Blogante Headlines + Arizona Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

April 14, 2008

Phoenix Mayor Asks FBI to Check Sheriff Joe Arpaio

April 12, 2008

Arizona Anti-Defamation League calls on U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s bogus “crime suppression sweeps.”

April 10, 2008

Guess what media focus is on with Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigration? The big picture? Nah.

Did You Know? Phoenix police union president Mark Spencer said a 2006 police homicide summary report shows 63 percent of murder victims in Phoenix were Hispanic.

April 2, 2008

Hispanic Leaders Fear Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Patrols Will Spark Violence – Arizona

April 1, 2008

Arizona guest-worker program hits snag

March 31, 2008

Phoenix mayor Phil Gordon: Arpaio immigration raids are ‘made-for-TV stunts’

Gilbert woman preps for Miss USA pageant – Kimberly Joiner, a Latina from Arizona – (I wonder how many Latinas are in this year)

March 24, 2008

Special Latina Lista Post: Why Does the Nation Remain Silent While One AZ Sheriff Conducts Immigrant Manhunts? (Latina Lista)

Arizona Legislation Prohibits Renting To Illegal Immigrants

March 11, 2008

Over 600 illegal immigrants arrested in Arizona in the last week

The Growing Nightmare for Immigrants in Arizona

March 10, 2008

NPR: ‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ Takes on Immigration – Joe Arpaio in Arizona

March 5, 2008

Did You Know? Sometime in the coming months, a single music label, Universal Music, will control almost half of the U.S. Latin music marketplace. – because of recent laws

February 28, 2008

Longer fest shows depth of Mexican arts, culture – Nuestras Raices Literary Arts Festival in Tucson

February 25, 2008

Immigration laws send Hispanics elsewhere – 2 states (Arizona & Oklahoma) that approved crackdowns have seen an exodus of illegals – Is Indiana Next?

February 19, 2008

2007 Retrospective: The Local War on the Undocumented – Phoenix, Arizona

February 18, 2008

‘Revolution’ one of the R’s taught in Tucson

Phoenix Police to Check Arrestees’ Immigrant Status

February 14, 2008

After just one year, Arizona State University junked its scholarship program for illegal immigrants. Sarah Fenske wonders who will step up for them now

February 13, 2008

Virtual Fence on Border to Get Approval – Arizona

February 12, 2008

Arizona Senate Bill Drafts Temporary Worker Program

Arizona Seeing Signs of Flight by Immigrants

February 7, 2008

Editor to join ASU faculty – Rick Rodriguez, x-editor of Sacramento Bee joins Arizona State University

February 6, 2008

Arizona Latinos Turn Out for Hillary

January 31, 2008

Apartments going empty as hiring law hits migrants – Arizona

Did You Know? A van of 11 people believed to be illegal immigrants were in custody after a vehicle the van rear ended tapped a Homeland Security vehicle in an automobile accident Tuesday.

January 29, 2008

Grijalva throws support behind Obama; rally in Phoenix Tuesday

January 28, 2008

‘Hispanic panic’ as Arizona immigration crackdown bites – (this is a new term, I haven’t seen before – Hispanic Panic ?!?!?)

January 23, 2008

Several Phoenix Latino political leaders publicly endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president Tuesday.

January 22, 2008

Mexican politicians say migrants returning because of Arizona law

January 16, 2008

Employer Sanctions Take Center Stage Again – (Arizona law in court )

Mexican Lawmakers Denounces Employer Sanctions law – Arizona – (”will have a devastating affect on Sonora”)

January 15, 2008

Did You Know? More illegal immigrants are caught in Tucson than anywhere else. Last year, Border Patrol agents arrested almost 400,000 immigrants.

January 14, 2008

Linda Chavez: Silence in wake of Arizona’s immigration law

Program to Prosecute Illegal Immigrants to Expand in Arizona

Arizona ground zero for immigration

Mexican family wants confiscated license back – Arizona

January 11, 2008

Sheriff Bans Illegals From Work Detail – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio pulls them because of Arizona’s employers sanctions law?

Immigration Fallout Seen In Schools – Phoenix

An Immigration Boiling Point Cools Down – Phoenix

Showdown in Arizona, Where Mariachis and Minutemen Collide – Phoenix

January 10, 2008

Learning the Language: Immigrant Teens Show Their American Lives in Photos

The ChamberPost: Economic Impact of Immigration – (Arizona studies)

January 9, 2008

Chicanos group dropping out of HIV-AIDS care program – Arizona

January 8, 2008

Over 200 Arizona State University students couldn’t prove legal status – charged out-of-state tuition

January 7, 2008

Southern Arizona businessman José Canchola dies

January 4, 2008

Book offers pictorial history of Mexicans in Phoenix

January 3, 2008

Wanted: oral stories of Phoenix residents who were a part of the guest worker program between 1942 and 1964.

