Eye Openers + Community Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 21, 2009
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.
November 20, 2009
Do Long Island Police Ignore Hate Crimes?
November 19, 2009
The wave of crime besetting Puerto Rico seems to be out of control with 800 murders being committed here so far this year, but the island’s top police official says the problem does not fall exclusively within his department.
Over the last 3 years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week.
November 18, 2009
Mexico’s Juarez on path to anarchy
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has launched its 13th immigration and crime sweep and reported 27 arrests by Monday night.
November 12, 2009
Business groups in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday they are calling for United Nations peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence that has given their city one of the highest homicide rates in the world.
November 11, 2009
N.Y. elections reflect city’s shifting racial landscape – For first time, whites will be in the minority on the City Council
November 10, 2009
A city-commissioned report shows Hispanics have received the most subprime loans of any local ethnic group and criticizes Santa Clarita officials for a lack of fair housing outreach. – California
At Napa’s Latino markets, owners and shoppers feel the pinch
November 9, 2009
NY village gets new voting system to aid Hispanics – A federal judge imposed an unusual election system on a suburban village Friday
November 7, 2009
George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County
November 5, 2009
Hispanic Voter Turnout Remains Low – voter turnout rate of just 21% in Yakima, WA
November 4, 2009
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
Hispanics urged to make census count – Cities plan outreach to allay fears of government probing that could limit federal dollars – Chicago area
October 30, 2009
San Francisco mayor vetoes new city sanctuary law
October 28, 2009
Sanctuary journey ends – 1st Elvira Arellano left y now Flor Crisostomo has left the church in Chicago
October 26, 2009
Men charged in Plainfield, NJ beating death of Hispanic immigrant, Lazaro Tista, also accused of hate crime
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.
October 17, 2009
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.
October 15, 2009
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 9, 2009
Scholarship Program Aims To Keep Hispanic Students In School in Kansas City – (video) – About 50% of Hispanic students in the school district will drop out
Stanislaus County, CA must defend at trial its slow law enforcement response times in Latino neighborhoods, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Thursday, reversing an earlier decision.
October 7, 2009
About 80% of the murders committed in Puerto Rico are directly linked to drug trafficking, authorities and academics say.
October 5, 2009
Joe Arpaio Re-signs 287(g) Jails Agreement, According to Sources; ICE Vague on Specifics
Colorado Latino leaders work to derail proposed census boycott
October 2, 2009
On Thursday, the Community Foundation of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County announced a nearly $1 million endowed scholarship in Samuel R. Bowman’s name to help educate local Hispanic students. – Virginia
October 1, 2009
Slaying spurs seminars for Latino workers – Norfolk, Virginia
September 28, 2009
Sheriff Rogelio Dominguez is considering running for the Democratic nomination for Indiana governor in the 2012 elections.
Eight neo-Nazis demonstrating against illegal immigration in Riverside left the scene after just 45 minutes when hundreds of counter-protestors shouted them down and tore up their swastika-covered flags.
Ted G. Loza Known as Voice of Washington D.C.’s Latinos arrested on federal bribery charges
Arrest Dims Fiesta DC’s Luster – Washington D.C. Council member Jim Graham’s Chief of Staff, Ted G. Loza arrested on federal bribery charges – Enjoyed Solid Reputation in Latino Community
September 24, 2009
A third of Nevada Hispanic households lack member fluent in English
September 21, 2009
Save Our Trailer Parks from Immigrants!?
Latino feuds hold back schooling in Colorado
Power struggle taking place in Dallas’ Latino community
September 14, 2009
Ohio policy allowed thousands of illegal immigrants to register cars and get license plates, and the outgoing director of the state Department of Public Safety delayed a proposed crackdown for more than a year, a newspaper reported Sunday. – Director Henry Guzman
Is Latino Affairs Commission A Soap Opera? – Twelve months of turmoil have plagued the state’s Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission, and it won’t let up. – Connecticut
September 10, 2009
In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Monterey, and Imperial counties the numbers are even greater—25 percent to 33 percent of the population has limited English proficiency.
September 8, 2009
Chicago study shows swine flu sends more blacks, Hispanics to hospital
In hard times, some Puerto Ricans choose life back on island – Cultural nuances, such as strong family ties that provide a safety net, and a potentially lower cost of living, make it easier to endure hard times.
September 7, 2009
Where’s the Latin crowd? Even with popular acts coming to town, audiences have been sparse in Boston
September 2, 2009
Police: Anti-Hispanic Notes Left at Suffolk Church – Long Island, NY
September 1, 2009
Rio Grande Valley sheriffs ponder federal immigration enforcement program – 287(g)
Another Latino targeted in Patchogue “hate crime” – Long Island, NY
L.A. County supervisors agree to explore system to check immigration status of employees
August 31, 2009
In the name of Dios: Mormon missionaries bring urban Hispanics, Catholics into the church
August 27, 2009
Un inmigrante ecuatoriano está filmando una película que aborda un tema oportuno en la isla de Long Island: crimen por prejuicios.
