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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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“Cal-Mex is long on burritos and sour cream,” Mr. Walsh said. “In New Mexico, it’s all about green chilies, and in Arizona they are proud to have invented chimichangas — deep-fried burritos. The embodiment of Tex-Mex is a cheese enchilada with gravy.”

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Source of quote: http://www.nytimes.com
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October 22, 2007

“Phoenix police arrested over 3,500 illegal immigrant last year alone and turned over 2,000 individuals who were illegal over to ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement). That’s not a sanctuary city,” Mayor Phil Gordon said.

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October 21, 2007

“I think there’s a lot of fear out there,” says Stewart. “All of the (presidential) candidates to some extent are using the immigration thing as a lever to get elected. They’re appealing to the fear Americans have, some of this 9/11 stuff. And the rhetoric has a lot of the people who are not as informed or maybe don’t listen carefully, convinced that most of the Spanish people in this country are illegal immigrants or they’re terrorists.”

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Source of quote: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com
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October 15, 2007

Oklahoma City Police Chief Bill Citty said that his department is “not going to enforce immigration laws,” saying it is the department’s opinion that “it’s a federal issue.”

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Source of quote: http://www.joplinglobe.com
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“These raids are done mostly for symbolic purposes,” giving the appearance that government is cracking down on the hiring of illegal immigrants, said Juan Perea, a University of Florida law professor who specializes in immigration history. “Serious enforcement of the law would involve enforcing it against many employers all the time, and that doesn’t happen”

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Source of quote: http://www.theledger.com
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October 14, 2007

“The irony, of course, is the people who would send millions of Latinos back south are often the same people who decry the loss of spirituality in America. Does it occur to them that the immigrants from Latino cultures are giving the nation a transfusion of spirit and faith? Do they realize the cavalry may have arrived, and they are sending them back?”

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Source of quote: http://deseretnews.com
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October 11, 2007

“Think about [the additional] cost to your house if they (immigrants) weren’t here,” Professor Johnson said. “Are you willing to add an extra $100,000 to the price of your house?”

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Source of quote: http://www.heraldsun.com
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“We’re the fastest-growing minority in this country, but we are the poorest,” Mr. Limon, a General Motors engineer, said to a room full of Hispanic high school students. “Why? Because we have the poorest education. But you can be a success if you choose to be.”

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Source of quote: http://toledoblade.com
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October 10, 2007

QUOTE: “This economy is working because we have them, and if you want to take them away _ round them up and send them home _ it will be the loudest sucking sound you have ever heard,” Thomas Donohue, chief executive of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said.

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Source of quote: http://www.chron.com
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October 9, 2007

QUOTE: “They built 160 sterilization clinics,” Rosie Perez said. “The women would work a full day and then get sterilized and be back at work the next day. They told the women they were doing their patriotic duty; they didn’t tell them the procedure could not be reversed.” - (this did happen in Puerto Rico, I recently learned)

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Source of quote: http://www.robesonian.com
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QUOTE: “It gets worse everyday,” said Danilo Almanzar, 50, a Washington Heights factory worker. “Make the calculation yourself, I earn $10.93 an hour and I pay $1,200 [in rent], how much I have left, nothing.” - concerning the gentrification of Washington Heights and East Harlem in NYC

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Source of quote: http://www.amny.com
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October 8, 2007

QUOTE: “If you took away Hispanic labor from agriculture and from dairying in Wisconsin, we’d be in crisis,” said Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture Rod Nilestuen. “There’s no two ways about that.”

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Source of quote: http://www.abcnews.go.com
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October 4, 2007

QUOTE: “I’ve played every stereotype except the pregnant teenager,” Tony Plana jokes. And paying gigs in Spanish? “Of course,” returns Plana. “I’ve been the voice of Toyota Tundra, Jeep Liberty, Chrysler Pacifica — mostly in Spanish. It’s allowed me to generate income using Spanish alone, so Spanish has been an asset, I think.”

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Source of quote: http://www.backstage.com
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QUOTE: “We need all of the children in this country to learn Spanish at an early age, not English only,” Kucinich said.

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Source of quote: http://thehill.com
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September 30, 2007

QUOTE: “Why do less than half of Hispanic and African-American fourth graders have basic reading skills, as defined by the Nation’s Report Card? That’s 700,000 students who can barely read! And why do only half of minority students graduate from high school on time?” asked Spellings.

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Source of quote: http://www.hispanictips.com
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QUOTE: “Hispanic, Latina/Latino, Chicana/Chicano. The verbiage is a matter of interpretation or personal politics, but the heroes are everywhere.” - Barb Guy

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Source of quote: http://www.sltrib.com
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QUOTE: “If you see the Hispanic community as a potential, you’re late,” Jose Arellano said. “The Hispanic community is an economic reality ”¦ It’s not something that will come, it’s already here.”

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Source of quote: http://www.fwbusinesspress.com
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QUOTE: “I don’t think it’s really registered with people just how influential the Latino vote can be in some of these state primaries,” said NALEO’s executive director, Arturo Varga

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September 27, 2007

QUOTE: “When death becomes so common it could be that a lot of people kind of become numb, so the deaths aren’t a priority anymore. It’s not an excuse, but I could see how it could happen,” Nestor Rodriguez, a University of Houston professor said. - (regarding dead immigrants in border communities)

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Source of quote: http://www.chron.com
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QUOTE: “We’re not just hurting people driving without driver’s licenses,” said Luis DeLaGarza, a political consultant who helped organize the rally. “We are hurting the economy in Irving. We need to have immigration reform.”

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September 26, 2007

QUOTE: “I’m disappointed for thousands of young people whose lives are just in limbo,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. added. “They want to move on with their lives and do good things, and unfortunately we haven’t been able to pass the laws to make that happen.” - in reference to the Dream Act

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Source of quote: http://www.chron.com
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QUOTE: “This is very tricky, because undocumented students are desperate for some kind of legalization,” said Jorge Mariscal, director of the University of California San Diego’s Chicano Studies program and a longtime critic of military recruiting within minority communities. “I’m completely conflicted.”

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Source of quote: http://www.signonsandiego.com
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