While the mainstream media has been largely absent, Latina Lista has been covering the dramatic trial of the two men charged with the hate crime killing of immigrant Luis Ramirez in Shenandoah, Pa.
It turns out the 2008 murder was, indeed, a hate crime.
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What's most disturbing about the common practice of individuals using contractors and other third parties to obtain domestic labor is that it provides plausible deniability when the hiring of illegal immigrants comes to light.
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Three immigrants in Georgia are suing to challenge a government program that allows local authorities to enforce federal immigration law, and they are seeking to have the case declared a class action to represent many other immigrants.
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Judging by Florida's Republican primary, one could be forgiven for thinking that after the economy, the state's biggest issue was, well, Arizona and its new immigration law. Flash forward to the general election.
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Rep. Luis Gutierrez took himself out of the running for Chicago mayor Thursday, saying his mission must be passing comprehensive immigration reform.
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Yesterday afternoon we tweeted about the end of MTV's Presidential Townhall, which touched on immigration. Here is what the President actually said -- leave us a comment with what you thought!
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Oct 14, 2010
A federal jury found two young Pennsylvania men guilty of a hate crime on Thursday in the 2008 beating death of a Mexican immigrant.
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There is no greater right than the ability to be safe and secure in our neighborhood and in our own lives. So it pains me when officials use words like "secure" to describe programs that do just the opposite.
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Immigration Policy Center released a study today contending that "new Americans," defined as recent naturalized citizens and U.S.-born children of immigrants from Latin America and Asia since 1965, are becoming increasingly powerful in elections as their numbers grow.
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"Every day is Election Day from now until Nov. 2," said Petra Falcon of Promise Arizona, a group that is mobilizing Latino voter turnout in Arizona.
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