January 2, 2008

Opinion: In Arizona, the bitter fruit of Congress’ failure

December 14, 2007

Arizona squeeze on immigration angers business

December 11, 2007

Report claims abuses by police, others of illegal immigrants – Arizona

December 9, 2007

Many work to be sure entrants know rights – The immigration raids are coming. It’s no longer a matter of if, but when. – Arizona

Arizona Immigration Law Challenge Tossed

Some wary of potential rise in anti-Hispanic sentiment – Tucson

Census projections say Latinos will make up 50 percent of Tucson’s population by 2015.

Outside Phoenix store, border debate rages on

December 5, 2007

Arizona Congressman Wants to Draft Special Visa Legislation for Illegal Immigrant Hero (Latina Lista)

Arizona farm employers await judge’s ruling in sanctions law challenge

Phoenix mayor criticized for about-face on immigration policy

December 3, 2007

New law hamstrings Mesa’s bilingual efforts

Study: Hispanic women have higher incidence of aggressive breast cancer – Arizona

November 30, 2007

Kidnapping of illegal immigrants on the rise – Arizona

Study says household income for immigrants in Arizona last in U.S. – (from the ‘anti-immigration’ Center for Immigration Studies)

November 28, 2007

Patrol arrests immigrants with long rap sheets – Yuma, Arizona

Immigrant who helped boy in US desert said he thought of own kids

Arizonans generally support the concept of local police officers enforcing federal immigration laws, but their support is fractured deeply along political and racial lines.

November 27, 2007

Crossing Arizona deserts nearly as dangerous in winter as summer

November 26, 2007

Mexican vanilla extract could cause liver failure – (the clear liquid form artifically flavored from Mexico)

University of Arizona Hispanic journalism students picked for NY Times workshop

November 25, 2007

Illegal immigrant rescues boy whose mother died in Arizona crash

Hysteria over illegal immigrants must stop – Arizona

November 19, 2007

Hispanic firms hurt by Arizona migrant crackdown

November 14, 2007

Spanish-Language Radio Station Slams Police for Describing Suspect as ‘Hispanic’ – Phoenix

November 13, 2007

Latino purchasing power in AZ expected to surge – $3.6 billion in 2000 to $6.4 billion in 2006, and the number is expected to hit $9.8 billion in 2011

November 6, 2007

Arizona case on English learning approaching high-cost junction

November 4, 2007

Language barrier plagues Mesa police – Arizona

Hispanic sure to win seat on Phoenix City Council

Sheriff gets no love from activists over migrant stance – Arizona

November 1, 2007

Improving Legal Access for Spanish Speakers – Law students at The University of Arizona

October 29, 2007

Federal aid fails to cover migrant health care costs – Arizona

October 17, 2007

Immigration law cited for enrollment decline – Mesa, Arizona – (1,295 fewer students could = $5 million less for district)

October 2, 2007

Legal immigrant applications for citizenship up 86% in Southern Arizona

September 30, 2007

Taunts, threats as employer-sanctions law nears – against Hispanic in Arizona

September 26, 2007

Salata earns MVP honors at national tournament – (I didn’t know there was a National Hispanic Basketball Tournament)

September 25, 2007

Shrill mob would outlaw DWM (driving while Mexican) – Phoenix

September 16, 2007

Arizona sanctions law has migrants thinking of leaving

September 13, 2007

Citizenship applications double in Phoenix

September 12, 2007

Did You Know? The median earnings of an Anglo working full time is $31,769; for Hispanics the figure is $21,119. But the gender gap is more pronounced for Anglos ”” women make 76 cents compared to each dollar for men ”” versus the 88 cents on each dollar for Hispanic women versus their male counterparts. – Arizona

Did You Know? Nearly one out of every seven adult males in Arizona is not a U.S. citizen

September 9, 2007

Did You Know? s many as 200 undocumented immigrants who graduated from Arizona high schools have received private scholarship money through Arizona State University to help pay for out-of-state tuition this semester.

September 7, 2007

Did You Know? Phoenix passed the San Francisco Bay Area to move from No. 9 to No. 8 with 358,440 Hispanic television homes.

August 28, 2007

Arizona pilots border driver ID – (a secure driver’s licenses)

August 27, 2007

Film tells of battle vs. Hispanic stereotypes – “Below the Fold: The Pulitzer That Defined Latino Journalism”

Migrants fleeing as hiring law nears – Immigration hard-liners cheer, but economic fallout begins – Ar

Raul Yzaguirre earns Smithsonian Latino Center Legacy Award

August 23, 2007

Sheriff: Suspected Illegal Immigrant Hotline Ringing Off the Hook – Arizona

August 13, 2007

Did You Know? Arizona’s Hispanic residents will have more than $28 billion to spend this year on everything from burritos to back-to-school backpacks

August 9, 2007

Phoenix Latinos set up hotlines to report racial profiling

Illegal immigrants banned from visiting people at county jails – Maricopa County, Arizona

August 2, 2007

What it means to be white in the Old Pueblo -Tucson