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Top 10 Immigration

Ten Undocumented Youth Arrested in San Bernardino for Civil Disobedience at DHS Office – thanks for the Photos from Pocho-one Fotography :: from colorlines.com

New Report Draws Connections Between Anti-Immigrant and Tea Party Movements – PDF from Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) :: from immigrationimpact.com

MISPLACED PRIORITIES: The Failure of Secure Communities in Los Angeles County – PDF Report released today from UC Irvine :: from lawprofessors.typepad.com

NDLON on Obama: ‘He Can’t Offer DREAM Act to Students and Deportations to Parents’ :: from colorlines.com

PR: Undocumented Youth Response to the State of the Union Address on DREAM Act – video

Immigrants and the Child Tax Credit by the Numbers – Denying the Credit to Some American Children Doesn’t Make Sense :: from www.americanprogress.org

Arizona State Sen. Steve Gallardo Introduces SB 1218 To Repeal SB1070 :: from www.newstaco.com

Talk About Class Warfare! Why Conservatives Want to Tax Poor American Children of Immigrants :: from www.americanprogress.org

Coming Out as Undocumented in the Suburbs :: from newamericamedia.org

Attorneys and activists involved in the recently completed pilot program in Denver and Baltimore to review deportation cases expressed their frustration Friday because, while this is a positive step forward, it’s not a real solution to the problem. :: from www.laht.com

Poverty

New Pew Hispanic Report/Survey: Hispanics Say They Have the Worst of a Bad Economy :: from www.pewhispanic.org

A report from Portland State University delivers grim news about Latinos living in Multnomah County, Oregon: They are poorer, their jobless rate is higher, and the teen birth rate is six times that for whites. :: from www.oregonlive.com

One-fifth (20%) of the Latino population of Illinois lives in poverty as a result of the economic crisis according to a study :: from www.laht.com

What?

Four police officers, including the president of the local police union, were arrested by the FBI on Tuesday on charges that they assaulted illegal immigrants and created false reports to cover up abuses in a New Haven suburb where a federal investigation found life was made miserable for Hispanics. :: from www.startribune.com

Then to make matters worse: “I Might Have Tacos”: Mayor’s Outreach Plan After 4 Cops Arrested For Racially Profiling Latinos – Connecticut :: from www.wpix.com

Mexico is the world’s No. 2 producer of child pornography and is classified as a source, transit and destination country for people traffickers involved in sexual exploitation :: from www.laht.com

A judge ruled that a city council candidate in Arizona must be removed from the ballot due to lack of English proficiency – Alejandrina Cabrera in Yuma :: from www.washingtonpost.com

Charlotte’s First Baby of 2012 Sparks Anti-Latino Hate – North Carolina :: from colorlines.com

Mexican-American Studies in Tucson, Arizona

Jeff Biggers – Arizona Unbound: National Actions on Mexican American Studies Banishment :: from www.huffingtonpost.com

March, petition urge Tucson school officials to bring back Mexican-American studies books – Arizona :: from inamerica.blogs.cnn.com

Tucson School Walk Outs Grow: Protest School District’s Folly and Mexican American Studies Banishment – Arizona :: from www.huffingtonpost.com

VIDEO: @TheYoungTurks Report That TUSD Student Protesters Had to Clean School Toilets – Tucson, Arizona – (talk about reinforcing the negative stereotype of Latino janitors – not a good lesson for our youth) :: from latinorebels.com

VIDEO: Mexican, lies, and videotape – Are these Latino students lying about their books being taken away in TUSD? :: from tucsoncitizen.com

The Real Goal of Arizona’s Book Banning Thought Police: Harass Latinos :: from colorlines.com

Texas Group Aims To “Smuggle” Latino Literature Back Into Arizona – Tony Diaz and his organization is called Nuestra Palabra – video :: from www.newstaco.com

Banning Books in Tucson – Right-wing white politicians in Arizona have struck back at ethnic-studies programs in Tucson public schools by banning books that teach children about white oppression of Native Americans and Chicanos, a decision that Dennis J. Bernstein discussed with Carlos Muñoz, a pioneer of such scholarship. :: from www.commondreams.org

