News Essentials –»
A federal judge has decided to let 10 women return to their homes in Guatemala or Mexico three months after they were swept up in an immigration raid in Postville. :: from www.desmoinesregister.com
Denver law would take cars of illegal immigrants :: from www.kjct8.com
Recession drives educated Puerto Ricans to South Florida – thousands of middle-class professionals who have fled Puerto Rico in the past two years, becoming what some people are calling “FloRicans.” :: from www.miamiherald.com
Five years after arriving in Central Florida, El Nuevo Día Orlando, the region’s only daily Spanish-language newspaper, is closing. :: from www.orlandosentinel.com
Illinois siblings swim for Puerto Rico – Kristina and Doug Lennox-Silva – Being Olympians together a helpful boost for both :: from chicagosports.chicagotribune.com
Cuban Mijaín López: first gold for Latin America in Beijing :: from www.granma.cu
The first sisters in Congress, Loretta and Linda Sanchez of California, say they had to fend off propositions and patronizing from men to get there and to stay. Their joint memoir, “Dream in Color: How the Sanchez Sisters Are Making History in Congress,” being published Sept. 2, traces their paths to Washington, where they found themselves a minority of a minority — Latina women in an institution still dominated by white men. :: from ap.google.com
Census report sees minorities becoming majority by 2042 in the US :: from www.newsday.com
Pew Hispanic Center Report: Hispanics and Health Care in the United States: Access, Information and Knowledge :: from pewhispanic.org
Overweight Hispanic children are at higher risk for prediabetes — higher than normal blood glucose levels — University of Southern California researchers say. :: from www.upi.com
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Mexico’s Olympics Coverage: My God, What Is This? – a hand puppet (El Compayito) shot up and started telling jokes about gymnastics. And the two correspondents started giggling. :: from joyvictory.wordpress.com
University of Texas junior Susana Escobar wins her second Olympic swimming heat at the Beijing Olympics and places 18th in the 800m freestyle. :: from www.texassports.com
Fragrant herb papalo a substitute for cilantro :: from www.silive.com
Phoenix misses cut – Tucson named among top 10 cities for Hispanics – Architecture, opportunity for Latino entrepreneurs cited :: from www.tucsoncitizen.com
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving its $1 million “access to learning award” to an organization in Mexico’s Veracruz state. :: from ap.google.com
Roberto Clemente Park is the pride of Miami’s Puerto Rican population. But the park in the Wynwood neighborhood has languished despite a voter-approved initiative to improve city parks. :: from www.local10.com
Hispanics to Comprise 30% of U.S. Population by 2050 :: from www.marketingymedios.com
Cat fight brewing over San Juan’s feral felines :: from www.nydailynews.com
Casa of Maryland got a $1.5 million shot in the arm Tuesday from the Venezuelan-owned oil giant Citgo, money that will support programs across the state and bolster a long-planned employment center in Langley Park that could open as early as October. :: from www.gazette.net
NBC Coverage of Olympics leaves Puerto Ricans wanting :: from latinoinsurgent.blogspot.com
Spanish Radio Rocks the Vote – Pasco, Washington – (interesting 1st line: “The higher the Hispanic population, the lower the voter turnout, according to statistics from the Washington Secretary of State’s office.”) :: from www.keprtv.com
Voting process clear for Spanish speakers despite typos on sample ballots – Washoe County, Nevada :: from news.rgj.com
Fifty-seven workers rounded up in Western North Carolina’s largest immigration raid face deportation in a complicated legal process, and they likely will have little representation, immigration experts and advocates said Wednesday. :: from www.citizen-times.com
English-Only Trial: Day Two – Three families are suing Saint Anne Catholic School in Wichita for discrimination because of its “English-only” rule. :: from www.kake.com
Minorities score higher on Suffolk Police exam – 94 of those “top tier” candidates scoring 92.5 percent or higher in the 2007 test were Hispanic and 24 were Asian. In 2003, no Hispanics or Asians achieved top scores. – New York :: from www.newsday.com
