Today, the Spanish-language media highlighted an attack against a Mexican male from Staten Island, New York who was hospitalized after being subjected to a beating and racial insults.
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Apr 8, 2010
This post is a weekly feature by Erin Rosa, Media Consortium Blogger: According to a recent study described by New America Media, passing comprehensive immigration reform and providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants wouldn’t negatively impact the job market for those who are already citizens. This is...
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In the Spanish-language media today, outrage over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) programs, especially 287(g), continues to simmer. A new study on access to social services also receives coverage, and La Opinión scores an interview with immigrant-bashing California gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner.
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Apr 7, 2010
Last night, in an exchange with Charles Krauthamer on the O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly claimed that Mexico was invading the United States and that President Barack Obama should deploy the military to stop it. O'Reilly goes on to ridiculously claim that the threat Mexico poses to the...
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Last week's Department of Homeland Security report criticizing the 287(g) immigration enforcement program continues to be a top story in the Spanish-language press, with outlets also covering the appointment of a Hispanic Archbishop of Los Angeles and the creation of a new anti-immigrant caucus in Congress.
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Give up? We thought so. The answer? Immigration reform.
That's right. Too many in the political class are looking in the rear-view mirror when it comes to immigration reform. Despite a number of election cycles in which old presumptions were proven wrong, some still believe comprehensive immigration reform mobilizes the...
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Check out our new video, "Immigration: More Rogue than Right?," and then raise your voice about our nation's unjust immigration policies. Last week, the Washington Post reported that federal immigration agents have quotas to round up "easy targets" -- moms and dads working to feed their families -- instead...
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Today, the Spanish-language press covers reactions to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report criticizing the 287(g) enforcement program. A new California poll shows Republican support for immigration reform, as activists gear up for demonstrations on April 10th.
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Haitian-Americans, myself included, have been especially proud that our adoptive homeland not only took the lead in recovery and relief efforts in Haiti after the massive January earthquake, but also temporarily suspended deportations of undocumented Haitian immigrants and granted them work permits so that they could earn income and...
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I was looking forward to writing a post yesterday about RNC Chairman Michael Steele's new forward-looking approach to dealing with immigration. On Monday I had wondered aloud about whether the hard-won meeting with immigration reform advocates would still happen. Immediately afterward, the closed-door discussion was hailed as a key...
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