Education

First Lady Michelle Obama Launches Latino Health Program Amid GOP Florida Campaign :: from www.huffingtonpost.com

The Arizona State University Hispanic Mother Daughter Program helps create college bound Latinas, & smarter moms. :: from www.fronterasdesk.org

Miami-Dade leads the nation for the number of Hispanics who scored well in Advanced Placement exams. :: from miami.cbslocal.com

Educators Alarmed: Black, Latino High School Students Perform at Levels of 30 Years Ago :: from americaswire.org

Other

Oregon Center for Public Policy released a report, Undocumented Workers are Taxpayers, Too (PDF) :: from causaoregon.blogspot.com

Video from Today Show: Homeless Latina teen Samantha Garvey has gone from a shelter to Washington DC to being invited to the State of the Union Address :: from today.msnbc.msn.com

Purdue University President France Cordova was installed Monday as chairwoman of the Smithsonian Institution’s governing board :: from www.msnbc.msn.com

Venezuela Consulate closure has repercussions in South Florida :: from www.miamiherald.com

Supreme Court rules against Latino-friendly Texas voting map :: from univisionnews.tumblr.com

Former Archbishop Robert Sanchez, the nation’s first Hispanic archbishop, died early Friday afternoon. :: from www.krqe.com

Puerto Rican Migration (exodus) Continues at Record Pace :: from newamericamedia.org

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Election 2012 Essentials from the past week.

Videos

Democracy Now Video: GOPers Claim Softened Immigration Stance in Bid to Win Florida Latino Vote, But Key Issues Ignored :: from www.democracynow.org

VIDEO: Watching Thursday’s debate with Latino voters in Florida :: from univisionnews.tumblr.com

Watch – Barack Obama: I’ll win over Latinos no matter who Republicans nominate – Univision video interview with Maria Elena Salinas

New poll shows Mitt Romney scoring high with Latinos – CNN video :: from politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

Newt, Romney battle over immigration – CBS video – (with the debate in Florida there is a lot of media coverage of Latinos) :: from www.cbsnews.com

Newt Gingrich Gets a Grilling on Univision by Jorge Ramos – (updated with video “I’m for half the Dream Act”) :: from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com

News that didn't fall into any of these categories

SOTU? Hispanic America is still stuck watching reruns – Univision and Telemundo didn’t air State of the Union relegate it to Galavision and Mun2 – by Luis Arellano :: from beinglatino.wordpress.com

In Airport Run-In with Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona, Democrats See Help for Obama Among Hispanics :: from www.nytimes.com

@MexicanMitt releases first campaign poster – “I AM THE JUAN PERCENT” :: from pocho.com

“Mexican Mitt” Is A Latino Response To Political Doublespeak :: from www.newstaco.com

The Latinization of Newt Gingrich: Don’t Believe the Hype :: from latinorebels.com

With support among Latinos for President Barack Obama declining precipitously, the Republican Party is launching an organized, formal outreach campaign that seeks to bring them over to the Republican side in November. :: from www.pri.org

Resources, Polls, Surveys etc

PR: Mamiverse.com / impreMedia / Latino Decisions Releases Latina Moms Florida Poll Results – Poll Outlines Findings On Dream Act, Immigration, and Healthcare

Latino Decisions poll for Univision/ABC: Obama leads by wide margins among Latinos – Romney has 26-point lead over Gingrich in Florida :: from univisionnews.tumblr.com

Pew Hispanic Factsheet – Latinos in the 2012 Election: Florida :: from www.pewhispanic.org

Pew report highlights political shift among Florida Latino voters. It’s the GOP’s choice if it’s permanent. :: from latinalista.com

A Pew Research Center survey showed that illegal immigration has dropped in importance in the 2012 election more than any other issue on the minds of voters :: from blog.chron.com