Carolinas lead nation in Hispanic growth – South Carolina ranks first in Latino per capita growth from 2006 to 2007 :: from www.thestate.com
A bone marrow transplant could save his life, but he is Hispanic, and the number of Hispanic donors is limited. In the world registry of 11 million marrow donors, 75% are Caucasian. :: from www.kfoxtv.com
Orange County Democratic party chief Bill Robinson fired back at his Republican counterpart late Tuesday, saying that the local GOP’s slate of Hispanic candidates partly reflects an attempt to buy Latino names to put on the ballot – Florida :: from blogs.orlandosentinel.com
A dozen people died Monday in Juárez after a bloody weekend that left 19 dead, including two teenage boys killed in separate shootings Sunday :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Did You Know? According to National Priorities Project (a nonprofit research organization that analyzes federal data) 70 percent of Black recruits, 64 percent of Hispanic recruits and 57 percent of White recruits come from neighborhoods at or below the U.S. median household income. :: from www.easyreadernews.com
Election 2008 –»
Spanish Radio Rocks the Vote – Pasco, Washington – (interesting 1st line: “The higher the Hispanic population, the lower the voter turnout, according to statistics from the Washington Secretary of State’s office.”) :: from www.keprtv.com
Voting process clear for Spanish speakers despite typos on sample ballots – Washoe County, Nevada :: from news.rgj.com
Entravision, Univision Political Ads May Soar in U.S. Election :: from www.bloomberg.com
Blogante Entertainment –»
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Caso de niña hispana debuta como película de TV – Luz Cuevas :: from www.nydailynews.com
Diego Selected As MTV Tr3S Descubre & Download Artist
Escucha a Luis Fonsi en banda con Germán Montero :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Invita Cabas a Bunbury a ‘pecar’ :: from www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx
Chantal Andere is pregnant – The actress announced publicly that she’s two months pregnant with boyfriend Enrique Rivero Lake’s child :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Pablo Montero gets out of jail – The Mexican singer was locked up for 48 horas after he failed to pass a drug test that showed traces of cocaine in his system :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Michelle Salas might marry Luis Miguel’s manager :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Confirmed: Gael García Bernal will be a dad After weeks of denying that he and Fonsi are having a baby, the actor confirmed that he indeed going to be a father :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Con un magno concierto en el estadio Luna Park en Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ricardo Montaner festejará este 21 de agosto sus primeros veinte años de carrera, en un show que repasará los más grandes éxitos del artista :: from www.esmas.com
Latino Producers Academy moves to New Mexico – National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) :: from www.bizjournals.com
More in English
Repression of Documentary Filmmakers in Chile
J.Lo’s ‘Maid in Manhattan’ coming to ABC as possible series
Manic Hispanic goes Wild at Alex’s Bar – Long Beach, California
Mas en Español
Edith González interpreta a Doña Bárbara en la primera telenovela sobre la obra de Rómulo Gallegos
Silvia Pinal asegura que Frida Sofía está arrepentida
Cristian Castro deberá pagar 15 mil dólares mensuales a Valeria
Blogante Business –»
Drill Down: Business | Marketing | Banking | Real Estate | Media | Internet
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Five years after arriving in Central Florida, El Nuevo Día Orlando, the region’s only daily Spanish-language newspaper, is closing. :: from www.orlandosentinel.com
CAFTA implementation is boosting competition in Costa Rica. :: from www.latinbusinesschronicle.com
Synovate study finds U.S. Hispanics and African-Americans still have much lower ownership of several financial services and products :: from www.synovate.com
Dieste Resigns Interstate Battery Biz :: from www.marketingymedios.com