Despite growing clout, big population, Hispanics aren’t well represented – Las Vegas area – Of the 43 state legislators representing portions of Clark County, for example, only three are Hispanic. – None of the city council members in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas or Henderson are Hispanic. There are no Hispanics on the Clark County Commission, arguably the state’s second-most powerful political body, after the Legislature.
August 24, 2009
A radio station that went off the air a year ago is back providing news and information to the Valley’s huge Spanish-speaking population – KNUV-AM (1190) – Arizona
August 18, 2009
Latino murals from downtown L.A. building up for sale – from the lobby of downtown’s Victor Clothing building on Broadway
August 17, 2009
Poor Catholic Latinos in Miami-Dade under siege with Diocese plan to close neighborhood churches
A Hispanic man told investigators he was beaten and robbed in a racially charged attack in a Long Island community where another Hispanic was killed in an alleged hate crime last fall, police said.
August 16, 2009
Migrant camps morph into communities – Housing complexes for farm laborers and other workers are shedding their old patterns and stigmas. – Idaho
August 13, 2009
Mayor Marcelo Ebrard has declared a water-shortage alert in the Mexican capital, saying the situation could become “extremely serious” by the beginning of 2010
Immigrant Neighborhoods in New York Continue to Reel From Mortgage Forclosures and Job Losses
August 11, 2009
Joe Arpaio-Supporting, Gun-Toting Nativists Menace Children’s March for Family Unity
Puerto Rico: The Battle Over Public Lands
In 2008, police arrested Latinos for pot possession at four times the rate of whites, and blacks at seven times the rate of whites in NYC
August 8, 2009
East LA Taco Truck Robber Turns Himself In
August 4, 2009
Texas – A “Hispanics Keep Out” sign displayed on the front of an Azle home has stirred up unease for some residents in the Tarrant County neighborhood.
July 31, 2009
Hispanic enrollment at colleges and universities in Texas would need to almost double by 2015 to meet the state’s higher education goals – Poverty, lack of health insurance, other social ills complicate the challenge.
July 28, 2009
Mexico City authorities have announced an emergency, 10-month water rationing plan in response to severe shortages that Mayor Marcelo Ebrard blames on global warming.
July 23, 2009
Do immigrants make cities safer?
July 21, 2009
Santa Ana backs bill to help illegal-immigrant students – The city passes a symbolic resolution urging Congress to give undocumented students a path to legal residency.
July 20, 2009
Thieves Continue to Target Migrant Farm Workers in Lowndes County – Florida
Hispanic Job Fair Attracts Thousands – More than 4,000 people packed the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond for “La Feria de la Oportunidad”, sponsored by the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
July 14, 2009
Hispanic males are now majority in Maricopa County jails -Arizona
Latino Liaisons Hit Hard by School Cuts In Prince George, Maryland
Cutting Welfare for the Children of Immigrants will Devastate California
Hispanic politics can be a tricky business inside the NYPD.
July 11, 2009
Hispanos de Illinois aseguran que son víctimas de perfil racial
June 25, 2009
Adelfa Callejo’s Obama remarks could scuttle Dallas school naming
Immigrant Treatment in Phoenix Reminiscent of Slavery – By Rev. Al Sharpton
Hispanics could make up as much as 30 percent of the student body at Tulsa Community College this year, the result of an effort to increase the college’s outreach to underserved populations.
June 23, 2009
Raza Studies helps teacher understand kids – Tucson Unified School District
June 22, 2009
Traitor New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate likens himself to Jesus – (strong words all around)
June 16, 2009
One out of every 20 people in Hillsborough County is Hispanic, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau – making what appears to be the first time that the Hispanic portion of a New Hampshire county has topped 5 percent.
June 11, 2009
Illegal immigration’s fallout in Detroit: Families split as deportations grow
June 7, 2009
In recognition of the local Hispanic population’s growth — and, perhaps its vulnerability to criminals — the New Orleans Police Department is adding to the duties of its first and only Spanish-language translator. – Janssen Valencia
June 6, 2009
A bill that aims to curb illegal immigration by prohibiting local governments from enacting “sanctuary” ordinances, or policies that make it difficult for law enforcement and other local government employees to comply with federal immigration law, was approved in the Tennessee’s state House on Friday morning.
