Eye Openers + Texas Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 18, 2009
Hundreds of defendants awaiting trial for violent crimes in Dallas County have been deported by federal immigration officials and then set free in their home countries. – The practice goes back to at least 1991 and includes the release of murder, kidnapping and child rape suspects.
November 13, 2009
Hispanics accounted for more than half of the 95 swine flu-related deaths in Texas in the first six months of the H1N1 pandemic, an analysis by the state health department found.
State elections official fired after poking fun at Spanish-speaking voters – Texas
November 12, 2009
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes on Wednesday announced his plans to seek an eighth term in the 16th Congressional District of Texas.
November 11, 2009
Reporting for the Big Bend Sentinel, Sterry Butcher reported on the US Department of Homeland Security’s new mass deportation program taking place in Presidio, Texas.
November 5, 2009
Guest Columnist: Sergio Troncoso. Is the Texas Library Association excluding Latino writers?
November 2, 2009
Texas needs Spanish-speaking social workers
October 27, 2009
Judge Who Ordered Texas to Educate Undocumented Students Dies – U.S. Senior District Judge William Wayne Justice
October 26, 2009
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
Children sang, soldiers paraded and crowds cheered during the historic pageantry of the first meeting of the presidents of the United States and Mexico 100 years ago today in El Paso and Juárez. – The meeting between U.S. President William Howard Taft and Mexican President Porfirio Diaz will be commemorated by events and an exhibit at the El Paso Museum of History that opens Saturday to the public.
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 13, 2009
Hotel owner makes Hispanic employees ’shorten’ Spanish names – Texas
September 29, 2009
Texas Mexican-Americans birthed by midwives still can’t get Washington to give them a passport
Former Border Patrol Chief Silvestre Reyes Now a Major Player in New Military, Intelligence, and Homeland Security Complex
September 22, 2009
UTB-TSC has received nearly $500,000 in federal dollars to extend postbaccalaureate educational opportunities for Hispanic students, U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi announced Monday.
September 21, 2009
Power struggle taking place in Dallas’ Latino community
September 10, 2009
A study released Wednesday found high breast cancer mortality and low early detection rates among African American, Hispanic and rural women in five Central Texas counties.
September 9, 2009
Matriarch’s 300 descendents gather for funeral – Gregoria Martinez – Texas
September 4, 2009
Mexico’s ‘Murder Capital’ Lives Up To Reputation – During a 48-hour stretch this week, 37 people were killed – Cuidad Juarez
September 1, 2009
Rio Grande Valley sheriffs ponder federal immigration enforcement program – 287(g)
August 18, 2009
Enrique Hubbard fired over passport scheme – Mexican consul general in North Texas
August 16, 2009
School books in Texas may get browner – Dolores Huerta, Dr. Hector P. Garcia, Sandra Cisneros, Henry B. Gonzalez and Irma Rangel to the list of important Hispanic figures Texas schoolchildren might be discussing in the future – 49% of K-8 already Hispanic
August 14, 2009
A federal three-judge panel heard an appeal by LULAC Thursday against the Texas Democratic Party, charging that its delegate selection process dilutes the Latino vote
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.
August 3, 2009
A small group of Texas Tech University faculty members is objecting to the school’s hiring of former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the grounds that he demonstrated ethical failings while in office.
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 16, 2009
The hosts of the popular KLBJ weekday show “The Todd and Don Show” have been yanked off the air for the next two weeks after a backlash to racial comments made about illegal immigrants during a show earlier this week. – Austin
July 14, 2009
Dallas restaurateur now flips burguesas – Burguesa Burger – prototype is a 388-square-foot bright orange drive-through hut that makes a large storage unit look spacious.
June 29, 2009
About 5,500 churches affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas are being invited to partner with the denomination to offer online GED programs for free
June 25, 2009
Adelfa Callejo’s Obama remarks could scuttle Dallas school naming
15 year old Texan Javier Fernández-Han Invents Algae-Powered Energy System
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 29, 2009
U.S. border czar Alan Bersin visits Border Patrol Museum as agency celebrates 85 years
May 28, 2009
San Antonio’s young mayor-elect Julián Castro praised as the ‘Hispanic Barack Obama’
April 27, 2009
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 7, 2009
Texas Mayor Caught in Deportation Furor – Mayor Herbert Gears of Irving
March 18, 2009
Casi el 20 por ciento de todos los estudiantes inscritos en escuelas de El Paso se encuentra en proceso de aprender inglés, de acuerdo a los informes del Departamento de Educación de EU.
