SF State Students Reflect on Legacy of Cesar Chavez
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 31, 2012
Students say the issues Cesar Chavez fought for are still relevant. But they have mixed views on making March 31 a national holiday.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Youth Culture
Tags: cesarchavez, sfstate, sfsu
Now Is the Time to Honor the Legacy of Cesar Chavez
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Mar 31, 2012
A national park dedicated to Cesar Chavez would be the first national park to honor the legacy of a contemporary Latino.
Categories: Environment, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Deportation Review Program Expands to Seven More Cities
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 30, 2012
The Obama administration will expand its program to review pending deportation cases to seven more cities.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: baltimoredeportations, denverdeportations, deportationreview, pilotprogram, prosecutorial discretion memo
DHS Change Would Allow Undocumented to Apply for Visa From U.S.
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 30, 2012
The Department of Homeland Security on Monday will post for public comment a change that would cut down on the time undocumented immigrants spend away from their families while applying for a legal visa.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: dhs, hardship, immigrationchange, publiccomment, undocumented, visa, visawaiver
Latina Elders With Imprisoned Children Locked in Hard Times
La Opinion/New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Mar 30, 2012
The struggle of older Latina’s unable even to afford travel to see their incarcerated children exposes the hardships many seniors have simply to make ends meet.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Health, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ancianos, incarceratedchildren, latinaelders, latinamohters, seniorpoverty
At ‘Holiday on ICE’ Hearing, Title Becomes a Heated Issue
Univision News, News Report, Posted: Mar 29, 2012
Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee said the Obama administration’s new detention center standards go too far, but opponents called the hearing insensitive.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: holidaysonice, immigrantdetention, immigrationdetention
For SF Immigrants, Mirkarimi Case Exposes Private-Public Faultline
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 29, 2012
Ethnic media offer a glimpse into the conversations taking place among immigrants about the case surrounding SF Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi.
Categories: Asian, Ethnicities, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: domesticviolence, elianalopez, mirkarimi, sfsheriff
Women Leaders Join Alabama Battle for Human Rights
New America Media, Video, Posted: Mar 28, 2012
Women leaders from across the country are calling on American women to oppose Alabama's HB 56 and other anti-immigrant legislation.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: webelongtogether, womenimmigrants, womenimmigrantsalabama
Georgia Bill Removes College Ban on Undocumented Students
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 28, 2012
A provision of Georgia's state bill SB 458 that would have banned undocumented immigrants from state colleges and universities has been removed.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Could Supreme Court Weaken Civil Rights Via Health-Law Decision on Medicaid?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Mar 28, 2012
An argument before the Supreme Court calls health reform’s expansion of Medicaid unconstitutional. If the court agrees, it could undermine civil rights protections.
Categories: Elders, Health, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: aarp, affordablecareact, healhtcarereform, medicaidexpansion, nclr, ncoa, obamaadministration, supremecourt
Study: San Diego Immigrants Living in Fear
Center for American Progress, News Report, Posted: Mar 27, 2012
A new report released this week by the Center for American Progress finds that restrictionist immigration policies and ramped-up federal enforcement inhibit immigrant incorporation into their communities.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: cap, centerforamericanprogress, sandiegoimmigrants, sandiegostudy
Voter Drive Designed to Combat Latino Disillusionment
Univision News, News Report, Posted: Mar 27, 2012
The National Council of La Raza wants to register 180,000 new Latino voters ahead of the 2012 elections.
Categories: Election 2012, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicvote, latinovote, latinovote2012, votolatino
Latin American Imams and Rabbis Strengthen Muslim-Jewish Relations
The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, News Report, Posted: Mar 27, 2012
As Jews and Muslims in France join together in solidarity, Latin American imams and rabbis strengthen ties of communication and cooperation during upcoming mission to Washington D.C. today and tomorrow.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, European, International Affairs, Intersections, Latin America, Latino, Middle Eastern, Religion
NY Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez Could Be Challenged by Puerto Rican
El Nuevo Día, News Report, Posted: Mar 26, 2012
Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, who is Puerto Rican, could face the challenge of a New York City Councilman of Puerto Rican origin.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Elderly Latino Parents Struggle When Children Are Behind Bars
La Opinion/New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Mar 26, 2012
Aging Latino parents of incarcerated children are often punished, too, unable to afford travel—often long distances--to visit an imprisoned loved one.