June 5, 2009
Wisconsin considers giving ID cards to illegal immigrants
Oakland, California to offer identification cards for illegal immigrants
White House Staffer Disappoints Phoenix Latino Leaders in Meeting at El Portal – Don’t hold your breath waiting for the Obama administration to do anything in the near future about immigration reform, or yanking Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s 287(g) authority
June 3, 2009
The new federal passport law turned out to be a breeze Monday for those crossing back into El Paso from Juárez.
May 31, 2009
Maria Carrillo – Tampa Hispanic activist killed in Miami crash; daughter injured – member of Mayor Iorios’s Hispanic Leadership Council
May 14, 2009
Arizona’s Hispanic population soaring – in Maricopa County the figure is up to 31 percent from less than 25 percent at the beginning of the decade. Pima County saw the share of residents who said they are Hispanic go from 29.3% in 2000 to more than 33% now.
May 7, 2009
Latinos in Chicago and Suburbs Face Alarming Numbers of Cases of Alzheimer’s Disease While Thousands More are at Risk of Being Diagnosed
One of San Jose’s oldest, largest and most politically powerful Latino community organizations is under investigation for improperly diverting tens of thousands of dollars in retirement funds for employees at its two charter schools in San Jose and Gilroy.
Many Montgomery County Latino Teens In Crisis, Say Leaders, Survey Graduation Rates Lower Than in Other Groups – Virginia
May 6, 2009
Hispanic group: Verdict is ‘outrage’ – Shenandoah is uneasy after 2 are acquitted of murdering Mexican.
April 27, 2009
Chicago school in Hispanic neighborhood being extra vigilant amid concerns of swine flu
Houston’s Hispanic community fear their families are more at risk for contacting swine flu than others. Many are putting their own travel plans to Mexico on hold.
April 20, 2009
Father and son arrested: the other side of Utah’s stab at immigration reform
April 10, 2009
The mayor-elect of a North Shore suburb said Wednesday that he would drop many restrictions against illegal immigrants imposed by his predecessor. “The current mayor was not open to listening to what the community really needed,” said Robert Sabonjian, who on Tuesday defeated the incumbent mayor of Waukegan
April 9, 2009
Court: your MySpace page isn’t private – A college student’s rant against her small town provoked such intense backlash that her family had to move—but a California court has ruled that you can’t cry “invasion of privacy” when people circulate what you’ve posted to your MySpace page. – the Cynthia Moreno story
April 7, 2009
Texas Mayor Caught in Deportation Furor – Mayor Herbert Gears of Irving
March 23, 2009
Rural Mexican villages dig moats to repel gangsters – Ditches don’t always deter raids, but federal troops can’t be spared – Cuauhtemoc
March 16, 2009
Lakers Get Latin – This April 12, for the eighth straight year, the Lakers will pack the L.A. Convention Center with an estimated 50,000 fans. And not for a game but for an event called Fiesta Lakers
March 11, 2009
Driving While Latino – In many communities across Chicagoland, Latino motorists are more likely to be stopped by police and more likely to have their vehicles searched than whites, a Chicago Reporter investigation has found
March 10, 2009
State and local leaders on Monday defended a $40 million federal program used by Mecklenburg County that identifies jailed illegal immigrants – after a congressional report criticized it for targeting minor offenders instead of serious criminals. – North Carolina
Mixed signals along South’s ‘Immigrant Highway’ – The strip of Buford Highway that runs through Chamblee and Doraville has attracted a huge influx of immigrants
March 6, 2009
The University of Illinois at Chicago says it’s closing a medical clinic geared for low-income women in a mostly Mexican neighborhood. But a community group is fighting to keep the facility open.
March 3, 2009
Hoping for a Latino Archbishop, Eventually – Latinos account for at least half of the Roman Catholics in New York
January 28, 2009
Hispanics expected to become Minnesota’s largest minority group in 10 years
January 21, 2009
More Hispanic shooting victims speak out – Arkansas
January 15, 2009
Oklahoma lawmakers try for official English law
December 23, 2008
A recent administrative order by Puerto Rico’s Secretary of Agriculture has created a shock wave of reactions in the blogosphere. In the island of Puerto Rico if a person had to cut down a tree he/she had to request permission form the island’s Department of Natural Resources – that was until recently, when the Secretary of the Agency, Javier Velez Arocho, issued an administrative order that automatically grants a “fast track” permission to anyone who wishes to cut a tree.
Cuidad Juárez slayings persist with 20 over weekend, 3 Monday
December 22, 2008
Web offers murky messages on Cuidad Juárez violence
December 21, 2008
Juárez violence is boon to non-cartel criminals – Lawlessness affects businesses, taxpayers
A yearlong epidemic of violence, the bulk blamed on drug-related viciousness, also killed the laughter and the music, decapitated a way of life, and shoved families and individuals on both sides of the Rio Grande into a perpetual state of sadness. The once-vibrant downtown nightclub and tourist district — the cultural corazón of Juárez — usually jammed with people this time of year, is now hauntingly silent.
