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October 14, 2009
A 21-year-old Montgomery County man Hector Hernandez whose criminal case helped trigger new police policies in Montgomery Count regarding illegal immigration was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday for killing a 14-year-old honor student aboard a transit bus last year
October 12, 2009
The Pecos Insurrection – How a private prison pushed immigrant inmates to the brink. (a must read)
September 15, 2009
The recently formed Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice has joined with local Latino leaders to launch a plan aimed at reducing the disproportionate number of Hispanics in the state’s prisons.
August 17, 2009
DHS Announces 11 Previously Unreported Deaths In Immigration Detention
August 13, 2009
One Latino Michigan inmate shares his perspective on prison life as he waits for Gov. Granholm to decide his fate
August 11, 2009
Black-Latino tensions blamed in Chino prison riot
Mexico’s Drug Traffickers Continue Trade in Prison
August 10, 2009
Political prisoners held in Cuba increased by one to 206 in the past six months, the first time the number has not dropped sharply since Raul Castro took over
August 6, 2009
Obama’s Vision of “Truly Civil” Immigrant Prison Reform: More Prisoners, More Prisons
U.S. to Reform Policy on Detention for Immigrants – The Obama administration intends to announce an ambitious plan on Thursday to overhaul the much-criticized way the nation detains immigration violators, trying to transform it from a patchwork of jail and prison cells to what its new chief called a “truly civil detention system.”
August 4, 2009
The son of a decorated Vietnam veteran, Hector Veloz is a U.S. citizen, but in 2007 immigration officials mistook him for an illegal immigrant and locked him in an Arizona prison for 13 months.
June 22, 2009
An Oklahoma lawmaker who wrote one of the strongest state immigration laws in the nation is continuing his fight against illegal immigration with legislation that authorizes the deportation of illegal immigrant prison inmates.
June 20, 2009
With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in the state’s prisons and turning them over to federal authorities for deportation.
June 16, 2009
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to dramatically expand an immigration enforcement program that uses biometric information to check the immigration status of all individuals booked at state and local jails. Known as Secure Communities, ICE expects to make the program available to each of the nation’s 1,200 state and federal prisons and 3,100 local jails by the end of 2012.
June 3, 2009
The rounding up of thousands of suspects in Mexico’s drug war has left the already unruly prison system overwhelmed with jailbreaks and struggling to contain deadly riots between inmates from rival gangs.
May 27, 2009
Cuban Exile Emilio Izquierdo Mobilizes For Fellow Survivors Of Castro’s Prison Camp
April 22, 2009
A leading rights activist says most of Cuba’s 200 or more political prisoners would rather serve out long terms on the island than be part of an exchange for five communist agents imprisoned in the U.S., as Cuban President Raul Castro has suggested.
April 7, 2009
Peru court sentences Alberto Fujimori to 25 years prison
March 21, 2009
Five indigenous human rights activists in Mexico are still being held in prison nearly a year after their arrest, despite insufficient evidence against them.
December 24, 2008
Tejano singer Adalberto C. Gallegos Jr., 52, of Tucson has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison on money laundering charges, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Phoenix.
December 20, 2008
A judge has sentenced Jamie Underwood to 120 years in prison without the possibility of parole in the slayings of six Mexican immigrants in the Tifton area three years ago – Georgia
December 2, 2008
Immigrants Drive Prison Profits – Immigrants are behind one of America’s fastest growing, most profitable industries. That shouldn’t come as a surprise. Immigrants have always been a core factor in U.S. economic development.
November 18, 2008
Chicano Mexicano Prison Project Promotes Art Among Hispanic Prisoners – Inmates learn to express themselves artistically — and send a message about what is happening in prison
Cárcel de Texas deja libres a miles de inmigrantes
September 17, 2008
Joe Arpaio’s Prisoners Spend “Millions” on Canteen Purchases: So, Um, Where’s the Dough, Joe?
September 9, 2008
Rhode Island’s prison system has entered an agreement with federal immigration authorities that would allow for the early release of illegal immigrants imprisoned for nonviolent offenses if they agree to be deported.
August 26, 2008
Black and Hispanic children were about eight and three times, respectively, more likely than white children to have a parent in prison
August 5, 2008
Blogante Essentials for Tuesday – August 5th, 2008
HBO Latino Launches Women’s Prison Drama ‘Capadocia’ with National Red Carpet Tour
July 24, 2008
Blogante Essentials for Thursday – July 24th, 2008
For years, the chief punishment for immigrants caught working illegally in the United States has been deportation. But prosecutors are now bringing criminal charges that include aggravated identity theft, which can bring a hefty prison sentence. Immigrant rights groups and some members of Congress are challenging the practice.
