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It’s not about illegal immigration – It’s about “clash of civilizations” |
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Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions after President Bush signed the law calling for the construction of 700 miles of border fence stated, “Once the required miles of fencing are in place, we will be on a path toward achieving operational control of our borders, and the American people will see that Congress has finally gotten serious about fixing our broken immigration system.” In other words, Congress has just found a new way to continue fooling the American people. |
By Robert Miranda
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As our new guy on the block, President Felipe Calderón, approaches his first 100 days in office, it would look like he has learned a great political lesson that his predecessor, Vicente Fox, could never grasp: At the beginning of a new administration, you seize the initiative and maintain it. If you don't, the great plans that you will do after you are elected are going to be lost. For the most part, that is what happened to the Fox administration. Instead of leading the country, he was constantly reacting to the opposition. |
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Parental Involvement Key to Latino/American Education (Part 2) |
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am always amazed that politicians don’t listen to me. |
Parental involvement is not only a concern, but federal and state educational requirements have made it an essential element in education today. Because states are taking a much more involved role in education, parental involvement has become a major factor and a key to Latino/American education. Educational programs in cities across the United States have stopped undermining its influence and are finding ways to get parents more active in school and supportive of their children's education. |
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Immigration raid spotlights policies that hurt families and economies |
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By Luis G. Osio R.
The power of mass media to distort reality, to falsify history, to deprive you of your identity with a special emphasis on your collective identity has never been more… |
By Louise Rocha-McCarthy
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Deported and Detainees: ‘Stepchildren’ of Immigrant Rights Movement? |
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By Roberto Lovato As Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers pound their gavels to commence discussions of the high-stakes policy of immigration reform, they should call members to order with a deep throated “Let the games begin.” That will demonstrate that the allegedly less-patrician Democrats are more honest about an immigration policy debate that will be largely political theater and Roman circus. |
By Roberto Lovato For immigrant rights advocates who work with families
in detention, this year’s immigration reform debate stirs as much fear as it
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By: Carrie Sheffield Going strictly by the numbers, Bettina Inclan sure seems to be climbing up a steep hill. The executive director of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly says her fellow Hispanics are a GOP voting bloc -- even though only 29 percent of Hispanics who voted went for the GOP in 2006, 15 percent less than in 2004… |
By David Bacon |
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By Kevin Cullen,
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By Tom Barry Republicans, like most Democrats, would prefer to keep immigration issues out of presidential politics. But restrictionist Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has other plans. Having announced in January the creation of a presidential campaign exploratory committee, Tancredo hopes to make immigration policy a major campaign issue of the presidential race. |
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“South of the Border” Party Changes Latina’s View of University |
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By Victoria Duran A few weeks ago I saw a number of photos from a party at my school, Santa Clara University (SCU). The photos were of a race-themed party called “South of the Border.” These photos captured Santa Clara University students dressed as domestic service workers, janitors, cholos and cholas (Mexican American gangsters), along with other stereotypical images of Latinos…
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By Camille Taiara The plight of seven-year-old refugee Elián González riveted the nation when he was forcibly returned to Cuba in 2000. Today, thousands of children, some as young as five, travel north every day desperate to reconnect with their families, some of whom are in the U.S. legally. Many of these child refugees wind up being detained, deported, or temporarily reunited with family while under the threat of deportation. There is no home for them either here or back in their own countries. |
| Can Congress repeal birthright citizenship? | IMMIGRATION WATCH |
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By James C. Ho GENERATIONS OF Americans have understood that children born in the United States are entitled to U.S. citizenship, regardless of the nationality of their parents. When Congress revisits immigration reform this spring, however, legislation to repeal this historic rule is expected to play a central role in the debate.
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e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration movement For the week of March 13, 2007 [CA] Minuteman Project in state of crisis The Los Angeles Times / March 11, 2007 Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist is locked in a battle for control of the organization with three board members amid accusations of mismanagement and financial impropriety. |
| The History of Italian Immigration Rep. Tancredo has forgotten | President Agrees to Delay of Real ID Act Requirements |
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Most of this generation of Italian immigrants took their first steps on U.S. soil in a place that has now become a legend—Ellis Island. In the 1880s, they numbered 300,000; in the 1890s, 600,000; in the decade after that, more than two million. By 1920, when immigration began to taper off, more than 4 million Italians had come to the United States, and represented more than 10 percent of the nation’s foreign-born population.
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By Dawn Konet and Julia
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| Diageo Calls on Alcohol Industry to Support “We Don’t Serve Teens Campaign” | Korean-Latino Relations Grow Icy |
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Alcohol Companies Rallied to Unite Against Underage Drinking In a speech delivered at the Beer Business Daily Conference in Phoenix today, Guy Smith, Executive Vice President of Diageo North America, called on the members of the alcohol industry to rally their support for the launch of the “We Don’t Serve Teens” campaign aimed at fighting underage drinking. Unveiled in October, the "We Don't Serve Teens" campaign was created by the Federal Trade Commission and The Century Council to educate adults on the legal consequences of furnishing alcohol to minors. |
By Aruna Lee Steve Cho, a Korean owner of a liquor store in the Pic-Union/Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles and a member of the U.S. National Guard, likes to listen to Spanish music and is currently learning Spanish. He admits, however, that there is hardly any communication between Koreans and Latinos. Others say the separation runs even deeper.
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| Minutemen Internal Fighting, Jim Gilchrist Ousted, Tanton and FAIR take over the Anti – Immigrant movement | US-Mexico relations marred by absurd paradoxes causing illegal immigration |
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By Nazi Hunter – Recent events have set the heads of Minutemen
everywhere spinning on their shoulders. |
President Calderón said Friday that U.S. border policies are marred by many "absurd" paradoxes that hurt the economy and force more Mexicans to migrate illegally to the United States. In an interview en route from Mexicali to Mexico City on his presidential jet, Calderón criticized construction of more border fencing and accused U.S. border agents of slowing the flow of commerce between the countries by sometimes failing to staff enough crossing booths. |
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Richard N. Baldwin T. /HispanicVista.com
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Raoul Lowery Contreras/HispanicVista.com
By Manuel Hernandez-Carmona