Terra Refreshes Brand in Ad Push – The effort rolls out this week via radio, out-of-home media and the Web :: from www.adweek.com
La Magica (the Magic) was an AM station with a mere 1,000 watts. But it marked the beginning of a new era in Central Florida radio, spawning a format that has become a leading force locally. With three FM stations and at least 10 AM stations, the Orlando Spanish-language radio market has grown exponentially and now competes head-to-head with English-language radio for advertising revenue and audience share. :: from www.orlandosentinel.com
REI Appoints Jose Ignacio Lozano to Board of Directors
Entravision, Univision Political Ads May Soar in U.S. Election :: from www.bloomberg.com
Hispanic Food Choices Grow: Food Lion Hopes Expanding a Niche Will Give It an Edge :: from www.istockanalyst.comm
Additional
Knowledge Networks Launches First Online Panel to Represent All Facets of the U.S. Latino Population
Familia Primero(TM) Announces a $2.95 Flat Rate for Sending Money to Mexico & All Latino Countries
Vallarta Supermarkets Acquires New 89,693 Square Foot Headquarters at Sylmar, CA’s ‘Golden Triangle’
How to Begin Marketing to Hispanic Consumers in Real Esate
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Day labor work drying up – As economy sours and construction jobs disappear, migrant workers wait all day on street corners, but employment sparse – Santa Rosa, California :: from www.pressdemocrat.com
2008 NCLR Líderes Congreso to Highlight Latino Youth Vote and Civic Engagement
Puerto Rican party says Spanish-only ballots unfair :: from www.nydailynews.com
Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s transformation from adventurer to revolutionary is chronicled by his first wife in the intimate portrait, “My Life With Che” (Palgrave Macmillian, 223 pages, $21.95), picking up where his own book, “The Motorcycle Diaries” left off. :: from www.nydailynews.com
Ovidio Rodriguez: TV show producer/director to be honored at Cadillac Bar – San Antonio :: from www.ramiroburr.com
Malinche’s Daughter, Michelle Otero, and Juan Felipe Herrera :: from labloga.blogspot.com
New Bilingual Titles From Piñata Books/ Arte Publico Press :: from labloga.blogspot.com
The Adler Planetarium’s star: Dr. Jose Francisco Salgado :: from www.600words.com
No adjective zone: forget the Hispanic part, I’m just me :: from www.600words.com
Morpace Inc. Reports: Hispanic American Women Unaware of Heart Disease Threat
Cuban-American Storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy Speaks Sept. 15 – University of North Carolina at Greensboro :: from www.uncg.edu
White Sox star pitches in to cure childhood diabetes – Javier Vázquez :: from news.medill.northwestern.edu
Paper Shouts Creates Invitation for “The Retreat” at the ALMA Awards
Some groups of immigrants leaving Utah :: from www.ksl.com
‘Iron Chef America’ Guest Star Jose Garces Makes Philly More Delicious
Defending Olympic basketball champion Argentina dumped previously unbeaten Croatia. :: from sg.news.yahoo.com
Olympics: Argentina, Brazil and Italy lead way to quarter-finals – Soccer :: from www.channelnewsasia.com
Puerto Rican McJoe Arrooyo lost in the first round of Olympic boxing :: from www.bumeral.net
Lorena Ochoa’s got her eye on the prize – Despite a bumpy season, the world’s No. 1 female golfer is ready to rejoin the winner’s circle :: from www.canada.com
Miss Hispanidad program extends beyond Elgin – Illinois :: from www.suburbanchicagonews.com
Well-assimilated Hispanics have better access to healthcare, study says :: from www.star-telegram.com
Many Hispanics rely on media ads, reports for health advice :: from www.dailynews.com
Sacramento mayor apologizes to victims of racial profiling :: from www.sacbee.com
Groups create disaster plans for Latino residents – New Orleans :: from www.nola.com
In a Generation, Minorities May Be the U.S. Majority :: from www.nytimes.com
Mayor Diaz Voices His Concerns about Situation in Venezuela
Hispanics Need “Health Reform Plus,” with Education as Well as Health Coverage – MarketWatch
Study finds many Hispanics forgoing routine health care :: from www.mercurynews.com
Terra Community College is one of eight organizations to receive a grant from the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission to better assist Hispanic Ohioans, specifically in the areas of education and integration of American customs. :: from toledoblade.com