Categories: Elders, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: elderpoverty, incarceratedchildren, latinoelders, socialsecurity, threestrikeslaws
For Mexico, Pope Benedict XVI Is No John Paul II
El Diario/La Prensa, Editorial, Posted: Mar 24, 2012
As the Pope visits Mexico this week, El Diario/La Prensa notes that Mexico doesn't have the same relationship with Pope Benedict XVI.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Religion
Tags: popeinmexico, popemexico
Sour Economy Casts Shadow Over California DREAM Act
New America Media, Profile, Posted: Mar 23, 2012
Despite passage of the California Dream Act, Miguel Martinez is one undocumented student whose dreams are still on hold.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Stories from the Diaspora, Youth Culture
Tags: ab130, ab131, californiadreamact, dreamact
California Appoints Its First Latino Poet Laureate
Univision, News Report, Posted: Mar 23, 2012
Juan Felipe Herrera has been appointed California's Poet Laureate, the first Latino to hold the position.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Court Upholds Decision to Block Texas Immigrant Housing Law
Univision News, News Report, Posted: Mar 23, 2012
A federal appeals court upheld a decision to block a law preventing undocumented immigrants from seeking housing in a Dallas suburb.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice
Alabama’s HB 56 Forces Women to Make an Impossible Choice
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 23, 2012
A national delegation of women leaders is calling on American women to support the repeal of Alabama's immigration law.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: alabamaimmigration, alabamaimmigrationlaw, birmingham, hb56, webelongtogether
Ana Perez: Time for Latinas to Speak Up on Birth Control and Choice in Arizona
Fox News Latino, News Report, Posted: Mar 23, 2012
Arizona is gearing up to lead the national war against women. HB-2625 is the worst anti-woman, anti-Latina effort to date.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Immigration, Latino
Tags: arizonacontrception, contraception, hb2625, reproductiverights, waronwomen
Uninsured Immigrant Women Go Underground for Birth Control Pills
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 23, 2012
A number of immigrant women without health insurance in Arizona are gaining access to birth control across the border in Mexico.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Health, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: birthcontrol, contraception, health, Immigrantrights, WomenImmigrants
Healthy Food Program Helps Patients Manage Disease
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Mar 22, 2012
Patients at a clinic in East Palo Alto are finding new ways to manage their chronic disease by eating and cooking healthy.
Categories: Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Top Stories, food
Tags: eastpaloalto, fooddesert, foodjustice, ravenswoodfamilyhealthcenter
Left Out of CSU: Minority, Low-Income Students
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Mar 21, 2012
Editors of La Opinión ask: What will be the fate of these students, who are usually minorities or low-income students?
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Once Ubiquitous, Tejano Music Fighting for Airtime in Texas
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2012
Tejano radio stations once flourished in Texas. Now, the Mexican-American music form is struggling just to stay on the airwaves.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: austintejanomusiccoalition, mexicanamerican, norteñomusic, tejano, tejanomusic, texas
In Mexico’s War on Drugs, Veterans Struggle With PTSD
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2012
Six years on, soldiers in Mexico are returning from the War on Drugs suffering from PTSD and other mental health-related symptoms.
Categories: Health, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: mexico, ptsd, warondrugs
A Tale of Two Undocumented Graduates
New America Media, Profile, Posted: Mar 20, 2012
For better or for worse, the lives of Raul Rodriguez and Alberto Ledesma have been impacted by U.S. immigration policy.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Stories from the Diaspora, Top Stories
Tags: bracero, cantinflas, dreamact, immigrantpolicycenter, immigrationreform, immigrationreformandcontrolact, irca
Social Security—A “Crisis” Only in Super PAC and Politicians’ Rhetoric
National Academy of Social Insurance , Commentary, Posted: Mar 19, 2012
Is Social Security in fiscal crisis? Only in the wild and false election-year claims of politicians and their Super PACs.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Intersections, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012election, socialsecuritycrisis, superpacs, teaparty, voterdemogrphics
Immigration Isn't Everything: The Latino Vote Will Not Be Blindly Cast
National Institute for Latino Policy, Commentary, Posted: Mar 18, 2012
In Illinois, the maturation of Latino politics is represented by the various contentious Latino-versus-Latino state-level contests.
Categories: Election 2012, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: election2012, illinoisprimary, latinopolicyforum, latinovote, latinovoters, sylviapuente
GOP Primary in Puerto Rico Follows "Surreal" Campaign
El Nuevo Día, News Report, Posted: Mar 18, 2012
Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día reports that the American press seemed a bit surprised by the festivities surrounding the political campaign events in Puerto Rico.
