The Spanish-language press covers a pair of stories of stubbornness in Arizona today, as Sheriff Joe Arpaio refuses to cooperate with a Department of Justice civil-rights investigation and the state legislature decides not to change SB 1070 in light of last month's federal ruling keeping parts of the lawfrom...
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was out in front over the weekend as the Administration defended a newly-passed $600 million bill for border security, while Tea Party activists promised not to "stop yelling" about the need for even more money. Elsewhere in the Spanish-language press, Arizona's harsh new anti-immigration...
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The Spanish-language press recognizes the success of the DREAM movement in getting officials to suspend certain deportations, but activists point out that students will still be deported until the federal government takes action to help them -- which President Obama told a fundraising dinner he would do "something" about...
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La Opinión, the largest Spanish-language daily paper in the US, joins the chorus of those calling on Congress to pass the DREAM Act, as the Obama Administration affirms its commitment to the bill. Pro-immigrant groups continue to criticize Congress for passing another border bill instead of a real...
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Various outlets in the Spanish-language press write follow-up stories on the bill that passed the Senate last week allocating $600 million for 1,500 more border troops and unmanned surveillance drones, among other things. Not to be outdone, Republicans continue to discuss abolishing birthright citizenship, drawing continued criticism from advocates...
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The bill the Senate passed yesterday allocating $600 million more for border security and continued calls by Republicans to hold hearings on the possibility of changing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution to revoke birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented parents are the top...
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While the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and the FBI investigate whether a Mexican drug cartel has placed a $1 million price on Sheriff Joe Arpaio's head, Phoenix's Hispanic community continues to live in fear day in and day out, while in Staten Island police are making arrests in the...
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National Guard troops were officially sent to the U.S.-Mexico border yesterday -- except in Arizona, where not enough troops have been recruited and trained yet. As the Spanish-language press reports, this is just one of the obstacles the state faces in the continued battle over SB 1070, with racial...
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The Spanish-language press continues to analyze Judge Susan Bolton's partial injunction against SB 1070 and Arizona's quick appeal of the decision, considering the political effects and wondering how this will impact the prospects for comprehensive immigration reform --which continued demonstrations in Phoenix and other cities throughout the country...
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The partial injunction issued yesterday by Judge Susan Bolton, blocking some of the most controversial sections of Arizona law SB 1070 from going into effect, generated a range of reactions among Hispanics in Arizona and elsewhere, as covered in various Spanish-language outlets.
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