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November 7, 2009

WCVI Study Finds Disproportionate Foreclosures in Latino, Black Communities

A small Dominican Republic town plagued by birth defects wants to know if a U.S. power company is to blame.

George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County

CNN’s Rick Sanchez Interviews Juanita Castro: “While you were still in Cuba and your brother was beginning a Marxist revolution, you were not only cooperating with the CIA, but you were protecting CIA agents who were inside Cuba at the time.”

Report on Women’s Human Rights Violations Shows Systematic Attack on Women Under Honduran Coup

November 6, 2009

Native American corporations, particularly an array of Alaska Native Corporations, have become major defense and homeland security contractors – responsible for a wide range of national security operations, including electronic surveillance on the border, running immigrant detention centers, and supplying security and other services in U.S. overseas wars and energy exploitation.

Miami sports agent who aided in defections freed from jail – Juan Ignacio Hernández Nodar, a Miami sports agent who served 13 years for trying to help Cuban baseball stars defect, will fly home Friday.

One of Marcelo Lucero’s Attackers Pleads Guilty

A third woman has filed a paternity claim against Paraguay’s Roman Catholic bishop-turned- president, her lawyer confirmed Thursday – President Fernando Lugo

November 5, 2009

AZ GOP Committeman: Ask “Brown People” About Crime in Tucson

Francisco Ayala, honored Spanish author, dies at 103

Hispanic women snap up brands that boost their behinds- Colombian jeans celebrate women’s curves

In Mexico, fears of a ‘lost generation’ – Violence among young soars as drug cartels recruit more minors

They’ll (the NBA) take our money, but do they want us in the stands?

Geraldo Rivera faces tough critics – a pair of abuelitas

Guest Columnist: Sergio Troncoso. Is the Texas Library Association excluding Latino writers?

Hispanic Voter Turnout Remains Low – voter turnout rate of just 21% in Yakima, WA

For immigrants, illness can bring a death sentence

Deal to restore Manuel Zelaya in Honduras at risk – Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya say lawmakers are stalling efforts to bring him back to office before a Nov. 29 election.

A top Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) official confirmed that officers were conducting a training exercise at CSUN that involved members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) earlier this semester. – Members said they were targeted and profiled by LAPD officers during their first meeting on Sept. 2. & that they were followed, harassed and intimidated by “undercover police officers” during a ceremony to welcome first-time freshmen to their organization.

November 4, 2009

Walking a mile in an immigrant’s moccasins – Ben Reed married Deyanira Escalona in Mexico after she was deported at LAX while en route to their planned wedding in Idaho. They live in Mexico now. “I’ve been radicalized by the whole experience,” Reed says.

Half of American kids will live in households receiving food stamps before age 20, according to a study reported Monday in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Study finds Lehigh Valley’s Hispanic students are progressing – But struggles persist in areas such as reading. Valley area review is called ‘eye-opening’ – Pennsylvania

Hispanic Women Run for Nevada Office – Several candidates hope to alter the composition of the Nevada State Legislature. There are currently no Hispanic women serving in the legislature, but four have already announced they will run next year

Native Americans Profit from Abusive Immigrant Detention and Billions of Dollars in National Security Contracts

Reid Gets No GOP Support For Resolution Honoring Hispanic Media

ICE gives voice to victims of human trafficking in the United States

Board of Immigration Appeals Rules Not to Reopen Old Deportation Cases

Hispanics urged to make census count – Cities plan outreach to allay fears of government probing that could limit federal dollars – Chicago area

November 2, 2009

The 287(g) policy has become a perverted version of its original intent in Tennessee

FBI investigating Joe Arpaio for using deputies to intimidate critics

In Latin America, weapons buying spreads mistrust – Weapons purchases in Latin America are soaring as nations cast a wary eye on their neighbors.

A little more than 1 million people work in the illegal drug trade including “around 200,000” women, according to the COCyP association of peasant organizations, based on police estimates.

More than 200 bodies recovered at Arizona/Sonora border

The Strange Bedfellows of the Census Boycott

Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate migrants who have died trying to cross.

Texas needs Spanish-speaking social workers

Zelaya, Micheletti Beginning to Disagree About Crisis-Ending Accord

Mexico reaches record 100 extraditions to US

October 30, 2009

Questions Surrounding Dobbs’ Gunfire Incident Cast Doubt on CNN’s Credibility

Joe Arpaio Cries Wolf, Links Self to Lou Dobbs Threat, Slanders Activists

A costume dubbed “Mexican Man” has offended Latino shoppers and community groups after being discovered at a Halloween chain store.

Detained immigrant’s death leaves far-reaching questions – the case of Dominican Pedro Tavarez in Massachusetts

Puerto Rico lawmakers have voted to adopt one of the world’s lowest legal limits for drunk driving.

Song banned, band pulls out of Luna Awards TV show – Los Tigres del Norte is initially barred from playing its latest drug-trade lyrics. – “La Granja”

Did a resolution honoring Hispanic media trigger a silent boycott among the GOP?

San Francisco mayor vetoes new city sanctuary law

October 29, 2009

As scientists race the clock to increase food production worldwide, new trials to plant genetically-modified maize have stoked anger in Mexico, the cradle of corn.

Obama Official: Immigration Reform Will Be Introduced Once Votes to Pass It Are Assured

October 28, 2009

CNN Columnist Ruben Navarrette: Immigration Reform Must Wait – response to Rep. Luis Gutierrez

75% of HIV Positive Hispanics Have AIDS

Book Review: ‘Selenidad: Selena, Latinos and the Performance of Memory’

Hispanic/Latinos numbers drop slightly for leading roles on TV: SAG – 3.4% of roles in 2008, compared to 7.2% of lead roles in features in 2007

National Law Journal Online Advocates for ‘braceros’ wore opposition down – eight years of heavily defended litigation that required the plaintiffs to win reversal of three trial-court dismissals

Immigrants sue feds over 2007 raid – Residents allege 2007 immigration raids in New Haven were unconstitutional

Former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gustavo de la Viña, who changed the patrol’s philosophy from interdiction to deterrence of immigration, died Monday of natural causes.