Profile of Florida’s Latino voters show they are a force to be reckoned with – NALEO 2012 Primary Electoral Profile for Florida :: from latinalista.com

Latino Voters Go Beyond Immigration – Victoria DeFrancesco Soto :: from latinodecisions.wordpress.com

It’s Not The Size Of The Latino Electorate That Matters – by Victor Landa :: from www.newstaco.com

Puerto Ricans

Puerto Ricans, the second largest voter group among Hispanics in the US, are “outraged” and “insulted” at CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and the Republican candidates for their “disrespectful” handling of a question centered around the longstanding issue of Puerto Rico’s statehood and independence. :: from latino.foxnews.com

Latino-vote coup? Puerto Rico Gov. Fortuño likely to endorse Mitt Romney tomorrow, sources say :: from miamiherald.typepad.com

A growing number of political pundits say Puerto Rican voters stateside could play a key role in the 2012 presidential election. :: from www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com

Other Florida News

Maribel Hastings: GOP Primary in Florida: A Pitched Battle for the Cuban Vote :: from www.huffingtonpost.com

AP: More than a million Hispanic voters are the prize as Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich campaign hard in Florida after a feisty, final debate that served to heighten political tensions with the state’s GOP primary just days away. :: from www.msnbc.msn.com

Listen: Dario Moreno, professor at FIU, on the importance of the Latino vote in Florida as the GOP primary nears , and how the candidates are engaging Hispanic voters. Pilar Marrero joins to explain what we can learn about the Latino vote from the Florida primary. :: from www.wnyc.org

Latino Republicans Abandon Key ‘Latino Issues’ To Endorse Mitt Romney In Florida :: from www.huffingtonpost.com

Univision’s one-on-one interviews with Romney and Gingrich underscore the flaws of both in connecting with Latinos :: from latinalista.com

GOP, don’t blow it with Florida’s Latinos – By Ruben Navarrette Jr. :: from www.cnn.com

Florida Primary 2012: New Generation Of Latinos Reshape Political Landscape :: from www.huffingtonpost.com

Florida: For Romney, Gingrich, stakes high among Miami-Dade’s Hispanic Republicans – Video :: from www.palmbeachpost.com

SOTU 2012: Marco Rubio Criticism Indicative of Problems GOP Faces With Hispanic Floridians :: from www.ibtimes.com

GOP hopefuls face delicate dance with Florida Hispanic voters :: from www.tampabay.com

After Newt Gingrich Win, Florida and Latino Voters Take Center Stage :: from latino.foxnews.com

Florida Latino Vote Pits Cuban-American Republicans Against Puerto Rican Democrats :: from www.huffingtonpost.com

Immigration Specific

PR: PR: Memo to Jeb Bush: Unfortunately, Republicans Killed DREAM Act in 2010 – Despite Attempts at Revisionist History, DREAM Act Would Be Law Today if Not for Republican Opposition and Latino Voters Know It

Self-deportation: A real tactic to dehumanize immigrants :: from reformimmigrationforamerica.org

Fernando Espuelas – In Republican Debates, Ideology Trumps Intelligent Immigration Policy :: from www.huffingtonpost.com

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Cultura Essentials - The Cool Stuff

Top 5

video: Sh*t White Girls Say To Latinas - I know the meme has been overdone but this one is funny

Landmark resource for 20th-century Latin American and Latino art launches at the MFA in Houston – video :: from www.artdaily.org

The Pregnancy Project: Why One Girl Decided to Fake Her Baby Bump – Gaby Rodriguez’s mother got pregnant for the first time at age 14. Her sisters got pregnant as teens too. Rodriguez decided to buck the trend — and get creative at the same time – her story and book make Time Magazine :: from healthland.time.com

Gustavo Arellano – ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: Special Mormon Edition :: from www.huffingtonpost.com

A Hispanic baby born 16 weeks prematurely, and considered one of world’s tiniest babies ever to survive, has been released from a Los Angeles Hospital :: from www.laht.com