July 22, 2008
2008 Alma Awards Nominees
July 21, 2008
New Book Recounts How Cuban Refugee Who Escaped Castro’s Prison Camps Now Helps Thousands of Other Refugees Find Freedom at the Mexican Border
In Immigration Cases, Employers Feel the Pressure – But Critics Fault Laws as Ineffective
Racial harmony on display at Watts basketball tournament – Los Angeles
July 16, 2008
Blogante Essentials – Wednesday – July 16th, 2008
A movie shot in real time recalls Colombian nightmare
CAUSA: Immigration Detention Worse than Prison at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington
June 26, 2008
Remarks by the President at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast
June 19, 2008
Bureau of Prisons ranks immigration as third highest offense in nation’s jails (Latina Lista)
June 18, 2008
Not guilty verdict for ex-policeman accused of killing homeless NY Guatemalan immigrant
June 12, 2008
Guatemala: Five Sentenced to 780 Years for Río Negro Massacre
Restaurateurs Plead Guilty to Money Laundering – El Pollo Rico
June 11, 2008
Leading dissident plans to return to Cuba – Hector Palacios
Some Cuban emigrants choose to head back home – Whether for financial or family reasons or just plain homesickness, a growing number of Cuban emigrants are returning to the island.
DHS: Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Department of Commerce Secretary Gutierrez at the State of Immigration Address
McCain Targets Florida Cubans with New Radio Spot
June 10, 2008
Free the Cuban Five! – A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals of Atlanta upheld Wednesday the guilty verdicts of the Cuban Five, prisoners in the United States since 1998
June 9, 2008
Former Mexico gov guilty of drug charges
June 3, 2008
Did You Know? 297 illegal immigrants arrested in the raid on an Iowa meatpacking plant were sentenced to five months in prison for using false documents – but not one company official as yet faces any charges. – Postville
Immigration Prosecutions Hit New High – Critics Say Increased Use of Criminal Charges Strains System
Chávez Decree Tightens Hold on Intelligence – Venezuela
May 29, 2008
Bush to Let Americans Send Cellphones to Cuban Relatives
May 22, 2008
28 Florida men charged with smuggling Cubans – The number of Cubans arriving in the U.S. illegally has risen by double digits in each of the last four years as the multimillion-dollar human-smuggling industry has flourished.
Illegal Workers to Serve Time Outside of Iowa – Postville aftermath
ACLU Demands Government Restore Basic Legal Protections To Meatpacking Workers Arrested In Iowa Raids
May 21, 2008
Mexican Heritage Plaza exhibit notes the valor of Latino vets – San Jose
Cuban policy becomes key in courtship of Latinos
May 20, 2008
ALAS Concert Draws 380,000 People & Millions of TV Viewers For “Latin America’s Live Aid”
May 14, 2008
Cannes Q&A: Argentine director Pablo Trapero
Book World: ‘Wiser in Battle’ – Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez – Author and Former Commander of Coalition Ground Forces in Iraq
May 13, 2008
Human smuggler who caused deaths of 10 immigrants in Arizona crash gets life in prison
May 7, 2008
Luis Posada Carriles, a terror suspect abroad, enjoys a ‘coming-out’ in Miami
May 1, 2008
South Carolina House members want employer hiring penalties
April 30, 2008
American Veteran of Iraq War Being Held in Mexican Prison on Weapons Charges – Army Spc. Richard Raymond Medina Torres
April 29, 2008
Mexican man jailed 16 months for selling sea turtle skins
April 25, 2008
Freed Mexican protest leader vows renewed demonstrations in Oaxaca – Flavio Sosa
April 24, 2008
Former Realtor Targeted Hispanic Immigrants in Mortgage Fraud Scheme – San Diego
April 22, 2008
Cuban police break up women’s sit-in for release of husbands
April 16, 2008
Man gets 30 years for immigrants’ deaths – Texas
Arizona deportation policy a model, feds say
April 2, 2008
Little Old Lady Killer handed 759 years in a Mexican prison
Kidnappers who preyed on Mexican entertainers sentenced to 50 years in prison
March 31, 2008
Pennsylvania Judge Latest to Offer English Classes as an Alternative to Jail – Statement by U.S. English, Inc. Chairman Mauro E. Mujica
March 28, 2008
304,000 Inmates Eligible for Deportation, Official Says
Judge rules: Learn English or go to jail – The three will have to pass test in a year — or serve two years if they fail – Pennsylvania
March 20, 2008
Birmingham man sentenced for crimes targeting Hispanics – Alabama
March 18, 2008
U.S. tries to shut revolving door of illegal reentry
March 13, 2008
Illegal immigrant program stretches U.S. marshals to the limit
March 11, 2008
Former Cop Gets Jail Time for Stealing From Hispanic Drivers – North Carolina
March 10, 2008
Cuban wife waited 27 years for imprisoned husband
The prison industry in the United States: big business or a new form of slavery?
March 9, 2008
Documentary about baby sitter’s trial sparks anger in Mexico – Film challenges case against immigrant sent to prison for stuffing paper towels down boy’s throat.
Manuel Reyes, 82; Conviction in Sleepy Lagoon murder case later overturned – Los Angeles
March 6, 2008
Iowa: ID Theft Bill Passes Committee
February 28, 2008
Immigration: No Correlation With Crime – (even TIME magazine picked up this story)
February 26, 2008
Immigrants, crime premise is debunked – (local incarceration rates differ from federal)
February 25, 2008
Alpha 66 militants reunite, look to Cuban dissidents – One of the oldest Cuban exile militant organizations will hold its first congress in almost a decade in a bid to reshape strategy for a post-Fidel Castro era.