December 15, 2008
Nearly 50 people wounded in Cuidad Juárez in 2008 received medical care at El Paso’s Thomason Hospital and racked up medical bills totaling about $1.4 million
Number of Hispanics attacked near Tampa increases
December 12, 2008
ACLU, activists sue Columbia County over illegal workers measure – Lawsuit challenges county’s standing to enforce immigration law – Oregon
December 10, 2008
Robberies targeting Hispanics in Clearwater deserve community attention – Florida
The City of Amarillo, Texas is offering qualified employees fifty dollars a month to participate in the bilingual pay incentive program.
December 8, 2008
Two years after Swift raid: Latino community still reeling – Utah
Despite population numbers, Latinos’ role limited in local governments of the Inland Valley in California
Puerto Rico: 747 asesinatos hasta la fecha – 747 murders this year so far
December 6, 2008
Race on to become 1st elected Latino mayor in Massachusetts – William “Willy” Lantigua in Lawrence
Last month, a vital border roadway project received regulatory approval from the White House, opening the prospects for billions of dollars worth of new economic opportunity for San Diego’s business community. Whether Mexican entrepreneurs can capitalize from their strengthened market position is a critical question with bi-national consequences. The receipt of the presidential permit for the proposed Otay Mesa East (OME) Port of Entry is a victory for the San Diego Chamber of Commerce and key elected officials in the regio
December 5, 2008
Traditionally pro-Chavez slum turns to opposition – The barrio of Petare, one of the biggest slums in Latin America
A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit by the Hispanic Achievers alleging the state discriminated against the organization because the required sampling method for specialty license tags would prevent it from getting a Hispanic-themed plate. – Florida
December 3, 2008
Hispanics leaving Georgia’s coastal area in downturn – estimates that almost 1,000 Hispanics have left Brunswick
December 2, 2008
Suffolk’s Hispanic Advisory Board announced several initiatives yesterday to rebuild trust between police and Hispanic communities following the Nov. 8 killing of Marcelo Lucero, though an official said County Executive Steve Levy would not commit funding to the endeavor.
November 25, 2008
Another man attacked hours before Patchogue hate killing – Long Island
Charlotte Toughens Rules On Mobile Food Vendors – Many of the vendors are Hispanic and call the measures discrimination. Latino activist German de Castro said, “We are talking about an economic class that happens to be Hispanic.
November 21, 2008
Denver Police are using a social psychologist to study whether the department is doing everything possible to rid itself of racial and gender bias.
November 19, 2008
In an effort to attract interested Latino applicants, the Wilmington Police Department is creating a television commercial for the department in Spanish. – Delaware
November 18, 2008
The American Civil Liberties Union and its Connecticut chapter also allege that minority students in the two towns are arrested at rates much higher than the percentages of blacks and Hispanics in the school populations. – East Hartford and West Hartford
November 17, 2008
Program grooms Latinos to sit on nonprofit boards – Dallas Concilio of Hispanic Service Organizations
November 12, 2008
Second Long Island Hispanic Resident Alleges Gang Attack – Carlos Orellana Says Group Of 10 Young Teens Punched, Kicked Him And Uttered Racial Slurs About 3 Months Ago
November 10, 2008
A gang of white teens prowling for Hispanic victims stabbed an Ecuadoran man to death on Long Island in a brutal attack cops described Sunday as a hate crime.
November 6, 2008
Escondido, a city with a 44% Latino population, elected a Latino to its City Council for only the second time in its 120-year history. Olga Diaz, 32, beat incumbent Councilman Ed Gallo
November 5, 2008
A federal court judge has dismissed a voting rights lawsuit against Farmers Branch in which three Hispanic residents sought to force the city to move from at-large voting for the City Council to single-member districts.
November 3, 2008
Voter turnout by Hispanics lags in Lubbock, Texas
October 28, 2008
Mayor Chuck Reed and Police Chief Rob Davis are reaching out to community leaders as they attempt to quell the growing furor over the high number of Hispanic people arrested in San Jose on suspicion of public drunkenness.
October 27, 2008
A fight broke out in the middle of a crowd of 40,000 people at the Calle Orange Festival Saturday night. It was supposed to be a family event to celebrate Hispanic heritage, but things got so out of hand that promoters decided to cancel the main performer. – Orlando, Florida
October 23, 2008
A new report released today shows the Hispanic community in Frederick County, Virginia, has more than quadrupled since 2000, and has the fastest-growing Hispanic population of any other county in the nation.
