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May 15, 2008

“It’s as if they had five kids, maybe 10 kids, die in their class because they’re not there anymore. That’s what it’s like…it’s like a natural disaster,” Walz said. - Postville principal still seeing impact of immigration raid

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Source of quote: http://www.radioiowa.com
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May 7, 2008

Quote: I shook his hand, he left, comes back, the mayor of Los Angeles, I thought it was a Secret Service agent, maybe a shoeshine guy. Turns out he gives me his card, I said, “Oh, my gosh, it’s the mayor of Los Angeles.” I stood up, I said, “Hello, Mr. Villaraigosa. - Lou Dobbs

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Source of quote: http://thinkprogress.org
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April 28, 2008

“Being in this country without proper documentation is not a crime,” New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie told more than 60 residents and town officials. “The whole phrase of ‘illegal immigrant’ connotes that the person, by just being here, is committing a crime.”

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Source of quote: http://www.nj.com/
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“I had Hispanic agencies telling me that, ‘no, Mexicans like soccer, baseball and boxing,’ ” Hambric (Lorena Ochoa’s Agent) said. “But this is a woman who is now the No. 1, best-regarded person in her country.”

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“When asked whether it would be easier for Ochoa to win corporate sponsorships if she were living in the U.S., Hambric responded, “You bet.”"

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Source of quote: http://www.latimes.com
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April 14, 2008

“The truth is, whatever else immigrants from Latin America bring to the Catholic Church, they bring numbers, and without them this would be a Church in decline.”

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Source of quote: http://news.bbc.co.uk
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March 24, 2008

“I resent the fact that the Clinton people are now saying that my endorsement is too late because I only can help with Texans — with Texas and Hispanics, implying that that’s my only value,” Gov. Bill Richardson told CNN’s John King

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Source of quote: http://blogs.abcnews.com
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March 11, 2008

Recently, CNN’s Bill Schneider explained Texas’ ”two-step” voting process by using the metaphor of a Mexican combination plate and quipped that both ”give you heartburn.”

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Source of quote: http://www.sltrib.com
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February 13, 2008

“If you are a citizen of Durham, we will give you all the rights and services of a citizen, whether you are from South Carolina or Mexico,” Durham Police Chief Jose L. Lopez Sr. said in Spanish. - North Carolina

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Source of quote: http://www.newsobserver.com
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February 11, 2008

”There’s so much anti-immigrant and anti-Hispanic sentiment out there, and this just feeds into it even more,” said Millie Herrera, president of the state Democratic Hispanic Caucus. “We are giving her a week and then we will escalate. We’re not going to drop this.” - about U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite Puerto Rican ‘foreigner’ comment

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Source of quote: http://www.miamiherald.com
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February 7, 2008

”It was huge, and it will be huge in November,” says pollster John Zogby, referring to the Hispanic voter turnout. “The issue of illegal immigration is really energizing Latino voters.”

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Source of quote: http://www.miamiherald.com
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“I mean 30 percent, about 30 percent (and) numbers may be higher and that is unprecedented for Latinos in any state,” said Albert Camarillo of Stanford University, about how many Latinos came out to vote. “So what does that say? Bottom line, Latinos are a major political force in the state of California.”

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Source of quote: http://www.nbc11.com
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February 4, 2008

“There’s been a tremendous impact in Oklahoma City,” said David Castillo, the executive director of the Greater Oklahoma City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. “We’ve had several companies close shop and leave the state. Banks have called us and say they’re closing 30 accounts per week.” - Due to Oklahoma’s new law

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Source of quote: http://www.iht.com
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January 29, 2008

“If I do endorse, it’s going to be a gut feeling. It’s not going to be about statistics, about past ties,” Richardson said. “I’ve been on the campaign trail with both of them. I feel that I know them. I feel I know the issues. I feel I know what makes them both tick.”

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Source of quote: http://blog.washingtonpost.com

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January 16, 2008

“To appease people in middle America, they are going to kill our communities along the border,” said Pat Ahumada, the mayor of Brownsville. “The rest of America has no idea how we live our lives here. We are linked by the Rio Grande, not divided by it. Our history, our families, our neighbors are tied together on both sides of that river.”

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Source of quote: http://www.chicagotribune.com
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January 10, 2008

Republican state Rep. Shane Jett, who opposed 1804, offers a more dire prediction. Without changes, the law “will be the single most destructive economic disaster since the Dust Bowl,” he says. - Oklahoma

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Source of quote: http://www.usatoday.com
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January 9, 2008

“The collaboration between The Vidal Partnership and Eyeblaster helped us reach our valued Hispanic consumers in a creative and culturally relevant way this holiday season,” said Rebeca Ruiz, Senior Manager of Multicultural Marketing at The Home Depot.

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Source of quote: http://www.reuters.com
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November 26, 2007

“When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.” - Leviticus 19:33-34

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Source of quote: http://www.biblegateway.com
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November 19, 2007

‘To hear the debate on immigration in 2007 in which members of the United States Senate would use the words that I’ve fought all my 22 years of public service — `Those people’, I would never have believed it,” said Sen. Robert Menendez. ‘When they say those words it’s not about the undocumented [immigrants] alone. I understand very clearly what ‘those people’ means. ‘Those people’ is all of us.”

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Source of quote: http://www.miamiherald.com
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November 13, 2007

“Not once is any Latino mentioned by name,” said Julio Noboa, an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmonst College who has written a book on the subject. “Not Latino, not Hispanic, not Mexican, not Mexican-American or any other term referring to Hispanics.” regarding Texas TEKS that Texas students study in fourth and 11th grades

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November 12, 2007

“Ballet is traditionally controlled by the big companies, but more and more companies have found success with the help of Hispanics,” says Octavio Roca

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Source of quote: http://news.ncmonline.com
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November 11, 2007

However, eMarketer senior analyst Debra Aho Williamson said that neither of the studies told the whole story of ads targeting Hispanic-Americans. “With the growing number of companies using English-language advertising to reach Hispanic consumers, measuring such spending should be a priority,” Ms. Williamson said. “But for now, most measurement firms only provide estimates of Spanish-language ad spending.”

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October 29, 2007

“You’re looking at the same firepower here on the border that our soldiers are facing in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Thomas Mangan, a spokesman in Phoenix for the ATF, said in an interview. - (re: the fire power of the drug cartels on the border)

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Source of quote: http://www.washingtonpost.com
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October 28, 2007

“My guess is that there’s about $150 billion to $200 billion in it, and they know no one is going to claim it.” - Dr. David Molina on how much money the Social Security Administration has from mismatched Social Security numbers

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Source of quote: http://www.dallasnews.com
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October 24, 2007

“TV is the champ,” he said. “You look at the TV Azteca commentary, and she’s talking about the fire, the flames, the fear and the sweat of the pilots, how they are working so hard, with the lack of visibility. The general media like Fox just gives you the information. … It’s like when you see a soccer commentary in Spanish. In English it’s so cold, it has no flavor.”

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Source of quote: http://www.voiceofsandiego.org
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“The largest market in the city is Latinos, but no one’s talking to them on the city level,” said Fred Sotelo, board chairman of Casa Familiar Inc., a San Ysidro nonprofit that opened an evacuation center Tuesday. “Everything we get from the cities, we’re having to translate, nonstop. … And hey, that’s the work we do. But at the end of the day, it means less funding for us.”

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Source of quote: http://www.voiceofsandiego.org
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