March 16, 2009
Victory on voter ID may cost GOP Latino support in Texas
March 13, 2009
Wal-Mart looks to Hispanic market in expansion drive – The pilot stores, named Supermercado de Walmart, will open in Phoenix and Houston
January 28, 2009
The Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into payola allegations at some of the Rio Grande Valley’s most popular Spanish-language radio stations.
December 31, 2008
Texas charities curb Mexico outreach amid violence
December 28, 2008
The effects of the U.S. recession – Juarenses still come north to shop, but spend less
December 23, 2008
Cuidad Juárez slayings persist with 20 over weekend, 3 Monday
December 20, 2008
U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice has ordered Texas to take immediate steps to improve bilingual education programs — even as state officials fight to postpone what they call costly measures.
December 18, 2008
DPS veteran will be first Hispanic to direct Texas Ranger division – Antonio “Tony” Leal
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
A sure indicator that fundraising efforts will follow, mayoral candidate Trish DeBerry Mejia on Thursday filed paperwork with the city designating local media guru Lionel Sosa her campaign treasurer. – San Antonio
December 12, 2008
Two prominent Hispanic Democratic officials from Texas harshly criticized an arm of their national party today for skipping over the state when it provided funding muscle for U.S. Senate candidates across the country.
December 10, 2008
The City of Amarillo, Texas is offering qualified employees fifty dollars a month to participate in the bilingual pay incentive program.
December 6, 2008
Hispanics in TV News: El Paso Lacking Hispanic Presence on its TV Newscasts
December 5, 2008
Texas Institutions Along Border Lead State, Nation In Latino Enrollment and Degree Completion – Thirty Percent of Degrees and Certificates Earned by Latinos in Texas Awarded by Community Colleges and Universities on U.S./Mexico Border
Hispanic Caucus pushes Rep. Rick Noreiga for Cabinet spot State lawmaker from Houston is touted to head Veterans Affairs
December 3, 2008
Houston has become the top source for firearms going into Mexico, supplying drug cartel gangsters with weapons for their deadly battles, according to federal law enforcement officials.
November 18, 2008
Special driver’s license for noncitizens raises concerns in Texas
November 17, 2008
Program grooms Latinos to sit on nonprofit boards – Dallas Concilio of Hispanic Service Organizations
November 11, 2008
Dallas immigration officials say illegal immigrant arrests up 21 percent in 2008
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
Immigrants and drug smugglers have been playing cat and mouse with the US border patrol in El Paso for more than a century, but recently the game has become much more dangerous
Voter turnout by Hispanics lags in Lubbock, Texas
The Comeback Congressman: Texas Democrat Ciro D. Rodriguez Faces Tight Race, Again
October 29, 2008
Will Hispanic turnout affect downballot races? – Texas
October 23, 2008
Dallas schools superintendent Michael Hinojosa said Wednesday that bilingual teachers were largely protected from recent layoffs because of the district’s student population.
October 16, 2008
Latino Leaders Register 9,884 New Voters in Rio Grande Valley – SVREP’s My Valley, My Vote campaign surpasses goal by 2,384 by October 6th Deadline
October 6, 2008
César Chávez would be embarrassed over Dallas’ street-naming debate
October 1, 2008
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is scheduled to make a “special appearance” Friday at a Dallas meeting of Hispanic activists.
September 23, 2008
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.
Fully one in five Texans now speaks Spanish in the course of their daily lives, a larger percentage than at any time since Texas was a part of Mexico, according to new Census Bureau figures
September 18, 2008
Former U.S. Rep. Eligio “Kika” De la Garza is recovering in a Texas hospital after he and his wife were involved in an automobile accident.
September 16, 2008
Once one of the most liberal lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Rep. Ciro Rodriguez has taken a substantial shift to the political center and heads into the November election as a moderate in a Democratic district with strong conservative enclaves.
September 15, 2008
ACLU And MALDEF File Lawsuit To Stop Farmers Branch Newest Anti-Immigrant Ordinance
September 11, 2008
Residents of the Rio Grande Valley have filed a class-action lawsuit against the federal government, claiming they are being denied passports because they are of Mexican descent and were born with the aid of midwives.
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
John Cornyn chides Rick Noriega on school aid for illegal immigrants’ children – Texas politics
August 23, 2008
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
Don Flores, who has been an executive and the top editor at the El Paso Times, has resigned. Flores’ departure ended a 15-year turn as top newsman at the paper, the largest and arguably most influential news outlet in the community.