Hispanic population shows largest growth in southern Idaho in 2007 :: from www.kmvt.com
The idea of a Tony Peña Jr. bobblehead promotion seems more than a bit odd right now considering his limited role on the team. But the Royals have little choice but to go ahead with the promotion, which is part of “Hispanic Heritage Night” on Sept. 6. :: from www.kansascity.com
Blogante Noticias en Español –»
El Tri jugará en Los Ángeles – México y Chile se medirán el 24 de septiembre en choque preparatorio :: from www.impre.com
El dominicano Félix Díaz utilizó sus últimas reservas de energía para superar hoy la segunda ronda del boxeo olímpico. :: from www.nydailynews.com
Un partido político de Puerto Rico buscará que el tribunal federal ordene que sean traducidas al inglés las papeletas para las elecciones de gobernador, legislativas y municipales de noviembre :: from www.nydailynews.com
International Blogante News :: English + Español –»
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving its $1 million “access to learning award” to an organization in Mexico’s Veracruz state. :: from ap.google.com
Mexico’s boiling point – Mexican organized crime needs organized resistance. :: from www.chron.com
CAFTA implementation is boosting competition in Costa Rica. :: from www.latinbusinesschronicle.com
6 officers in Mexico crime unit arrested – The men are believed to have aided drug smugglers in Sinaloa state, officials say. :: from www.latimes.com
Mexico violence claims 6 more police officers – The victims include two top commanders in Michoacan, a senior investigator in Chihuahua and a deputy chief in Quintana Roo. :: from www.latimes.com
Before Beijing bronze, Mexican diving pair had rocky start NATALIE BEHRING / BLOOMBERG NEWS Paola Espinosa, foreground, and Tatiana Ortiz gave Mexico its first medal of the Beijing Games, finishing behind China’s Xin Wang and Ruolin Chen and Australia’s Briony Cole and Melissa Wu in the women’s 10-meter synchronized diving. Tatiana Ortiz and Paola Espinosa give Mexico its first medal in the women’s 10-meter synchronized diving. :: from www.latimes.com
Pérez Celis, 69; Argentine Artist Had Popular Appeal :: from www.washingtonpost.com
Repression of Documentary Filmmakers in Chile :: from upsidedownworld.org
El dominicano Félix Díaz utilizó sus últimas reservas de energía para superar hoy la segunda ronda del boxeo olímpico. :: from www.nydailynews.com
Illegal immigrants from Africa and Latin America increase in Latvia :: from www.baltictimes.com
Peruvians in Today’s Olympics: Wrestler Sixto Barrera Wants to Win Medal for Peru, Self & God (Not Necessarily in that Order) :: from americaninlima.com
Trying to Watch the Olympics in Peru :: from americaninlima.com
The Big Olympics & Little Peru :: from americaninlima.com
One Year Later: Red Cross Helping Peru Earthquake Survivors Rebuild
A dozen people died Monday in Juárez after a bloody weekend that left 19 dead, including two teenage boys killed in separate shootings Sunday :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Knowledge is Power and this page is just the start. Hispanics/Latinos are a growing diverse force in this country. Check out some of the 54,866 items found on this site below or dig into the Site Map
Best of the Rest
- November 24, 2009
- Francisco Rodriguez Dead: Boxer Dies After Collapsing At Fight
- Allow Undocumented Immigrants to Purchase Health Care – New Senate bill includes inhumane provision barring undocumented immigrants from purchasing health care with their own money
- LULAC has redesigned their website – (look much better imho – on a tech note there are a few RSS problems)
- As Senate preps for healthcare debate, petition gets underway to include undocumented immigrants
- LULAC is asking a judge to prevent Ohio state officials from canceling the registrations of more than 40,000 vehicles apparently driven by undocumented immigrants. – filed the lawsuit against state officials in Franklin County Common Pleas Court this morning.
- The mayor of a wealthy suburb (San Pedro Garza Garcia) of Monterrey said Monday that he has sent his family to the United States for their own safety as he pursues his campaign against extortion and kidnapping gangs.
