Eye Openers + Oregon Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 16, 2009

Oregon universities try to recruit more Latino students – In 2007, Latinos made up nearly 12% of the 12th-grade class and less than 6% of freshmen in the university system. About 20% of first-graders that year were Latino.

September 14, 2009

English-only test leaves some Oregon children behind

December 12, 2008

ACLU, activists sue Columbia County over illegal workers measure – Lawsuit challenges county’s standing to enforce immigration law – Oregon

December 5, 2008

Oregon Suspends Use of Aprenda–a Spanish-Language Test

September 10, 2008

One angry man stands at Portland day labor center

June 18, 2008

CAUSA: Anti-ESL Instruction Measure Qualifies for November Ballot in Oregon – would prohibit teaching a public school student in a language other than English for more than two years

June 12, 2008

Immigrants grappling with Oregon license law

May 27, 2008

State Aid to Immigrants Lags, University of Oregon Study Says

April 10, 2008

Oregon’s Dropout Rate Continues to Climb – (except for Hispanics YET the graduation rate is only 63.7%)

February 6, 2008

Support for Latinas’ next generation – Life skills – The Adelante Chicas program will focus on helping girls live in a culture unfamiliar to their parents – Oregon

January 28, 2008

Oregon business group counters anti-illegal immigrant campaigns

December 9, 2007

Move to honor Chavez hits a roadblock – In Portland, Ore., naming a street after the activist proves difficult. A series of hostile meetings ends in an impasse.

November 27, 2007

Model citizen or no, illegal alien about to be deported – Alejandra Trujillo – Oregon

November 13, 2007

Legislators ‘Go After’ Undocumented Immigrant Families in Oregon

October 26, 2007

Mayor Potter storms out of street-renaming meeting – (Cesar Chavez related) – Portland, Oregon