August 19, 2008
Advocates for Hispanics blast Valero plant – Houston, Texas
August 18, 2008
Valley residents fenced into no man’s land by border wall -16-year-old Aaron Anzaldua jumps off the family tractor after cutting the grass around his family’s ranch. Under current border-fence construction plans, the ranch would be cut off from the rest of the state.
August 17, 2008
Texas executes third Hispanic in two weeks
There are dozens of Hispanic herbal stores in Houston that promise a cure for everything from bad luck to cancer. However, some of what they sell can be dangerous and possibly deadly.
August 12, 2008
CUERO, Texas — Deep in the heart of Texas, one lawman thinks his deputies may have recorded footage of the elusive Chupacabra.
Lawsuit says racial slurs used at O’Reilly Auto Parts – Hispanics are accused of name-calling against blacks – Houston
August 10, 2008
Army Recruiter Threatens High School Student with Jail Time – The recruiter, Sergeant Glenn Marquette, warned 18-year-old Irving Gonzalez that he would be sent to jail if he decided to go to college instead of joining the military, even though Gonzalez had signed a non-binding contract that left him free to change his mind before basic training. – Houston
A Mexican border city has begun fining U.S. drivers who cross the border to fill extra drums, tanks or barrels with government-subsidized Mexican fuel. – Ciudad Acuna, across the border from Del Rio, Texas
August 7, 2008
Inmigrante hondureño fue ejecutado en Texas
A Honduran man who killed his former boss and wounded an employee was scheduled to be executed Thursday evening, which would make him the second foreign national executed in Texas this week.
Illegal workers get help from fund – Group assists in posting bond for immigrants held in ICE raids – Houston
August 6, 2008
Texas executes Mexican killer amid international protests – The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to grant a reprieve urged by Mexico and an international court. Jose Ernesto Medellin was convicted of raping and killing two Texas teens in 1993.
The recent shooting death of an 11-year-old El Paso boy during a vacation trip in Mexico has renewed questions about whether it’s safe to travel south of the border.
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
July 29, 2008
Border wall questioned after Dolly South Texas officials want government to first rebuild levees in Valley
July 27, 2008
JUDGE ORDERS TEXAS TO REVAMP ITS BILINGUAL PROGRAMS – with additional documentation
July 26, 2008
A federal judge on Friday gave the state of Texas until the end of January to come up with a plan to improve education programs for secondary school students with limited proficiency in English, criticizing the state education agency for “failing to ensure equal education opportunities in all schools.”
July 23, 2008
Federal officials deny passports to midwife-born Mexican Americans along Texas-Mexico border (Latina Lista)
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 17, 2008
Pitcher’s toughest test not minor leagues, but Cuban defection – Jose Cordero
Collin County Commissioner: Bilingual Employees Should Not Be Paid More – Spanish Speakers Get 3 Percent Higher Starting Salaries – Texas
July 13, 2008
Studies find Irving’s at-large City Council system hurts Hispanic voters – Texas
Thousands Of Students In Texas Classified “Limited English Learners”
July 10, 2008
Border Patrol sued for hurriance policy
July 9, 2008
Police: Random shootings aimed at Asians, Hispanics – Texas
June 26, 2008
Raider of the lost archives – Ramon Hernandez squeezes a history of Latino music into his apartment – San Antonio
For Mexicans, Texas is prime property – Many coming north to buy real estate at bargain prices.
June 19, 2008
Houston’s 1st bullfight in 20 years won’t draw blood
June 11, 2008
El Paso to ask feds for help treating wounded Mexican cops
Children in non-English-speaking households experience multiple health disparities, researcher concludes – Dr. Glenn Flores
June 9, 2008
Varying data leave incomplete picture of immigrants’ progress – Dallas schools
June 3, 2008
Federal suit says Irving ISD elections deny representation to Hispanics
May 29, 2008
Hispanic residents testify against Farmers Branch election system
May 22, 2008
The Texas Democratic Party says its presidential delegate-awarding system is not subject to the federal Voting Rights Act, which protects minority voters.
May 12, 2008
New mayor says top priority is ridding Carrollton of illegal immigrants – Dallas suburb
Pollo Campero opens franchise in US Wal-Mart store
May 8, 2008
Councilman calls for look at how Austin Latinos are faring
May 7, 2008
Border fence is a “racist thing,” says Brownsville mayor
May 6, 2008
Wal-Mart replaces Garland Hypermart with first ‘Hispanic community’ store – Texas
April 30, 2008
American Veteran of Iraq War Being Held in Mexican Prison on Weapons Charges – Army Spc. Richard Raymond Medina Torres
Lena Guerrero’s passing: What would Texas have looked like?
