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December 6, 2010
Newt Gingrich wants immigration overhaul – “We are not going to deport 11 million people”
from politico.com :: Tagged immigration reform
September 20, 2010
Video: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says illegal immigrants do essential work in the U.S. and he has firsthand knowledge of that — because they fix his house – on NBC’s Meet the Press – Quote: “So, I’m telling you and I’m telling all of my – my – my citizens around the country is that immigration is what’s keeping this country’s life blood moving forward. They enrich our culture with every generation. And we have to find a way to protect our borders, but at the same time, treat our immigrant population with respect and dignity and give them a path to citizenship.”
from usatoday.com :: Tagged television, video
September 12, 2010
“With about 50 percent of the nation’s methamphetamine and marijuana coming through Mexico and about 90 percent of the cocaine, there is a huge financial incentive for cartels to try to corrupt our people.”
from washingtonpost.com :: Tagged cartels, corruption, Mexico
June 3, 2010
“That’s very important because the highest burden of cervical cancer is among women of color, especially Hispanic women and those who live along the U.S.-Mexico border. There’s a huge epidemic of cervical cancer among those women, so the fact that we didn’t find racial and ethnic disparities is a good thing.”
from sciencedaily.com :: Tagged border, cancer, latina
May 14, 2010
“I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend, but with my accent, I was afraid they would try to deport me.” ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
from current.com :: Tagged Arizona, California, SB1070
May 6, 2010
Eva Longoria Parker Facebook update: “Aw man, Spurs should have worn their Los Spurs jerseys!”
:: Tagged Arizona, Eva Longoria, facebook, SB1070, social media
April 29, 2010
Outrageous rhetoric continues on Arizona’s draconian anti-immigration law – “Why can’t I microchip an illegal?”
:: Tagged Arizona, Jan Brewer, racial issues, SB1070
March 3, 2010
Notable quotes: Juarenses fleeing to El Paso
from elpasotimes.com :: Tagged Cuidad Juarez, El Paso, Mexico, Texas
January 14, 2010
“If you find yourself living in a place where law enforcement investigates its enemies and accuses judges who rule against them of crimes, you are either living in a third world county or Maricopa country.”
from liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com :: Tagged Arizona, Maricopa County, Phoenix
November 30, 2009
Group’s leader urges new strategy on immigrant rights – “I think we’ve waited long enough. It’s time for some down payments,” Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF
from sfgate.com :: Tagged immigrant rights, MALDEF, Thomas Saenz
August 26, 2009
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., said in a statement this morning Kennedy “will always have a place of honor in the Latino community as someone who stood up and fought for the rights of immigrants and the issues that affected the community at a time when few others would.”
from courierpostonline.com :: Tagged Edward Kennedy, New Jersey, Robert Menendez, Ted Kennedy
June 24, 2009
“Even under the low immigration assumptions, minorities will fuel 73 percent of household growth in 2010-20, with Hispanics leading the way at 36 percent,” researchers found.
from bloomberg.com ::
June 23, 2009
Fort Worth is the largest city in Texas without a Hispanic representing a House seat
from star-telegram.com :: Tagged Fort Worth, Texas
December 10, 2008
Speaking outside the hospital, Diego Sucuzhanay said his brother had been singled out for his “skin color” and sounded a warning to other immigrants. “Today my brother is the victim, but tomorrow it could be your brother, your mother, your father,” Mr. Sucuzhanay said.
from nytimes.com :: Tagged hate crime
November 7, 2008
In 1964, President Johnson’s top adviser, Jack Valenti, cut down a group of Latinos seeking presidential appointments. “You have one percent of the vote, so you have one percent of my attention,” Raul Yzaguirre recalled Valenti saying.
from politico.com :: Tagged Raul Yzaguirre
September 27, 2008
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said he thought his state was slipping out of McCain’s grasp. “Republicans have damaged McCain’s prospects with Hispanic voters, even though McCain has a good record on immigration,” he said, predicting that McCain would slip to a dangerous 35 percent of the Hispanic vote, which is a key constituency in the West.
from dyn.politico.com :: Tagged Bill Richardson, hispanic voters, New Mexico
September 22, 2008
“The truth is that Hispanics came here as conquerors. African-Americans came here as slaves. … Hispanics consider themselves above blacks. They won’t vote for a black president.” – Fernando C’ de Baca, who heads the GOP in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
from rawstory.com :: Tagged New Mexico, racial bias
September 21, 2008
Ex-congressman questions Dems’ presumptions of Latino votes – Former Texas Rep. Henry Bonilla – “Don’t you think it’s insulting that they assume they have your support if your skin is a few shades darker?”
from chieftain.com :: Tagged racial issues, Texas
September 15, 2008
“In Puerto Rico where you all come from over 85 percent of the people turn out to vote in every single election, and somehow when we move to the mainland we try to keep our language, we try to keep out lechon asado (roast pork) we certainly keep our music, but sometimes we forget the one of the important things about being Puerto Rican is that we register to vote and you turn out to vote in huge numbers. And unfortunately up here on the mainland only twenty or thirty percent of Puerto Ricans register and vote in the elections and that’s like giving away part of being Puerto Rican.” said McClintock.
from capemaycountyherald.com :: Tagged Kenneth D. McClintock, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico
July 28, 2008
“McCain’s problem is the problem of his party demonizing Hispanic people,” Luis Cortes (one of Time Magazine’s 25 most influential evangelicals in America & 2x Bush backer) said. “His party demonized us. You can’t switch off the immigration rhetoric and think it will work. In the context of the immigration issue, Hispanics define the enemy as the Republican Party and you don’t erase that overnight.
from politico.com :: Tagged Evangelical, John McCain
Regardless of whom Hispanics wind up supporting come November, Harley Shaiken, chairman of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California Berkeley, says there’s clearly a cautionary tale in all this. “Tension is nothing new between races and ethnicities in this country,” he says. “But it can be overstated … racial and ethnic relations are very complex to interpret. Plausible and correct are two different things.”
from lasvegassun.com :: Tagged latin america
July 14, 2008
“Only about 500 Latino voters in Miami decided that George Bush, and not Al Gore, should be the next president,” points out Jorge Ramos, an anchor for the Spanish-language network Univision . “In the year 2004, if only 67,000 Latinos in Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico would have voted for John Kerry instead of George Bush, John Kerry would have been president of the United States.”
from cbsnews.com :: Tagged Jorge Ramos, Spanish-language, Univision
June 26, 2008
June 10, 2008
John Leguizamo: “I would be terrified if Obama didn’t win the election” : People en Español
from peopleenespanol.com :: Tagged Colombia, Colombian, Film, john leguizamo, Theater
May 29, 2008
“A certain segment has basically been feeding a kind of xenophobia. There’s a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year,” Obama said. “If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up, it’s not surprising that would happen.”
from indystar.com :: Tagged Barack Obama, crime, Lou Dobbs
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