Musica

“El verdadero amor perdona,” a joint effort by Mexican rockers Mana & Prince Royce, climbed from 2nd to 1st this week on Billboard’s Latin Songs chart :: from www.laht.com

World Cafe’s Latin Roots: The Late Resurgence Of Cumbia :: from www.npr.org

Alt.Latino: Un Poquito Más Duro, Un Poquito Más Suave: New Music From Latin America :: from www.npr.org

Television and Film

Sofia Vergara shakes her curves in new Pepsi commercial (video) :: from colombiareports.com

Ay, Ay, Ay, Consuela!! – Should We Love Her or Hate Her? – Juan of Words on Family Guy’s latina maid :: from www.juanofwords.com

It’s all about Demián: Bichir is the only American/US Latino actor or director in this years’ Oscars :: from www.sefijaonline.com

Sundance 2012: ‘Filly Brown’ gives Jenni Rivera a chance to grow and Gina Rodriguez a space to shine – video :: from univisionnews.tumblr.com

PR: Love and Cartels: mun2 Premieres “La Reina del Sur” (The Queen of the South) Sunday, February 19, at 8pm/7c – to feature English-language subtitles

A Little More

Victor Cruz preps for Super Bowl by teaching Giants fans how to Salsa :: from sports.yahoo.com

Rice and Beans 101: The health benefits of our favorite dish – by Luna Garcia :: from beinglatino.wordpress.com

Luis J. Rodríguez is a National Book Critics Circle finalist for his autobiography, “It Calls You Back” :: from labloga.blogspot.com

Hispanics not stepping up to the (Florida specialty) plate – Introduced a year ago, the “Hispanic Achievers” specialty tag is the only one in the state to honor an ethnic group. Yet to date, only about 200 have sold — nowhere near Florida’s 1,000-a-year requirement. :: from www.sun-sentinel.com

Longtime Yankees catcher Jorge Posada of Puerto Rico retires after 17 years, 5 titles :: from www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com

Hugo Chávez’s 14-year-old daughter Rosines angers Venezuelans with photo posted online and unleashes photo craze :: from univisionnews.tumblr.com

Lalo Alcaraz on being “pocho” – audio show :: from www.scpr.org

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Business Essentials - The Money Stuff

Media

SOTU? Hispanic America is still stuck watching reruns – Univision and Telemundo didn’t air State of the Union relegate it to Galavision and Mun2 – by Luis Arellano :: from beinglatino.wordpress.com

El Mundo Fox

Fox has signed talent holding deals with Mexican actors Martha Higareda and Adan Canto as part of an initiative to find untapped Latin American talent for its series. :: from www.deadline.com

Emiliano Saccone: “The market doesn’t need another Univision, nor another Telemundo…” – Interview – he is the President Entertainment of Fox International Channels Latin America :: from www.portada-online.com

Fox International Channels’ (FIC) President and CEO, Hernán López talks with Media Moves about MundoFox – interview :: from www.mediamoves.com

News Corp., Partner to Create Spanish-Language Broadcast Network to Rival Univision, Telemundo :: from www.hollywoodreporter.com

Colombia’s RCN and News Corp to create Univision/Telemundo Rival – called MundoFox :: from www.portada-online.com

The Rest of the Media

PR: Alfonso Aguilar’s Spanish talk-radio show debuts – weekly, hour-long show in 11 top Univision radio markets :: from www.politico.com

Manuel Aguilera appointed Director of News at Univision.com :: from www.portada-online.com

PR: Univision to Broadcast All Primetime Novelas with English Closed Captioning Starting January 30

PR: TELEMUNDO MEDIA’S “RELACIONES PELIGROSAS” PREMIERE GROWS 10PM DAYPART BY 10% – Latest original production delivers almost 20 million impressions via Twitter, over 46,000 “likes” and more than 16,000 comments posted on Facebook fueled by groundbreaking social media campaign

Telemundo Media announced at NATPE that it has partnered with Argos Television to produce series and novelas in Mexico and has signed a landmark 600-hours global distribution agreement with Cadena 3 in Mexico and Televen in Venezuela. :: from hispanicad.com