North Carolina sheriff’s slurs snarl locals’ immigration work – Sheriff Steve said Mexicans are trashy” and pointed to several children playing and said “All they do is work and make love.” – Smithfield
October 21, 2008
Los Angeles Police Stop More Blacks, Hispanics Than Whites, Study Finds
Job opportunities for Latinos are drying up in South Carolina because of the bad economy and the state’s new immigration law, experts on the state’s Latino population said Friday.
October 20, 2008
Finding Mexico — in Detroit :: As others fled, Detroit’s Latino population doubled from 1990 to 2007.
October 15, 2008
Nearly Half of Newly Diagnosed HIV/AIDS Cases in Los Angeles County Are Among Latinos
October 7, 2008
A visit by a mobile Mexican consulate to a Catholic church in Conway drew hundreds of people seeking immigration services but also sparked a protest by activists opposed to illegal immigration. – South Carolina
October 6, 2008
César Chávez would be embarrassed over Dallas’ street-naming debate
There is controversy at the Tulsa State Fair. The President of an immigration advocacy group says Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents are targeting Hispanic fairgoers.
October 1, 2008
The state’s Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission board has rescinded its vote to fire its executive director, but plans to revisit the issue. – Fernando Betancourt in Connecticut
September 25, 2008
Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s office has been receiving hate calls and e-mails about the Mexican flag on the New Haven Green. The calls and e-mails have spread messages of bigotry, hate and intolerance toward the Latino immigrant community, according to a news release from DeStefano’s office. – Connecticut
Cuban population in Miami-Dade up again – Since 2000, the number of Cubans in Miami-Dade has grown larger as a percentage of all Hispanics, reversing a three-decade demographic trend.
The City of Manassas and the Manassas school system reached a settlement with the Equal Rights Center this week, almost a year after the District-based organization filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming it unfairly targeted Hispanics while enforcing zoning codes meant to curb overcrowding. – Virginia
Immigration polarizes small-town America – Some communities are angry about immigration, but the candidates aren’t spending much time on the topic.
September 23, 2008
Judge orders sheriff’s office to stop targeting Hispanics – Otero County Sheriff’s Office in Chaparral, New Mexico
Nearly 5% of the 727,070 El Pasoans last year said buenas noches when they went to sleep and buenos días when they woke up, according to new information released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Figures newly released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that nearly two-thirds of all children living in the San Joaquin Valley are Hispanic.
Hispanic Leaders Upset Over Opening Of Immigration Office – New ICE office in Tulsa
September 22, 2008
The job status of Connecticut’s only director of the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission is in doubt.
Every year, the population in Anchorage becomes more and more diverse, and when it comes to Hispanics, the numbers have more than doubled in just the last 10 years.
Historian William David Estrada brings us a fascinating and well-researched historical examination of his city’s cultural and political heart in The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space (University of Texas Press, $24.95 paperback).
Ecuador’s consulate branch on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens is the first in New York to be located outside Manhattan.
September 17, 2008
Music blasted from both ends of Leicht Memorial Park on Tuesday night in Green Bay as thousands celebrated Hispanic culture.
September 15, 2008
Latinos now outnumber blacks 2 to 1 in South Los Angeles
At 50, Pico Rivera has reason to celebrate – As the city marks its 50th birthday, residents and leaders are pleased to see new shopping centers, decreasing crime and high homeownership rates turning Pico Rivera into a ‘Latino Mayberry.’
ACLU And MALDEF File Lawsuit To Stop Farmers Branch Newest Anti-Immigrant Ordinance
Mexicans in Alaska: The Last Immigration Frontier – Alaska, along with many other states in Middle America, has changed dramatically since my family lived there in the ’70s, and a good part of the growth in diversity has been due to immigration
Hispanic church pelted with eggs – Fall River, Massachusetts
Minneapolis adopts sister city based on immigration trend – Cuernavaca, Mexico – nearly 30,000 immigrants have resettled in the area
September 12, 2008
Thousands Paying Final Respects To Fallen Officer – Philadelphia’s Isabel Nazario
CHULA VISTA: Police say vandals caused more than $4,000 damage to a pediatric office Wednesday night when they stole petty cash and scrawled Nazi swastikas and anti-Mexican graffiti on the walls. – California
September 11, 2008
Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones, a Republican, joined forces Wednesday, Sept. 10, with a Democratic counterpart, Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr. of Zapata County, Texas, to spread the word about worsening problems along the U.S./Mexico border in Ohio.
