigrants obtain loans, buy homes- Boston
Illegal Peruvians seek protected status - New Jersey
In the Southwest, fixing the fence never ends
Almost 500 mostly Latino janitors who cleaned UPS facilities, hotels, and other properties in Illinois and Texas have won a $1.2 million settlement
Immigration crackdown called devastating to economy - Oklahoma
Misreading the Poverty Data
La Cuna a place of safety and comfort for Latino babies - San Diego foster care
My Picks (Tomás’ handpicked highlights) –» view: excerpts | section
Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village
In-state tuition for children of illegal immigrants approved - Colorado
Mujeres Unidas needs help finding a “licensed’ kitchen - North Dakota - (Hispanic are everywhere even in the Dakotas)
NEW YORK GOVERNOR SPITZER ANNOUNCES $6 MILLION IN FUNDING TO PROMOTE CITIZENSHIP INIATIATIVES
Latin fraternity hires attorneys - Madison, Wisconsin
After months of discord, Cen-Tex Hispanic Chamber unites in election - Texas
Springfield High School high school moves toward forming mariachi band - Oregon
Bad News for Hispanic Teens: Parents’ Marital Disruption Hurts Them Least
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Coupled with the 20,000 visas issued to Cubans each year for legal immigration, the numbers arriving (illegally) now rival the 35,000 who crossed the Straits of Florida in 1994 to escape the poverty that gripped communist-ruled Cuba after the Soviet Union disintegrated, ending the billions in subsidies it once sent to Havana.
The rising annual maintenance costs ”” projected to reach $8.3 million a mile by 2016 for more than 62 miles of steel fencing examined by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) ”” have become a focal point for critics who say the plan to build another 700 miles of fencing will cost too much and won’t be effective as supporters claim
Hispanic enrollment increased from 5,671 to 6,016 and now represents 22 percent of the student body at Texas State University-San Marcos
Since 2001, Hispanics have made considerably more progress against poverty than the other groups. Their poverty rate is lower than it was in 2000, before the last recession — it stands at its lowest level on record — while poverty rates for non-Hispanic whites and blacks remain well above their pre-recession levels.
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“It is difficult for me to call myself a Latino actress. When I tried to do that the Latin community made it very clear that I didn’t speak Spanish and I never did a Spanish speaking movie so I wasn’t really part of it because I was half, which made me feel terrible. I only grew up with the Latin side of my family. That’s the only culture I could really identify with, but they are right, I don’t speak Spanish. So there is nothing I can say in defense.”
“Meat packers are going to go out of business. Farms are going to move to Mexico. Even if you can pay better wages, it’s going to be difficult to find enough American workers to fill all those jobs,” Jacoby said. “It will be devastating for the economy.” - Oklahoma
“Latino babies are the silent crisis in foster care,” Rachel Humphreys (executive director, La Cuna) said. “The biggest need for foster care is coming out of homes with Latino, monolingual families. We see a lot of domestic violence, poverty, abuse, homelessness.”
“In this study, Hispanics started off with a large number of difficulties and disadvantages in their lives,” Yongmin Sun said. “When that’s the case, family crises like divorce may not add much to the original problems.”
Election 2008 –» view: excerpts | section
South Florida Leaders Endorse Governor Romney
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