Categories: Election 2012, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: puertoricoprimary, puertoricostatehood, puertoricovote, romneypuertorico
United Farm Workers Turns 50, Launches Interactive Site
LatinoLA, News Report, Posted: Mar 18, 2012
Preparing to observe its 50th anniversary, the United Farm Workers is launching a unique interactive web site, www.ufwstories.com.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: farmworkers, ufw, unitedfarmworkers
New Web Series Profiles Latino Leaders
LatinoLA, News Report, Posted: Mar 18, 2012
the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and iNDIGO PROjECT MEDIA launched Inspira, a web series highlighting inspirational Latino leaders.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: inspira, latinoleaders, latinowebseries
Immigration Rule Change to Take Effect This Year
Univision News, News Report, Posted: Mar 17, 2012
The policy would allow some undocumented immigrants with U.S. citizen family members to apply for a waiver from within the United States.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: 10yearbar, 3yearbar, immigration, mayorkas, uscis, waiver
Growing Old, Sick and Latino in the South Without Papers
Mundo Hispanico/New America Media , News Feature, Posted: Mar 16, 2012
Just surviving has gotten harder for undocumented elders in Georgia when they need to obtain health services—even for cancer or kidney failure.
Categories: Elders, Health, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: cancer, chronicillness, dialysis, gradyhospital, illegalimmigrants, immigration, latinoedlers, undocumented
Miss. House Passes Anti-Immigration Bill
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2012
Mississippi House members voted 70-47 in favor of an anti-immigration bill after midnight Thursday.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
AZ Bill to Establish Armed, State Militia Passes Hurdle
Arizona Republic, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2012
An Arizona state bill that would create an armed, volunteer militia to patrol the Arizona-Mexico border for undocumented immigrants and drug traffickers passed in committee and will be now be taken up in the state House.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: azborderpatrol, azmilitia, bordermilitia, borderpatrol, minutemen, SB1083
Santorum: Puerto Rico Must Adopt English for Statehood
Univision News, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2012
Puerto Rico must adopt English as its main language if it wants to be considered for U.S. statehood, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Wednesday.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: englishonly, puertoricoenglish, puertoricostatehood, puertoricovote, santorum, santorumimmigration
La Opinión Lauds DOJ for Rejecting Texas Voter Photo ID Law
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Mar 15, 2012
An editorial in Spanish-language newspaper La Opinión argues that the Department of Justice correctly rejected implementation of the Texas law requiring voter photo identification.
Categories: Election 2012, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: photoid, phtoidtexas, votersupressionlaws
‘Librotraficantes’ Bring Banned Books into Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2012
A caravan is bringing a truckload of Mexican-American books that were removed from classrooms under Arizona's ethnic studies ban.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bannedbooks, ethnicstudiesarizona, ethnicstudiesban, ethnicstudiestucson, librotraficante
Anti-Trafficking CASE Act Could Appear on CA November Ballot
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2012
The CASE Act announced that they will submit more than 873,000 signatures to put the measure on the California ballot in November.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: caseact, humantrafficking, labortrafficking, sextrafficking
GOP Struggles to Lure Latino Votes
New America Media/The California News Service, News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2012
If the GOP is serious about gaining more Latino support, it will have to come up with a comprehensive immigration reform policy.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, conservatives, democrats, election, gop, immigration, latino, mexican, reform, san diego, votes
Escondido's DUI Checkpoints Target Undocumented Immigrants
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 13, 2012
DUI checkpoints in the Southern California town of Escondido net about 10 unlicensed drivers for every drunk driver; and the vast majority of unlicensed drivers are undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Jobs Outlook for Hispanics Promising, Analyst Says
HispanicBusiness, News Report, Posted: Mar 13, 2012
The jobs outlook for the second quarter of 2012 is looking up and that's good news for Hispanics.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: hispanicjobs, hispanicunemployment, latinojobs, latinounemployment
Korea Opens First Cultural Center in Mexico
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Mar 13, 2012
Korea opened its first Korean Cultural Center in Mexico Tuesday, hoping it will serve as a bridge between the two different cultures.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino
Mexican Presidential Candidate Keeps Her Cool in LA
LatinoCalifornia, News Report, Posted: Mar 13, 2012
Mexican presidential candidate Josefina Vázquez Mota was grilled about Calderon's war on drugs at a forum in Los Angeles.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: josefina, mexicoelection2012, mexiconarcoviolence, mexicoviolence, narcoviolence