Annual study finds Houstonians’ attitudes sour toward immigration
April 24, 2008
Rebecca Aguilar is fighting back – Dallas reporter
April 22, 2008
Texas lawmakers study immigration crackdown – again
April 7, 2008
Paul Revere of Texas – Juan Seguin
March 26, 2008
Lawyers tell Latinos to learn their rights – Dallas attorneys threaten suits alleging racial profiling; campaign urges Hispanics to drive carefully
March 20, 2008
State board says no time for Hispanic input on new curriculum – Texas
March 17, 2008
Several civil rights activists on Friday alleged “anti-immigrant hysteria” motivated the quick arrest of a Hispanic truck driver involved in a fatal collision that killed a Harris County sheriff’s deputy who was drunk on duty. – Texas
The House Mexican American Legislative Caucus is insisting the State Board of Education include Hispanics in the writing of a new English language arts and reading curriculum for Texas.
March 13, 2008
Brutal Armed Robbers Targeting Latinos – Dallas
February 28, 2008
Many worried Juárez’s bloody drug war spilling into U.S. – 72 slain this year in border city; worst is still to come, officials say
February 26, 2008
Two Factors Forebode Clinton Loss in Texas: Young Latino Voters and Machismo Latina Lista
February 25, 2008
The Mauro Factor – Garry Mauro working for Hillary in Texas
February 20, 2008
Marketplace: Discount stores have toy trouble (lead) – (interviews a Latina in Austin)
Border Fence To Bypass Property Of Wealthy Bush Donor – Dallas billionaire Ray L. Hunt
February 19, 2008
Hillary and Hispanics in Texas
February 18, 2008
Border Fence Could Leave Family on Mexican Side of Fence
February 14, 2008
Presidential Campaigns Snubbing Texas Print? – (not to mention Hispanic blogs)
Texas Civil Rights Review – Appeal to Sen. Clinton from Irma Muniz: Free Ramsey
Texas A&M University-Kingsville President Rumaldo Juarez Resigns
February 11, 2008
Border barrier to skirt Rio Grande, avoid private land – Texas
February 6, 2008
Texas Town Leader Fights Border Fence, Eagle Pass Mayor, Residents Group Says Federal Government “Abusing Our Liberties”
U.S. threatens to sue over access to UT Brownsville campus for border fence – Regents to discuss issue today after campus president refused to allow surveys.
January 29, 2008
Brownsville Mayor Declares Federal Government is Doing Irreparable Damage to Texas Border Region with Proposed Fence (Latina Lista)
Farmers Branch asks judge to rule on new house rental ordinance – Texas
January 24, 2008
Mexican Military Stops Police Patrols in Matamoros – Cameron County Sheriff is warning people crossing into Matamoros to go at their own risk.
January 23, 2008
Latinas take over at City Hall – San Antonio
Homeland pulls for Astros’ Tejada through troubled times
January 22, 2008
Will 2018 produce the first Hispanic governor of Texas? – Rafael Anchía?
January 15, 2008
Irving ISD foresees drop in enrollment – (can you guess why?)
January 8, 2008
San Antonio company recalls another Mexican candy – Miguelito Azucar Salada Enchilada Acidulada
Choice of “Illegal Immigrant” as Texan of the Year makes little sense – Latina Lista
H&H Foods owes more than $9 million to Valley businesses – Texas
January 7, 2008
‘Why me?’ California man asks of Texas impersonator
December 5, 2007
Arrests of illegal immigrants double in Dallas-Fort Worth
December 4, 2007
Candy imported from Mexico recalled due to lead – Texas
November 28, 2007
Irving mom’s dilemma: dad deported, kids ‘are from here’ – Texas
November 19, 2007
Blaze that destroyed Supreme Court justice’s home a mystery – David Medina – Texas
November 15, 2007
Fort Worth, Texas: Gunning for Votes Creates a Showdown for Civil Rights (Latina Lista)
November 11, 2007
To Tejanos, music is sound of heritage – Attempts to revive genre on Austin radio are seen by some as ‘brown vs. brown’ racism
November 6, 2007
Flier appears to be attempt to lower Hispanic turnout – Fort Worth
November 4, 2007
Latinos get help with citizenship fee – Houston
Politiqueras warn candidates can’t win without them – South Texas
October 30, 2007
Authorities Call Mexican City Leader’s Death ‘Assassination’ – (gunned down in Del Rio, Texas)
Texas Ranger statue plans reopen old wounds over troubled past with some Hispanics – Waco, Texas