The top female police officer in El Paso is suing the city, claiming she was unfairly passed up in the recent search for a new chief. Police Chief of Staff Diana Kirk claims in the 18-page suit filed last week in El Paso County court that she was passed over for promotion to chief in part because she is a Hispanic woman.
September 10, 2008
Top 10 signs of the New York taco-over – Big Apple rings suddenly passé. How about Big Enchilada?
September 9, 2008
Border Patrol roadblock rattles small Washington town
September 8, 2008
A large pro-immigrant billboard in Old Town Manassas is being dismantled before a court hearing could have forced a man to remove it from his property. – Virginia
It has been a little more than a year since Jose L. Lopez Sr. became Durham’s police chief, but don’t tell him that.
Latinos flee Oklahoma; new law hits others, too – (good overview of the effects of the local anti-immigration laws in this state)
But the 15th Fiesta del Pueblo — billed as the quinceanera for the annual celebration of Latino culture — comes as few Hispanic North Carolinians are feeling honored.
September 5, 2008
In what’s being hailed as an important victory for South Florida immigrants, Lake Worth has reached a settlement with seven Guatemalan families left homeless from a nighttime raid by city officials in 2006.
Hispanics, Puerto Ricans war on parades & politics – Trenton, New Jersey
The proposed Hispanic Achievers license plates were not approved by the state and now the group pushing the plates has filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida.
August 29, 2008
“Acapulco-ization”: The Final Stage of Tourism?
August 28, 2008
A federal judge on Wednesday signed an agreement aimed at adding Hispanic representation to a northeastern Pennsylvania school board, settling a lawsuit that alleged the district’s method of electing board members was discriminatory.
August 23, 2008
When a federal judge sentenced former Mayor Samuel Rivera to 21 months in federal prison on Aug. 15, an era ended in this tattered city of nearly 70,000, leaving many here debating Mr. Rivera’s tumultuous past and wondering what is to come. – Passaic, New Jersey
Ten Hispanic business and political leaders, including a former Austin mayor and a former state senator, complained to the Austin City Council Friday after they say City Manager Marc Ott treated them in a rude and combative manner at a meeting earlier this week.
Undocumented Immigrant Upset After Arrest At Car Dealership – Irving, Texas
August 20, 2008
Mexican motocross champion slain with two others in Juárez – Rene Tercero Reyes Aguirre, 24, was a five-time national supercross champion – A total of 11 died in the Juárez area Monday. At least three died Tuesday.
Dems pick attorney to replace Assemblyman Neil Cohen – Annette Quijano of Elizabeth is also the first Latina to serve as a legislator in the 20th District – New Jersey
August 19, 2008
Governor’s Consortium on Hispanic Affairs Releases Statewide Study – over half of Hispanic Delawareans speak little or no English; more than a third have not completed high school.
Advocates for Hispanics blast Valero plant – Houston, Texas
August 18, 2008
Big Trouble in Little Havana – For the first time in 20 years, Democrats are mounting serious challenges to at least two of Miami’s three Republican lawmakers, who often run unopposed.
August 17, 2008
Anchorage to get Mexican consulate – Alaska
Arpaio’s West Valley sweeps netted 102 arrests – Arizona
Hispanic Chicago Fire fans say security firm is mistreating them – Sector Latino group says guards are harassing them and have used racial slurs; company has ties to star Cuauhtemoc Blanco
A federal judge ruled Friday that a Wichita Catholic school policy requiring students to speak only English didn’t break any civil rights laws.
August 14, 2008
Denver law would take cars of illegal immigrants
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.
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.”
Five years after arriving in Central Florida, El Nuevo Día Orlando, the region’s only daily Spanish-language newspaper, is closing.
Hispanics to Comprise 30% of U.S. Population by 2050
Cat fight brewing over San Juan’s feral felines
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.
Voting process clear for Spanish speakers despite typos on sample ballots – Washoe County, Nevada
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
Carolinas lead nation in Hispanic growth – South Carolina ranks first in Latino per capita growth from 2006 to 2007
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
August 12, 2008
Nebraska Hispanic fertility rate twice that of whites
August 11, 2008
Diplomats from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador pleaded with local immigration enforcers Friday not to indiscriminately target their citizens on the heels of a Lee County focused operation that rounded up 62 immigrants last week. – Florida
Businesses across North Carolina felt the economic punch from the ‘Booze it and Lose it’ drunk driving campaign. Hispanic workers across the state chose to stay home Friday instead of braving DUI checkpoints
Latino kids in need of foster homes – There are 3 times more Latinos waiting for temporary homes in Arizona
August 10, 2008
Holding suspected illegal immigrants in jail in Prince William County has cost nearly $800,000 more than expected in the previous fiscal year, officials said.
