HispanicTips » border http://www.hispanictips.com Essential Hispanic & Latino News :: Relevant, Trusted, Comprehensive and Useful Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Utah Forensics Team is hosting a debate Thursday centered around the issue of immigration reform in Utah. – The event, titled “Broken Borders: Debating the State of Immigration,” will feature Tony Yapias, the former director of the Utah State Office of Hispanic Affairs; Utah Reps. Mike Noel and Chris Herrod; and Dee Rowland, a government liaison for the Utah Catholic Diocese http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/18/the-utah-forensics-team-is-hosting-a-debate-thursday-centered-around-the-issue-of-immigration-reform-in-utah-the-event-titled-%e2%80%9cbroken-borders-debating-the-state-of-immigration%e2%80%9d-w/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/18/the-utah-forensics-team-is-hosting-a-debate-thursday-centered-around-the-issue-of-immigration-reform-in-utah-the-event-titled-%e2%80%9cbroken-borders-debating-the-state-of-immigration%e2%80%9d-w/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:20:37 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67701 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67701 0 From a group calling themselves Electronic Civil Disobedience comes the Transborder Immigrant Tool, a simple mobile application intended to aid and abet border-crossers from Mexico to the United States by mapping the safest routes to take. – This GPS app is built to work on the cheapest cell phones available. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/18/from-a-group-calling-themselves-electronic-civil-disobedience-comes-the-transborder-immigrant-tool-a-simple-mobile-application-intended-to-aid-and-abet-border-crossers-from-mexico-to-the-united-state/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/18/from-a-group-calling-themselves-electronic-civil-disobedience-comes-the-transborder-immigrant-tool-a-simple-mobile-application-intended-to-aid-and-abet-border-crossers-from-mexico-to-the-united-state/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:29:08 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67565 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67565 0 The Center for American Progress applauds Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s push to move forward with the congressional debate. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/16/the-center-for-american-progress-applauds-department-of-homeland-security-secretary-janet-napolitano%e2%80%99s-push-to-move-forward-with-the-congressional-debate/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/16/the-center-for-american-progress-applauds-department-of-homeland-security-secretary-janet-napolitano%e2%80%99s-push-to-move-forward-with-the-congressional-debate/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:05:03 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67319 Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67319 0 Statement on Sec. Napolitano’s First Speech on Immigration Reform http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/16/statement-on-sec-napolitanos-first-speech-on-immigration-reform/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/16/statement-on-sec-napolitanos-first-speech-on-immigration-reform/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:03:26 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67317 Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67317 0 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. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/12/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-high/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/12/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-high/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:47:13 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67005 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67005 0 PMDG Launches Regional Mexico Marketing Initiative http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/11/pmdg-launches-regional-mexico-marketing-initiative/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/11/pmdg-launches-regional-mexico-marketing-initiative/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:58:52 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=66896 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=66896 0 Mexico, U.S. Blame Each Other After Border Crackdown Fails http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/10/mexico-u-s-blame-each-other-after-border-crackdown-fails/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/10/mexico-u-s-blame-each-other-after-border-crackdown-fails/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:50:41 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=66730 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=66730 0 U.S. officials wrong in celebrating fall of the Berlin Wall as work continues on our own border wall http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/10/u-s-officials-wrong-in-celebrating-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-as-work-continues-on-our-own-border-wall/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/10/u-s-officials-wrong-in-celebrating-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-as-work-continues-on-our-own-border-wall/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:25:43 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=66601 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=66601 0 Native American corporations, particularly an array of Alaska Native Corporations, have become major defense and homeland security contractors – responsible for a wide range of national security operations, including electronic surveillance on the border, running immigrant detention centers, and supplying security and other services in U.S. overseas wars and energy exploitation. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/06/native-american-corporations-particularly-an-array-of-alaska-native-corporations-have-become-major-defense-and-homeland-security-contractors-%e2%80%93-responsible-for-a-wide-range-of-national-securi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/06/native-american-corporations-particularly-an-array-of-alaska-native-corporations-have-become-major-defense-and-homeland-security-contractors-%e2%80%93-responsible-for-a-wide-range-of-national-securi/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:32:08 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=66212 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=66212 0 Native Americans Profit from Abusive Immigrant Detention and Billions of Dollars in National Security Contracts http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/04/native-americans-profit-from-abusive-immigrant-detention-and-billions-of-dollars-in-national-security-contracts/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/04/native-americans-profit-from-abusive-immigrant-detention-and-billions-of-dollars-in-national-security-contracts/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:40:51 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=65925 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=65925 0 A soldier every 3 feet on the US/Mexico border = 6,930,880 soldiers – Immigration Anecdotes http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/04/a-soldier-every-3-feet-on-the-usmexico-border-6930880-soldiers-immigration-anecdotes/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/04/a-soldier-every-3-feet-on-the-usmexico-border-6930880-soldiers-immigration-anecdotes/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:26:44 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=65891 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=65891 0 More than 200 bodies recovered at Arizona/Sonora border http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/02/more-than-200-bodies-recovered-at-arizonasonora-border/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/02/more-than-200-bodies-recovered-at-arizonasonora-border/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:42:30 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=65705 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=65705 0 Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate migrants who have died trying to cross. