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Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), at what was dubbed a “think tank” meeting on January 26th to review immigration issues hosted by San Diego University’s Trans-Border Institute (TBI), called on the Department of Homeland Security to use eminent domain to purchase from half-mile to a mile of land along the US-Mexico border, and demolish the buildings to create a “border security zone” to “insulate ourselves” from Mexico. |
By Rick Swartz Before he even said a word, U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) got a standing ovation from the 27 anti-immigration activists who gathered at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on the morning of Feb. 13 to kick off a two-day lobbying effort on Capitol Hill. Tancredo, chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, proceeded to regale his audience with ominous warnings of a global plot to destroy the United States. |
A lot has been written about a "march to the left" in Latin America. And in reality, while this is true, there has been a tilt in this direction for quite some time. If you remember, there was an active communist party in México until it morphed into the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) in the last half-century. In most cases, the left movement has been a reaction to many of the Latin American governments that have been not only corrupt and ineffective but also supportive of an elite and very rich ruling class. |
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The Mexican state of Jalisco is located in the west central part of the Mexican Republic. This large state, occupying a total of 78,839 square kilometers, borders the states of Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, Nayarit and Durango (on its north), Guanajuato (on its east) and Michoacán de Ocampo and Colima to the south. On its west, Jalisco borders the Pacific Ocean.Jalisco is crossed by two large mountain ranges, the Sierra Madre… |
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By Paul Kasun With the abolishment of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service in 2003, the Bush Administration succeeded to wrest the enforcement branch of immigration from civic minded managers and supervisors. In the past, Regional Commissioners and District Directors managed both the enforcement of Immigration laws and the service side of Immigration laws. Now each of these sides reports to different bosses, and we are beginning to see the motivations behind this change. |
By Víctor M. Rodriguez Domínguez* Dr. Rene Vazquez Botet, a respected, skillful Puerto Rican ophthalmologist, seemed awkward as he hid behind a young black prisoner. Mr. Vazquez Botet was making sure that press photographers could not get a good shot of his shiny new handcuffs. Ironically, the young black man smiled unabashedly toward the cameras while this former political campaign director of Puerto Rico’s former governor... |
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Migration and Development: Lessons from the Mexican Experience |
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By Fred Rosen This past January 25, U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza issued a press release to let Mexicans know that George Bush had called Felipe Calderón the previous day "to congratulate him on his leadership and for the efforts of the Mexican government to establish law and order in the country by combating drug trafficking and violence." The nature of the Ambassador’s announcement suggested that the amicability of the conversation, more that its precise content, was the news worth conveying to the public. |
The relationship between international migration and development has caught the attention of governments and international organizations, such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. According to some of these organizations, remittances are a fundamental resource for the development of migrant-sending countries. |
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How to Balance Economic Development with Environmental Protection |
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(Editor's Note: The purpose of this investigative feature series is bearing witness to the divergences in the region's development highlighted in the six articles. A mirror for the crucial current juncture, the series was written and edited by the directors of Journalism to Raise Environmental Awareness with support from the people of the region and the sponsorship of Fondo Educación Ambiental and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.) |
Mexican president Felipe Calderón strode off to the World Economic Forum with a bold agenda. At the forum and in meetings with European business leaders and heads of state, he presented Mexico as the guarantor of economic orthodoxy and explicitly criticized Latin American nations that have deviated from the path laid out by the international financial institutions and the U.S. government. |
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By Alejandro Chafuen A U.S. company heavily invested in Venezuela is about to learn a difficult lesson: that you can't be silent when others are stripped of their rights without risking your own. Sure, silence may buy you several additional quarters of profits. But it also makes the company complicit in whatever injustice is taking place — and easier for the perpetrator to commit the next. |
By Joe Olvera The Democrats should be ashamed of themselves. Here they have their perfect Presidential candidate in Bill Richardson, but, so far, the polls are not favoring him in the least. On the contrary, he’s usually listed in polls as a “will also run.” While almost every Democrat is going gaga over Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Richardson is not being seen or considered as a viable candidate, up to this point, that is. |
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Gunmen kill 3, wound 2, kidnap 6 illegal immigrants in Arizona |
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An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the
anti-immigration movement |
By Arthur H. Rotstein |
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The realty of Sensenbrenner’s Real ID act sets in, states now fighting it. |
AI cites serious flaws in courts |
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By Leslie Miller
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By Jonathan Roeder (February 8, 2007) - Amnesty International (AI) presented a report on Wednesday highlighting serious flaws in Mexico´s judicial system and called on the new Congress and the Calderón administration to address them. |
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Migration Policy Institute Launches New National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy |
Mexican Federal police seize ton of cocaine and nab top money-lauderer |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Migration Policy Institute announced today the creation of its new National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. The Center will connect government agency administrators, researchers, community leaders, service providers, the media, and others who seek to understand and respond to the challenges and opportunities today’s high rates of immigration create in local communities. |
(AP) February 8, 2007 - Authorities dealt two harsh blows to drug traffickers on Tuesday night, seizing a ton of cocaine and arresting four top money-launderers of the Juárez cartel. …Cops seized US$162,000 in cash in arresting the four, a tiny fraction of the billions moved each year by Mexican drug lords who supply the huge U.S. market… |
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Richard N. Baldwin T. /HispanicVista.com
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Raoul Lowery Contreras/HispanicVista.com