After Arpaio is Stripped of Immigration Powers, Conservatives Counter With A New Anti-Immigrant Bill

Sanctuary journey ends – 1st Elvira Arellano left y now Flor Crisostomo has left the church in Chicago

Mexico’s pink taxis cater to fed-up females – In colonial city of Pueblo, these cabs don’t stop for men

October 27, 2009

The case of two Latino brothers in Shelby County jail on capital murder charges leaves unanswered questions

Not since Vietnam have more used military as path to citizenship

Central America is most crime-ridden region in world, U.N. report finds

Immigrants and Children of Immigrants Comprise Nearly One-Quarter of the U.S. Population

Judge Who Ordered Texas to Educate Undocumented Students Dies – U.S. Senior District Judge William Wayne Justice

Guatemalans, Hondurans More Likely to Have Limited-English Proficiency

Impractical and Unconstitutional – Sen. Vitter Tries to Use the Census to Further Anti-Immigration Agenda

October 26, 2009

Guatemala suffered 2,953 murders during the first 9 months of this year, a prominent human rights organization said Friday.

Pregnant Latina Says She Was Forced to Give Birth in Shackles After One of Arpaio’s Deputies Racially Profiled Her

Second Obama Immigration Detention Official Leaves Abruptly

In Mexico, An Eritrean Man Sets His Sights On U.S.

More Hondurans Leaving Their Country To Find Work

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed three people to the state’s Latino Family Commission – has never met since it was established in 2007 (?)

Some fans take issue with UFC’s Cain Velasquez’s ‘Brown Pride’ tattoo

Men charged in Plainfield, NJ beating death of Hispanic immigrant, Lazaro Tista, also accused of hate crime

RNC unveils Spanish ad questioning Obama, Biden trips to Florida

The city spent $15,100 to throw a dinner party for state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, Oct. 15, and city leaders defended the expense as a well-deserved thank you to the powerful senator, despite recent budgetary cutbacks.

U.S. Census Allots $145 Million to Reach Out to Minorities – about $28 million to Hispanic media

October 17, 2009

Tens of thousands of people have marched to protest Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s decision to disband a public electricity company.

“Latinos in America”: CNN’s Lame bid for hispanic audience?

Ford, NFL Stick with Hispanic-Aimed Campaigns Despite Modest Results

Children sang, soldiers paraded and crowds cheered during the historic pageantry of the first meeting of the presidents of the United States and Mexico 100 years ago today in El Paso and Juárez. – The meeting between U.S. President William Howard Taft and Mexican President Porfirio Diaz will be commemorated by events and an exhibit at the El Paso Museum of History that opens Saturday to the public.

CULTURAL DIVIDE: Migrant students find hard time fitting in – Every year, migrant workers and their families travel from Texas to Manchester’s DuRussel Potato Farm to harvest vegetables, living in housing provided by the farm personnel. – Minnesota

The Homeland Security Department said Friday that it has revamped pacts that allow for greater cooperation between federal immigration authorities and local law enforcement in 55 states and cities, including Carrollton and Farmers Branch.

tex[t]-mex (aka memo) has a screenshot of an article about Target’s illegal alien costume from mercurynews.com where you can see the costume but the current page has NO image (why?)

Efrain’s Corner: Crisis Continues in Puerto Rico

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio cited a non-existent federal law and included a legal interpretation taken from an anti-immigration Web site in a document he distributed during a news conference last week.

Take a look at photo of Target’s offensive Illegal Alien costume – it has already been pulled from their site

Guest Voz: Former NCES commissioner finds nation’s black and Latino students worse off because of No Child Left Behind

New study shows most Latino students drop out of high school for economic need

October 15, 2009

Media Matters for America has obtained evidence that CNN contributor Alex Castellanos’ political consulting firm, National Media, is the ad buyer for the insurance industry group America’s Health Insurance Plan’s (AHIP) new ad blitz attacking Democratic health reform plans.

CNN To Disclose Alex Castellanos’s Health Care Industry Ties – (Republican political media consultant)

Mexican Illegal Immigrant (Mario Vera) Badly Beaten In Brooklyn – Devastated Wife Asks For Witnesses To Come Forward; Woodhull Hospital Under Fire Over Initial Treatment – (yet another apparent hate crime called “bias attack” – $12k reward for info) + video

El Diario-La Prensa endorses Bill Thompson for Mayor of New York City – largest Spanish-language daily newspaper in the NYC area

Hundreds of Thousands of Puerto Rican Workers, Faith Leaders, Students and Citizens to Unite in Hato Rey on October 15 – National March Will Protest Massive Cuts in Essential Public Services; Republican Administration Under Investigation for Civil Rights Violations Against High School Students

October 14, 2009

A 21-year-old Montgomery County man Hector Hernandez whose criminal case helped trigger new police policies in Montgomery Count regarding illegal immigration was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday for killing a 14-year-old honor student aboard a transit bus last year

National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) still needs to raise $225,000 before the end of the year or cease operations and stop all programs for the rest of the year

A glaring lack of retirement preparation within the U.S. Hispanic community could contribute to a national crisis.

U.S. Supreme Court Considers “Collateral Consequences” for Immigrants in Criminal Cases

Some Immigrants Going Back to Their Home Countries To Get Affordable Health Care

Faced with a deep recession, Cuba tries socialism lite – scaling back socialism in an attempt to save it

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