- Adolph Carranza remembers an unusual holiday donation from the Salvation Army. – New StoryCorps Historia
- Jose Fernandez tells his wife, Teresita, about the first Thanksgiving he spent in the United States. – New StoryCorps Historia
- Hispanic Thanksgivings produce family-filled feasts
- Jose Garces Named Food Network’s Next Iron Chef
- Interview with Bebel Gilberto- she just released a new album titled All In One
- November 23, 2009
- No Probable Cause? No Problem!: A U.S. Citizen Says He Was Detained Without Probable Cause by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, and Then Jailed for Traffic Violations
- New breast cancer screening guide will disproportionately hurt black and Hispanic women
- Women and Minorities Getting Left Out of Green Job Market, New Study Finds
- Americans Running South: Why We are Flocking to Mexico for Work
- On the mayor’s agenda: ‘Civilize’ Mexico City – Marcelo Ebrard
- Wild Horse Activists Fly Banner Over Denver Calling Salazar “Slaughter Czar”
- In Argentina, One Person Dies Every 28 Hours from Police Repression
- Lou Dobbs Calls Himself Latinos’ ‘Greatest Friend,’ Denies Tying Leprosy To Undocumented Immigrants – Interviewed by Maria Celeste on Telemundo’s Al Rojo Vivo
- November 21, 2009
- A federal judge dismissed dozens of immigration charges Thursday against the former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse, at the request of prosecutors who had already won a conviction on multiple counts of financial fraud. – Postville news
- Meg Whitman’s Latino Outreach & the Pete Wilson Connection – CA politics
- Poetry Series Spurs Debate on the Use of an Old Slur Against Latinos – “Spic Up/Speak Out” — at El Museo del Barrio
- Marco Rubio, A Crossover Success – (good read)
- A fire destroyed 106 houses in the Ecuadorian Pacific coast city of Guayaquil and left more than 500 people homeless, as well as 14 children with symptoms of smoke inhalation.
- LatAm Immigrants Are Changing Spain, Sociologist Says
- Mexico’s top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs.
- Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger – Yoani Sánchez
- Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican
- Efrain’s Corner: A Response to….”Puerto Ricans in New York Struggling…Still” Comment
- Puerto Ricans in New York Struggling…Still – Puerto Ricans are some of the most prominent figures in New York politics and culture, so some people are surprised when they hear that, overall, Puerto Ricans are among the poorest and least educated New Yorkers. Almost a third in New York are living in poverty.
- Lalo Alcaraz on Lou Dobbs (departure from CNN)
- November 20, 2009
- Police in Peru say gang members killed people to drain their fat for cosmetics
- Mexican authorities predict fewer Mexican immigrants will be back home for Christmas
- Interview with Aurora Anaya-Cerda, owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore – NYC
- We need an honest definition of who is a “real American”
- Immigration Reform: The Phone Call Heard Around the Country – On the call were Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.; Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.; and Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz. Immigrant rights advocates from various parts of the country also spoke.
- Digital out-of-home (DOOH) Effectively Reaches Latinos On The Go – few marketers truly utilized digital media when reaching out to the Hispanic community.
- A week after abruptly quitting his longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate.
- ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton announces 1,000 new workplace audits to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices
- In Virtual Town Hall with Immigration Reform Activists, Gutierrez Promises Bill By December
Latest Essentials
- November 25, 2009
- TOP Ten signs you are at a Cholo themed Thanksgiving dinner
- November 24, 2009
- So do you think Lou Dobbs will get the Hispanic vote in 2012?
- Raul Humberto Yzaguirre, 70, a veteran activist in the civil rights struggle of Hispanics in the United States, has been accepted by the Dominican Government as new American ambassador in the country.
- The Republican National Committee has hired Alex Castellanos, a long-time political strategist and GOP consultant, as an adviser.
- Telemundo’s disastrous Dobbs interview – “Interestingly enough, Dobbs was no bully and with his calm tone actually made his interviewer,” María Celeste,” look like a fool”
- Sarah Palin uninformed on Latino issues – A top adviser on Hispanic issues to John McCain’s presidential campaign said Sunday that a joint interview with McCain and Sarah Palin planned for Univision last fall had to be canceled because Palin was unprepared to discuss Latin America policy.
- Hispanic Caucus Finally Wake Up: It’s About Time
- The New General Market – Current trends suggest expanding Latino influence will blur the lines and Hispanic and general markets will collide, with the resulting merger revealing a new, evolved American general market
- November 23, 2009
- New Study: U.S. Hate Crimes Fall Slightly In ‘08; But Data Is Limited
- San Antonio’s Museo Alameda in financial straits
- It is Better to “Spic”? When Were Ricans Ever the Model Minority?
