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The Active Adult segment of the US population those born between 1946-1964, referred to as Baby Boomers, are poised to become the largest minority group in the US. According to the Census Bureau there are 78.2 million baby boomers as of July 1, 2005 a whopping 28% of the US population. In 2006, the eldest of the group turned 60 at a daily average of 7,918 a day. |
My esteemed colleague Ruben Navarrett, with whom I rarely disagree, in his syndicated column published his opinion that Alberto (Beto) Gonzales is the wrong target in the issue of the firings of the eight United States Attorneys. |
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The population of naturalized citizens reached 12.8 million in 2005, a historic high that reflects both a rise in the number of legal migrants… |
By Joe Olvera It’s gratifying to see so many Mexicans joining the U.S. military, willing to join the war in Iraq, fighting heroically, then opting for U.S. citizenship because the military is making it easy for our men and women in combat to become U.S. citizens. So, for those who may think that Mexico is not aiding us in the war on global terrorism – think again.
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By Roberto Lovato Battles between the city's black and Latino gangs are the outcome of a dismal racial and economic situation. These days, Chris Bowers wakes up every morning to a vivid reminder that crossing borders can get you killed in South LA's Harbor Gateway area. Just outside the fence in front of his rented stucco house on Harvard Boulevard is a |
By Roberto Lovato After last year's elections, Lionel Sosa watched the returns and saw more than 30 years of his life's work endangered. Sosa, the advertising executive who, along with close ally, Karl Rove ("we've been good friends a long, long time"), engineered the GOP's historic advance among Latinos in the 2004 elections, had warned party leaders of the consequences of the anti-immigrant policies of certain of its members. |
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By Sanford Goodkin I was in my dentist's office waiting for the shot to anticipate the pain. I grabbed Oprah's latest magazine, entranced at the art, the beauty of her photograph and the sophistication of each story and advertisement. I so admire this woman of valor, who has progressed through life, achieving what others can only think of as fairy tale. She is female and black, so what could be expected of her? |
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By Amy Tenowich Courtship is a boat that has long since sunk. Romance has morphed into "hooking up," and the playing field is like a crowded dance floor in a dank nightclub. There's no shortage of dancers who will grind haphazardly on one another, moving from one gyrating body to the next. Without so little investment as eye contact, it's convenient to dance away mid-song and into the gravitational field of another swiveling pelvis. The dancers don't even have to be skilled to secure partners, and DWI - dancing while intoxicated - is seen as completely acceptable.
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By David Bacon For the last several months, agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have carried out well-publicized immigration raids in factories, meatpacking plants, janitorial services, and other workplaces employing immigrants. ICE calls the workers criminals, because immigration law forbids employers to hire them.
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By Charlotte Laws I was an ordinary American until Nov. 27, 2006, when I became a terrorist, or more accurately, what I call a "stand-by terrorist." Perhaps I cannot truly own this newfound nickname until the government decides to prosecute me for word crimes, if that day ever arrives. Until then, I just think of myself as being on stand-by, just as are most - if not all - Americans, whether they realize it or not. |
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Save Our Cities - Imigrants have rescued Americans from urban blight. |
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By Julia Vitullo Martin The fate of a two-year-old war on illegal immigrants declared by the mayor of tiny Hazleton, Pa., a former coal town, is now in the hands of a federal judge. He will rule by June on Hazleton's Illegal Immigration Relief Act, which penalizes local businesses and landlords who employ or rent to illegal immigrants. During the nine-day trial that concluded last Friday, Mayor Lou Barletta argued that some 10,000 undocumented immigrants have ruined Hazleton's quality of life:… |
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| A plan to legalize abortion stirs debate in Mexico City | Hispanic Women: Tomorrow's New Bosses |
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By James C. McKinley Jr. MEXICO CITY: Dominated by liberals, Mexico City's legislature is expected to legalize abortion in a few weeks. The bill would make this city one of the largest entities in Latin America to break with a long tradition of women resorting to illegal clinics and midwives to end unwanted pregnancies.
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Over the next decade, retiring baby boomers should create an abundance of openings for ambitious Hispanic women and other minorities seeking high-profile management positions. Companies will have no choice – hire more minorities and women to fill slots vacated by boomers, or face a severe worker shortage, according to demographers and workplace consultants. |
| Legal immigrants seek American citizenship in surging numbers | The US is not doing enough to stop gun running and drug usage |
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Nationwide, applications have increased 79 percent, according to US Citizenship and Immigration Services. By Daniel B. Wood | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor LOS ANGELES – March 26, 2007 - Thirty years ago Andrea Sbardellati left Argentina for a 15-day US visit and never returned home. Now the head of her own Los Angeles-based company, she has three children and wants to become more politically active in her adopted country. |
By Ioan Grillo Mexico's attorney general demanded that U.S. authorities do more to stop guns and drug money from heading south and fueling the drug violence in Mexico that left more than 2,000 dead last year. Eduardo Medina Mora told a business forum on Wednesday the vast majority of arms used by the soldiers of drug cartels, including assault rifles and grenades, are smuggled from the United States. |
| Wal-Mart banks on Mexico | Disrupting flow of immigrants |
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