Today is the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Anaheim, yet Arizona's new immigration law is sending tremors through America's favorite past-time. Two months after a coalition of major organizations, bloggers, and civil rights groups sent a formal letter to MLB commissioner Bud Selig, telling him it's time...
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Jul 12, 2010
It is not fiscally prudent to walk away from a 12-year investment just as it is about to pay off. But, in stark economic terms, that's what happens tens of thousands of times a year all across the country. Taxpayers are denied their money's worth. Why does this continue...
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Jorge Ramos (http://jorgeramos.com) says that as long as Barack Obama fails to keep his promise to pass comprehensive immigration reform, Ramos will continue to remind him about it at every opportunity. Ramos—the journalist, author and host of Noticiero Univisión— told America's Voice that Latinos are plagued by "disillusionment, frustration...
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A new lawsuit filed against Arizona -- this one focusing on the training materials being used to prepare to enforce SB 1070 -- marks the seventh legal challenge against the law, and Attorney General Eric Holder says that the federal government may sue the state again over racial profiling...
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Jul 9, 2010
That's right, you heard me. Stephen Colbert has accepted the United Farm Workers' creative challenge to Americans of all stripes to head out to the fields and try their hands at picking fruit, if they want their danged jobs back so badly.
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Various outlets in the Spanish-language press cover a new report from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) documenting how many students would be eligible for temporary legal status under the DREAM Act, and how many of those would be likely to fill the requirements for citizenship. Meanwhile, the United Farm...
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The federal lawsuit against Arizona over SB 1070, and the suit's political and legal ramifications, remains the top story in the Spanish-language press. But as the legal battle heats up, pressure remains on the federal government to find a comprehensive solution to the problems of immigration policy.
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The lawsuit filed by the federal government (on behalf of the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security and State) against Arizona and SB 1070 dominates the headlines today in the Spanish-language media.
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Jul 6, 2010
Today -- in part because of concerned Americans like you -- Obama's Department of Justice announced that they are taking a stand. They will challenge Arizona's new "show me your papers" immigration law and sue the state for usurping federal authority. We know that those who support...
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As the Spanish-language press waits for the Department of Justice to jump into the legal battle over Arizona law SB 1070 and continues to call for comprehensive reform, Arizona Senator John McCain wants to show President Obama the border -- and the state's governor, Jan Brewer, will encounter protesters...
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