- Al Carlos sits down with Nancy De Los Santos, writer. Period.
- Guapa, it’s your genetic ancestry I love – study of DNA found that within Mexican populations, people tended to pick partners with similar proportions of Native American and European ancestry, while in Puerto Rican populations couples had paired up based on their shared balance of European and African ancestry.
- November 21, 2009
- Hispanic Caucus: ‘You Lie!’ Outburst to Blame for Senate Health Bill Provision on Illegal Immigrants
- Central American nations will demand $105 billion from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region’s representatives said on Friday.
- “They” Are “Us”: The Devastating Effects of Broken Immigration Policy on Children in Immigrant Families
- November 20, 2009
- Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who don’t get insurance through their employers.
- Some U.S. Democrats see momentum building for an overhaul of immigration laws that would legalize millions of undocumented workers, but analysts say a crowded agenda and struggling economy may once again sink hopes for reform next year.
- The current global crisis will cause the number of poor people in Latin America to rise by 9 million to 189 million this year, the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said in a report presented on Thursday.
- Do Long Island Police Ignore Hate Crimes?
- Mexican migrants are spending more money on taxes in the United States than on the remittances they send home to relatives, according to a new study by Mexico’s largest bank, BBVA Bancomer.
- Ana Maria Perez Gonzalez, said to be the oldest woman in the world, died in Mexico this week. She was 119.
- Part of a Cuban blogger’s essay that advocates lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba was read aloud at a House Foreign Affairs committee hearing. – Yoani Sánchez
- November 19, 2009
- TOP Ten reasons you should watch Lopez tonight not Conan
- Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Report Finds Immigrants Hit Harder During Economic Downturn than Native-Born Workers
- After a 3 year trial of producing regionalized news for several top 10 Hispanic market stations via the Telemundo Production Center in Dallas, the network is reverting to producing local news. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix and San Jose will once again have locally produced news.
- Nacional Records Sampler 2009 | The New Sounds Of Latin Music – 21 FREE mp3s over at Amazon – (cool!)
- Ironically, Latinos should be greatful to former CNN blowhard Lou Dobbs – commentary by Albor Ruiz
- When White Writers Do “Latino” Issues – It was chaos this week in the LA Weekly’s virtual mailroom, which received a deluge of reactionary attitude in regard to Christine Pelisek’s cover story “Chaos in the Casitas: Lawless, south of the border–style speakeasies get a grip on L.A.”
- More Than 60,000 Americans in 45 States Organize for Immigration Reform
- New Report Shines Light on Detainee Rights Violations in Minnesota
- CIS Report Attempts to Erase 100 Years of Data on Immigrants and Crime
- Video: Senator Menendez Speaks on Behalf of Hispanic Farmers’ Discrimination Lawsuit + update
- November 18, 2009
- New Report: More Than 2 Million Hispanic Households With Children Face Hunger – Hispanic households with children experiencing very low food security up almost 50%
- On November 18 at 8:00 PM Eastern time/5:00 PM Pacific, all across the country people are hosting house parties with their families, friends, neighbors, churches, classmates and anyone else who supports comprehensive immigration reform for America.
- Video report of Latina forced to give birth while in chains in Maricopa County, AZ courtesy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio (en Español)
- California’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman told a group of supporters Tuesday that she is making an unprecedented effort to attract Latinos to the Republican party – in South El Monte
- Hundreds of defendants awaiting trial for violent crimes in Dallas County have been deported by federal immigration officials and then set free in their home countries. – The practice goes back to at least 1991 and includes the release of murder, kidnapping and child rape suspects.
- Environmentalists alarmed by Puerto Rico policies – Sweeping from lush mountain rain forests to pristine beaches, a corridor of land protected by Puerto Rico’s last governor hosts dozens of rare and endangered species and was championed by celebrities who helped fight off resort proposals. – Now new Gov. Luis Fortuno has revoked the reserve as part of a drive to bring jobs and investment for the U.S. territory’s struggling economy. And activists see a broader pattern of looser protection for the island’s environment.
- Deporting undocumented students affects the chances for legal return if Congress doesn’t address it in immigration reform bill