Video: MALDEF discusses the Shenandoah, Pennsylvania Murder (Hate Crime) on CNN
August 7, 2008
Another California Community Colleges board member steps down – Randal Hernandez withdrawals his application for reappointment. He is the fourth to leave in the year since the panel angered Republican lawmakers by supporting illegal immigration legislation.
Tulsa police are calling it “Survival Spanish.” In the first cadet class, rookies are required to learn 26 phrases in Spanish in 26 weeks
Illegal workers get help from fund – Group assists in posting bond for immigrants held in ICE raids – Houston
Sabor latino en el condado de Los Angeles – Aunque cinco de 10 residentes del área son hispanos, sólo un 20% de los funcionarios electos también lo son
August 5, 2008
El consulado general de México en Chicago se convirtió en julio en la representación consular con mayor producción de documentos en el mundo, se informó hoy.
Four Spanish publications are now available for London’s booming Latin American community. – Canada
School administrators brush up on their Spanish – Superintendent Phyllis Wilson said. “Nearly 50 percent of our student population is Hispanic. We have many parents who do not read or speak English.” – Joliet, Illinois
August 4, 2008
Leaving Sorrento: Why are Hispanics moving away? – Lake County, Florida
August 1, 2008
A long, worthy comment on Chavez Blvd. – Dallas
July 30, 2008
Headache: Border wall construction disrupts the usual peace and quiet of Granjeno
Hispanics profiling victims by Border Patrol in West Palm, group says
Mesa, Arizona has seen a big dip in enrollment the past two years at predominantly Hispanic schools such as Longfellow.
An Invitation to Build Bridges in Your Community – Construyendo Puentes en Estados Unidos
July 29, 2008
Little Rock Police are looking for a pair of suspects in a Monday night rock-throwing incident at the Mexican Consulate on University Avenue.
Latino neighborhood slowly disappearing in central Mesa, Arizona
July 28, 2008
Civil rights groups delivered a letter to Governor Rod Blagojevich, asking him to issue an executive order to stop the so-called “consent searches.” When the Illinois State Police conduct routine traffic stops, Latino drivers are twice as likely as whites to have their cars searched.
About 1,000 people, including rabbis, Hispanic immigrants and Catholic clergy, marched through Postville, Iowa on Sunday, protesting working conditions at Agriprocessors Inc.
July 27, 2008
The $55 million lawsuit filed against the Town of Southampton by owners of The Hampton Bays Diner on grounds that town police violated their civil rights by instigating 18 months of police monitoring of a weekly “Latino” inspired dance night has spotlighted allegations of anti-Hispanic sentiment. – (a very detailed article)
Latino-vs.-black violence drives hate crimes in L.A. County to 5-year high
July 24, 2008
A tunnel that runs beneath Nogales, Arizona is the focus of a international investigation. U.S. and Mexican officials are trying to determine if a retaining wall and fence inside a drainage tunnel led to a costly flood in Nogales, Sonora earlier this month.
Hunger is S. Florida’s dirty little secret
July 23, 2008
South Carolina county to vote English as official language – Pickens County
Latino Businessman Takes Aim At California’s Water
Thanks to Frida Kahlo, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Finally Draws Latino Crowd
Hispanic HPD trailblazer fights for her life after shooting – Velia “Belle” Ortega
July 22, 2008
Houston Police Department’s first Hispanic woman cop shot – Belle Ortega
July 21, 2008
Immigration frustration stokes fury in Fremont – Nebraska – (exacerbated by the influx of workers with different customs, language and skin tone!)
‘Flood’ of drugs from Mexico linked to area abductions – Georgia
Mexican files $75K claim against Gilbert police – Arizona
Mexican immigrant’s beating at hands of youths exposes racial tensions in Pennsylvania town – Shenandoah
July 17, 2008
Immigration agents arrest 31 in courthouse sweep – Rhode Island
Collin County Commissioner: Bilingual Employees Should Not Be Paid More – Spanish Speakers Get 3 Percent Higher Starting Salaries – Texas
July 16, 2008
San Francisco: Sanctuary City Gone Awry
Denver Hispanic cops to sue department and city
July 15, 2008
Reward offered for arrest in anti-Hispanic graffiti case – Suffolk, Virginia – (photo of: “Latinos Go Home”)
July 14, 2008
For many immigrants in the San Fernando Valley, life continues as it did in their native countries -
July 13, 2008
Escondido tries to rid itself of undocumented immigrants – California
Financial folly leads to boot – Hispanic parade board president removed for asking about records – New Jersey
Immigrants Find Solace After Storm of Arrests – Postville, Iowa
July 9, 2008
Lutheran pastor: Postville’s returned to state it was in 15 years ago – Iowa
Police: Random shootings aimed at Asians, Hispanics – Texas
June 30, 2008
Is the Lowcountry’s Hispanic population declining? – South Carolina
June 24, 2008
Hispanics present evacuation challenge – New Orleans
June 23, 2008
New Policy On Illegal Immigrants Questioned – ACLU Seeks Files From Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office
June 22, 2008
Mexicans voice anger toward consulate – Hundreds of Mexican nationals were turned away with police assistance Saturday during the Mexican Consulate’s first visit to Southern Utah in three years.