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/02/rights-activists-in-the-northern-mexican-border-city-of-tijuana-have-hung-5100-small-white-crosses-on-the-fence-straddling-the-u-s-frontier-to-commemorate-migrants-who-have-died-trying-to-cross/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/02/rights-activists-in-the-northern-mexican-border-city-of-tijuana-have-hung-5100-small-white-crosses-on-the-fence-straddling-the-u-s-frontier-to-commemorate-migrants-who-have-died-trying-to-cross/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:22:54 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=65669 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=65669 0 Remembrance at the border: Migrants killed while crossing remembered – About 200 attended the vigil hosted by the Border Network for Human Rights to honor the memory of undocumented immigrants who have died while trying to cross the border. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/02/remembrance-at-the-border-migrants-killed-while-crossing-remembered-about-200-attended-the-vigil-hosted-by-the-border-network-for-human-rights-to-honor-the-memory-of-undocumented-immigrants-who-hav/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/02/remembrance-at-the-border-migrants-killed-while-crossing-remembered-about-200-attended-the-vigil-hosted-by-the-border-network-for-human-rights-to-honor-the-memory-of-undocumented-immigrants-who-hav/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:56:15 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=65648 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=65648 0 Mexicans Fleeing Violence Spur a Boom in El Paso – Spike in Murder Rate in Juárez Is Among the Factors Boosting Nightlife and Home Sales in U.S. Border City http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/28/mexicans-fleeing-violence-spur-a-boom-in-el-paso-spike-in-murder-rate-in-juarez-is-among-the-factors-boosting-nightlife-and-home-sales-in-u-s-border-city/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/28/mexicans-fleeing-violence-spur-a-boom-in-el-paso-spike-in-murder-rate-in-juarez-is-among-the-factors-boosting-nightlife-and-home-sales-in-u-s-border-city/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:45:06 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=65269 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=65269 0 Texas Dr. Antonio Falcon: We’re Facing A Catastrophic Situation On The Border http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/26/texas-dr-antonio-falcon-were-facing-a-catastrophic-situation-on-the-border/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/26/texas-dr-antonio-falcon-were-facing-a-catastrophic-situation-on-the-border/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:15:49 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=64891 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=64891 0 Lawmakers Scrap Plan for 300 More Miles of Fencing on Mexican Border http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/14/lawmakers-scrap-plan-for-300-more-miles-of-fencing-on-mexican-border/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/14/lawmakers-scrap-plan-for-300-more-miles-of-fencing-on-mexican-border/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:35:35 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=64464 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=64464 0 Amid an overall drop in arrests of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S-Mexico border, an intriguing anomaly has cast a new light on human smuggling: Authorities report an almost tenfold spike in the number of Chinese people caught in the southern Arizona desert, the busiest smuggling corridor on the international line. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/07/amid-an-overall-drop-in-arrests-of-illegal-immigrants-crossing-the-u-s-mexico-border-an-intriguing-anomaly-has-cast-a-new-light-on-human-smuggling-authorities-report-an-almost-tenfold-spike-in-the-n/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/07/amid-an-overall-drop-in-arrests-of-illegal-immigrants-crossing-the-u-s-mexico-border-an-intriguing-anomaly-has-cast-a-new-light-on-human-smuggling-authorities-report-an-almost-tenfold-spike-in-the-n/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:35:48 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/07/amid-an-overall-drop-in-arrests-of-illegal-immigrants-crossing-the-u-s-mexico-border-an-intriguing-anomaly-has-cast-a-new-light-on-human-smuggling-authorities-report-an-almost-tenfold-spike-in-the-n/ HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=63589 0 A Chihuahua state human rights commissioner investigating accusations against police and soldiers in this violent border city revealed that he fled several weeks ago to El Paso, Texas, in the face of death threats. – Gustavo de la Rosa http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/07/a-chihuahua-state-human-rights-commissioner-investigating-accusations-against-police-and-soldiers-in-this-violent-border-city-revealed-that-he-fled-several-weeks-ago-to-el-paso-texas-in-the-face-of/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/07/a-chihuahua-state-human-rights-commissioner-investigating-accusations-against-police-and-soldiers-in-this-violent-border-city-revealed-that-he-fled-several-weeks-ago-to-el-paso-texas-in-the-face-of/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:15:19 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=63572 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=63572 0 A U.S. government task force (Southwest Border Task Force) recommended Wednesday that the federal Department of Homeland Security scale back an initiative – 287(g) – that allows local authorities to enforce the country’s immigration law. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/01/a-u-s-government-task-force-southwest-border-task-force-recommended-wednesday-that-the-federal-department-of-homeland-security-scale-back-an-initiative-287g-that-allows-local-authorities-to-e/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/01/a-u-s-government-task-force-southwest-border-task-force-recommended-wednesday-that-the-federal-department-of-homeland-security-scale-back-an-initiative-287g-that-allows-local-authorities-to-e/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:26:40 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=62986 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=62986 0