HispanicVista.com March 25, 2010 issue

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Are Mexican citizens’ deaths any less deserving of sadness and outrage?	Higher Education and Materialism
By Patrick Osio, Jr./HispanicVista.co March 25, 2010 It took the killing of two US citizens employed by the Consulate in Ciudad Juarez to elicit President Obama’s comment “….deeply saddened and outraged by the news of the brutal murders…” According to the Los Angeles Times, there have been 10,031 killings in Mexico since 2007 related to the war against organized drug cartels, which at no time has brought signs of sadness or outrage from the White House, be it from Obama or his predecessor. Are Mexican citizens’ deaths any less deserving of sadness and outrage?	By Sal Osio, JD *Mi Punto de Vista* From the Publisher’s Corner March 25, 2010 Education is the very foundation of society. It is the platform on which civilization flourishes. It is the path to culture. And, culture is the product of education, the sine qua non of joi de vivre. In the absence of culture the mind is impotent and handicapped in the attainment of la raison de existence. Without culture individual and society’s life is marginalized. Morals and values are compromised. Decadence follows.
Political and Cultural Comparisons	Hispanics Blindsided By Obama
By Richard N. Baldwin T. /HispanicVista.com March 25, 2010 *From Mexico City* Shortly after I filed my last column Political Comparisons on 1 March, there was an important move in the Mexican congress concerning the proposed Legislative Reform package submitted to the congress by President Calderón. His proposal covered a reduction in the total number of seats in both houses, some limited reelection, a reduction on the number of "proportional" seats and other reforms. And remember that President Calderón is a member of the PAN (center right) party.	By Raoul Lowery Contrera March 25, 2010 Here we go again, the President is promising a Comprehensive Immigration Reform effort, again. He is doing so not because he wants Immigration reform, he doesn’t, what he wants is more support for his hard left turn in governance. He figures that by promising immigration reform he can get the support he needs from Hispanics who, unlike their black brethren, did not swallow Obama hook line and sinker (Hispanics delivered 70 percent of their vote to Obama, blacks 97 percent)
Let the hatemongers begin mongering!	Dreaming Bigger Dreams: End of Column of the Americas
By Steven J. Ybarra, JD/HispanicVista.com March 25, 2010 *Notas por La Casa Politica* Today, all legal residents, regardless of color, will begin to have access to health care. Today, the United States is beginning the final phase of the civil rights movement. This phase will determine whether access to health care is in fact a human right (and not a social right guaranteed by monetary status nor one limited because of race).	By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez How do you end a column after 16 years? With regrets and unfulfilled dreams? Perhaps, but truthfully, Column of the Americas as a deadline-based column ends with even bigger dreams. There indeed is disappointment with the ease in which the U.S. populace has accepted and normalized 1) the notion of permanent war as a God-given U.S. birthright; 2) the further militarization of the nation & world; 3) the politics of fear, hate and blame; and 4) Big Brother Government. All with nary a whimper.
America's fickle welcome mat	To Fight for Immigration Reform, Don't Show Up in the Last Round
Opinion By Jeffrey Kaye The Obama administration has set a record for deportations of illegal immigrants, much to the dismay of immigration reform advocates who had hoped the president would reverse the enforcement policies of his predecessor, George W. Bush.	By Miguel Perez They seemed almost embarrassed to acknowledge it. Yet one after another, the same immigrant rights leaders who encouraged us to vote for Barack Obama were telling us that the president had betrayed them - and all of us who believed that he would fix our broken immigration system.
Immigration Reform: We Need a Better Alternative	New Handbook on Hate and the Immigration Debate
By David Bacon Sens. Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham announced Thursday their plan for immigration reform. Unfortunately, it is a retread, recycling the same bad ideas that led to the defeat of reform efforts over the last five years. In some ways, their proposal is even worse.	This year's coming debate over fixing our broken immigration system is likely to be as contentious, if not more so, as the last time Congress took up the issue in 2007. As we have seen from last year’s town hall meetings on health care reform, certain sectors of the public are willing to go to extremes in order to make themselves heard.
El hielo de ICE	US policy toward Latin America.
By Rafael Prieto Zartha For the Hispanic community, which constantly suffers the consequences of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities, recent revelations by the Washington Post—that ICE officials have set quotas for deportation of undocumented immigrants, without consideration for the circumstances of those they’re removing from the country—come as no surprise.	Testimony of The Honorable Otto J. Reich Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for this opportunity to address the topic of US policy toward Latin America. The overriding objective of US policy - in Latin America and elsewhere - should be to advance US national interests, not to win international popularity contests.
Calderon's dead-end war	New Demographic and Economic Data on Hispanics by State
By Jorge Castañeda In Ciudad Juarez this month, Mexican President Felipe Calderon insisted that appearances notwithstanding, drug violence had begun to recede thanks to the yearlong presence of 10,000 Mexican troops in the border city.	The Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, has released updated profiles of the Latino population in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Derived from the 2008 American Community Survey, these profiles feature downloadable data on the demographic and economic characteristics of the Latino populations in each state.
U.S. and Mexico Revise Joint Antidrug Strategy	Remarks by the President on the Health Insurance Reform Bill
By Ginger Thompson and Marc Lacey Responding to a growing sense that Mexico’s military-led fight against drug traffickers is not gaining ground, the United States and Mexico set their counternarcotics strategy on a new course on Tuesday by refocusing their efforts on strengthening civilian law enforcement institutions and rebuilding communities crippled by poverty and crime.	Ladies and gentlemen, to state the obvious, this is truly a historic day. But as all of you know, history is not merely what’s printed in our textbooks. It doesn’t begin or end with a stroke of a pen. History is made. History is made when men and women decide that there’s a greater risk in accepting the situation we cannot bear than in steeling our spines and embracing the promise of change.
Senate Jobs Bill Latest Target for Illegal Immigration Wedge Politics	The Hispanic community needs health insurance reform
But GOP Movement Leaders Warn of Long-Term Political Fallout Washington, DC – Recent developments indicate that the schism in the Republican Party over Latino outreach and immigration reform is beginning to widen.	By Patrick Osio The debate over medical health reform has divided into warring camps as to whether we should or should not keep the present system. Opponents claim the nation is heading into socialized medicine and the other side proclaiming we cannot continue to ignore the millions of citizens that lack insurance and are unable to afford medical services.
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