Lionsgate will work with Televisa to create English-language programming –- both scripted and unscripted– and adapt formats with a Latina flair. :: from www.hollywoodreporter.com

PR: Televisa and Lionsgate Plan New Television Programming and Development Partnership for U.S. Market

NATPE: Top executives from the world of television met Monday in Miami for three days to study the audiovisual programs available and decide which to air over the coming months out of a wide variety of shows, including a notable number either from Latin America or with content targeting the U.S. Hispanic market. :: from www.laht.com

A new look for Noticias Univision – video of new set :: from univisionnews.tumblr.com

V-Me nabs ‘Dance Academy,’ ‘Train’ – Imira mines Latino, Latin American markets :: from www.variety.com

PR: TR3S – FASTEST-GROWING HISPANIC CABLE NETWORK AMONG THE HISPANIC MILLENIALS ANNOUNCES NEW CONTENT FOR 2012- JENNIFER LOPEZ AND WILMER VALDERRAMA NEW ORIGINAL SERIES IN DEVLOPMENT

Resources

Appendix A: Trends in Unemployment | Pew Hispanic Center :: from www.pewhispanic.org

III. Latinos and Homeownership | Pew Hispanic Center :: from www.pewhispanic.org

Big Infographic: The Rise of Latino Earning & Spending Power – from H&R Block

Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Creating Jobs and Strengthening the Economy – PDF report from US Chamber of Commerce and IPC :: from www.immigrationpolicy.org

Marketing, PR Advertising

Endemol Notches Up ¡Q’viva! Deals – the show has been licensed by Endemol to 17 Latin American networks :: from www.worldscreen.com

AHAA Calls on Marketers to “Listen Up!” – Client-Centered Focus – Conference in Miami – May 2-4, 2012 :: from hispanicprpro.com

The New Generation Latino Consortium is hosting the fifth installment of the industry leading ‘NGLC Media, Marketing & Entertainment Conference’ in New York City on Monday April 2, 2012. :: from hispanicad.com

Nation’s Top Latino and Multicultural Bloggers to Present Record-Setting 25 Sessions at Hispanicize 2012 :: from www.hispanicprblog.com

adage: LatinWorks Is Ad Age’s Multicultural Agency of the Year :: from adage.com

adage: Alma Is No. 6 on Ad Age’s Agency A-List :: from adage.com

PR: Leading Latino Social Media Industry News Platform Hispanicize.com Relaunches and Appoints Editorial Director

Technology

Can social media reveal your race? US program targets Hispanics :: from www.zdnet.com

Are Spanish-dominant Hispanics less digitally engaged? No, says Ipsos Study :: from www.portada-online.com

New survey shows Latina moms online to be tech-savvy and politically aware :: from latinalista.com

Economy

Florida Latinos at GOP Forums Voice Concerns About Jobs and Small Business :: from latino.foxnews.com

Puerto Rico’s unemployment fell sharply to 13.2% in December, with holiday-season hiring helping to pull the island jobless rate below 14% for the first time in nearly three years :: from www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com

Latino immigrant exodus hurts South Carolina economy – (interesting to see this coming from the BBC on the effects of anti-immigration laws) :: from www.bbc.co.uk

The Rest

Federal job discrimination complaints rose to an all-time high last year, led by an increase in bias charges based on religion and national origin. :: from www.washingtonpost.com

alternet: Study: Black and Latino Borrowers are More Likely to Get High Interest Mortgages — Even if Credit Scores Are Good :: from www.alternet.org

Part I – Doing Business in Puerto Rico: Understanding and Managing a Bi-cultural and Bi-Lingual Work Environment :: from joekutchera.com

A growing group of successful Latina entrepreneurs are serving as role models for the next generation of food artisans and farmers with Latin roots – California (nice story) :: from www.sfgate.com

Two companies admit to hiring illegal aliens, each forfeit $2 million

Linda Alvarado: A Pioneer in Business and Sports – Profile :: from nbclatino.tumblr.com

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