June 19, 2008
City Hall to speak Spanish on TV – Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Houston’s 1st bullfight in 20 years won’t draw blood
June 18, 2008
Not guilty verdict for ex-policeman accused of killing homeless NY Guatemalan immigrant
June 17, 2008
Arlington Schools Candidacy Captures Latino Imagination – Virginia
June 12, 2008
Immigrants grappling with Oregon license law
June 11, 2008
Media Moves: Equity cancels Spanish-language news in 6 markets – Oklahoma City, Naples-Ft. Myers, Fla.; Detroit; Amarillo, Tx.; Salt Lake City and Fort Smith-Fayetteville, Ark
El Paso to ask feds for help treating wounded Mexican cops
120 suspected Latino gang members busted in Georgia – Did You Know? The arrests were part of a national effort in which 8,900 members of more than 700 gangs have been arrested since 2005.
June 9, 2008
Varying data leave incomplete picture of immigrants’ progress – Dallas schools
June 5, 2008
Danbury Councilwoman: Hispanic Center move ‘racially motivated’ – Connecticut
June 3, 2008
Gothamist: Who’s Afraid of the Puerto Rican Day Parade?
Federal suit says Irving ISD elections deny representation to Hispanics
June 2, 2008
Will Los Angeles elect a white supremacist judge to Superior Court? Meet Bill Johnson
May 29, 2008
Hispanic residents testify against Farmers Branch election system
May 28, 2008
More Latinos in NYPD Promoted
New generation of L.A.-area Latino leaders aren’t as friendly toward ‘amigo stores’ – Cities like Baldwin Park are turning away from ethnic-oriented retail projects in favor of mainstream businesses. Starbucks is welcome.
Casa’s gaffe, Frederick’s loss – Frederick County, Maryland
May 27, 2008
Beaufort County in North Carolina tightening up on public services for illegal immigrants
May 21, 2008
Immigrants feel distress, shock, nun says – Postville, Iowa raid
May 20, 2008
Some Say Sheriff Using Racism To Fuel Re-Election Campaign – Lake County, Florida
May 19, 2008
Spanish-speaking officers rare in area – Iowa City (how about only 3)
May 15, 2008
Illegal Worker Describes Escape from Plant – Postville, Iowa
May 13, 2008
Predicted ESOL Savings Debated – 760 Students Left Prince William Schools – Virginia
More Hispanic Businesses Robbed – Aurora, Colorado
May 12, 2008
New mayor says top priority is ridding Carrollton of illegal immigrants – Dallas suburb
May 8, 2008
Councilman calls for look at how Austin Latinos are faring
Latino officers seek probe by FBI – A white policeman is accused of using excessive force in arresting a Latino teenager last month. – Denver
May 7, 2008
Immigration enforcement: At what cost? – Frederick County, Maryland
May 5, 2008
Trend of Hispanic Families Targeted for Robberies – Tallahassee, Florida
May 1, 2008
Latino activists reach out to blacks with invitation to join immigration march – Chicago
Maryland’s Hispanic population growing; officials rethink outreach programs
April 30, 2008
Pr. William Softens Policy on Immigration Status Checks – Police Officers Can Question Crime Suspects About Their Residency Only After They Are Arrested
More restrained LAPD tactics to be tested at May Day rally
Report: NYPD targets blacks, Hispanics on marijuana
Annual study finds Houstonians’ attitudes sour toward immigration
April 29, 2008
Pledge Of Allegiance Spanish Recitation Uproars Wisconsin
April 28, 2008
Indian enclave at risk if Duroville closes – The desert trailer park is an outpost of the Purépechas, indigenous people from Mexico. ‘They are the poorest of the poor,’ says a nun who works with them.
April 25, 2008
Refusal to investigate housing complaints for illegal immigrants an ‘embarrassment,’ EOC says – Nebraska
April 24, 2008
ESPN Radio’s return cuts Spanish format – Fayetteville, North Carolina
April 22, 2008
Hispanic students report bullying because of race – in Oklahoma since the state’s anti-illegal immigrant law started
April 21, 2008
Hispanics sitting ducks for criminals, Jefferson County sheriff’s official says – Alabama
