California Latinos show deep roots in U.S.
MADERA — Hilario Santiago Vasquez came to California during a surge of 1980s immigration to follow the crops from the San Joaquin Valley to Oregon to Florida. Along the way, he picked grapes,...
View ArticleJudge Says Sheriff Joe Arpaio Racially Profiled Latinos
Share 0 Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is famous for chasing after undocumented immigrants in his Arizona jurisdiction. But the man known as "America's Toughest Sheriff" hasn't been following the...
View ArticleThe War on Marijuana Has a Latino Data Problem
We know that the War on Marijuana unnecessarily drags hundreds of thousands of people into the criminal justice system every year for having marijuana. And, because of a new ACLU report, we know that...
View ArticleBlanca Medina Faces Deportation Despite Sexual Abuse Risk If Returned To Home...
Blanca Medina came to the United States to escape sexual abuse after suffering five rapes in her homeland of El Salvador, according to her lawyer Matthew Muller. But even after Medina told Immigration...
View Article'Deporter-in-Chief' Ads Target Obama In Effort To Trim Away Latino Vote
The ad begins with a stark, black-and-white still, the president standing at a congressional podium, mouth open, hand up, mid-speech. It is the image of a politician making a promise. “Don’t be fooled...
View ArticleArizona anti-immigration law already felt in state's Hispanic communities
While US supreme court weighs the legality of some of the law's provisions, many say they're already living in a state of fear On the ground in Phoenix, organisations working in Hispanic neighbourhoods...
View ArticleIncrease Of Ku Klux Klan Membership In Colorado Tracks National Rise Of Hate...
The KKK says their membership is “booming” in Colorado, with 12 white supremacist groups active in the state, according to a report by The Durango Herald. Herald staff writer Chase Olivarius-McAllister...
View ArticleJorge Gutierrez, Undocumented Queer Activist Works To Bring LGBT And...
Jorge Gutiérrez, 27, was addressing a hall packed with almost 200 young people in Memphis, Tennessee. Like him, they were brought to the United States as children. Like him, they grew up as...
View ArticleASSET Bill Is Reintroduced In Colorado Senate To Give In-State Tuition For...
After two years of failed attempts to pass a bill lowering the tuition rate for undocumented students at public colleges and universities throughout Colorado, state Democratic legislators are trying...
View ArticleColorado Senate Passes In-State Tuition For Undocumented Immigrant Students...
Undocumented immigrant students are much closer to an in-state tuition rate for public colleges in Colorado. On Friday, Senate Bill 33, which would allow undocumented immigrant students who have...
View ArticleUndocumented Student In-State Tuition Rate Signed Into Law In Colorado
Undocumented immigrant students in Colorado can celebrate today -- a bill that grants undocumented students in-state college tuition rates was signed into Colorado law by Gov. John Hickenlooper today....
View ArticleASSET Bill Giving Colorado Undocumented Students In-State Tuition Clears...
Colorado's Senate Education Committee approved of this year's ASSET bill on Thursday, which would give some undocumented students in-state tuition. “The governor and I support this bill because we want...
View ArticleColorado Republicans Shifting To The Center On Immigration
LITTLETON, Colo. — It was little surprise when freshman Republican Rep. Mike Coffman in 2010 voted against a bill to grant citizenship to some young illegal immigrants. After all, the Marine Corps...
View ArticleTerry S. Johnson, North Carolina Sheriff, And Deputies Accused Of...
Sheriff Terry Johnson (R), of Alamance County, N.C., participates in a discussion on immigration October 12, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Center for Immigration Studies and the House Immigration Reform...
View ArticleJoe Arpaio's Sixth Term As Sheriff Opposed By Latino Voters And Democrat Paul...
Latinos in Maricopa County want a new sheriff in town. And they’re hoping retired police officer Paul Penzone will be the one to stop Joe Arpaio, “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” from obtaining a sixth...
View ArticleDavid Silva Cell Phone Video Released, But Questions Remain About Police Beating
Cell phone video of an incident in which police beat a man who died a short while later has been released after being confiscated by law enforcement officers. However, questions remain about the...
View ArticleDavid Silva's Death At Hands Of Kern County Police Sparks Controversy
The death of a 33-year-old father of four at the hands of the police in Bakersfield, California, is raising questions after witnesses, some of whom recorded the beating on their cell phones, said the...
View ArticleWendy's Fair Food Protest Pushes For Farmworker Rights Ahead Of Shareholder...
NEW YORK -- Dozens of protesters gathered in New York City’s Union Square on Saturday to demand that the fast-food giant Wendy's sign on to an agreement to support agricultural labor rights. Armed with...
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