New Report: White House Hispanic Summits Engaged More Than 3,000 People
Latino Print Network, News Report, Posted: Mar 13, 2012
More than 3,000 Hispanic leaders and over 70 Obama administration officials met over the past year, according to a new report.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicsummit, whitehousehispanic, whitehousehispanicactionsummits
Texas and Mexico Spar Over Spring Break
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Mar 13, 2012
The Texas Department of Public Safety urged young springbreakers not to visit Mexico this vacation season because of ongoing narco-violence.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, War & Conflict
Tags: mexicodrugviolence, mexiconarcoviolence, mexicoviolence, narcoviolence, springbreakmexico, texasmexico
In Mexico’s Elections, the Dead Will Be 'Spun'
Univision News, Commentary, Posted: Mar 13, 2012
The estimated 50,000 dead in the Mexican War on Drugs will fall victim once again, this time to political spin in this year's presidential campaigns.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: mexicoelection2012, mexiconarcoviolence, mexicoviolence
Poll: Half of Latino Voters Think the I-Word Is Offensive
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Mar 12, 2012
According to a Fox News Latino poll conducted by Latin Insights, a New York based independent research company, the majority of Latino “likely voters” believe the term, “illegal immigrants,” is offensive. Here’s the breakdown: 46 percent of those polled think the term is offensive, 12 percent think it is neutral and 35 percent think it is accurate.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: “illegal immigrants, ” is offensive. Here’s the breakdown: 46 percent of those polled think the term is offensive, 12 percent think it is neutral and 35 percent think it is accurate., a New York based independent research company, the majority of Latino “likely voters” believe the term
Argentina's La Nación Becomes Major Shareholder in ImpreMedia
ImpreMedia, News Report, Posted: Mar 12, 2012
After months of negotiations, La Nación, will become a majority shareholder of U.S. Spanish-language media giant impreMedia.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Media
For Middle Class Hispanics, Preschool Not an Option
New America Media/Enlace, News Report, Posted: Mar 10, 2012
Many middle class Latino families have to seek out preschool alternatives, including private pay options if they can afford it.
Categories: Education, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: children, Chula Vista, education, Latinos, preschools, Sand Diego county, subsidized care
'Librotraficante' Smuggles Banned Latino Lit Back into Arizona
Latina Lista, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2012
A Houston group calling themselves Librotraficante are organizing a caravan to bring banned Latino literature back to Arizona.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: arizonaethnicstudies, bannedbooks, ethnicstudies, librotraficante, wetbooks
ICE Closes 1 Percent of Deportation Cases
El Mensajero, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2012
Only 1 percent of the 150,000 deportation cases the government has reviewed were administratively closed.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Young Doctor Is First Latino to Run for Congress in Coachella Valley
Fronteras Desk, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2012
Born and raised in the east Coachella Valley, Raul Ruiz hopes to become the first Latino to represent his district in Congress.
Categories: Election 2012, Latino, Politics & Governance, Profiles, Top Stories
Tags: 2012elections, coachella, doctorraulruiz, latinosincongress, raulruiz
Manifestantes realizan una vigilia para madre deportada de Los Angeles
Impulso, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2012
Blanca Cardenas, madre de 2 hijos, Luis y Gloria de un año y 7 meses, fue arrestada y luego deportada al enfrentar una orden de desalojo hace 15 días.
Categories: Foreclosures, Immigration, Latino, NAM en Español
Tags: Blanca Cardenas, deportada, enfrentar una orden de desalojo hace
Protesters Hold Vigil for Deported L.A. Mom
Impulso, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2012
Blanca Cárdenas, a mother of two children, was arrested and deported while protesting the foreclosure of her former home two weeks ago.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Foreclosures, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: bank of america, Blanca Cárdenas, deportation, forelcosure, los angeles, Occupy LA, vigil
Alabama’s Repressive Laws Sets Back Civil Rights Gains
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Mar 08, 2012
Editor’s Note: This week’s 47th commemoration of the Bloody Sunday March of 1965 recognizes the civil rights gains of the United States. The repressive immigration laws passed by Alabama last year sets back those achievements.
Categories: African American, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Alabama, Bloody Sunday, civil rights, harassment, immigrants, racial profiling, repressive
Court Blocks Two More Parts of Alabama Immigration Law
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 08, 2012
A federal appeals court temporarily blocked two more parts of Alabama's immigration law Thursday.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: alabamaimmigrationlaw, alabamalaw, hb56, sb1070
Latinos, Blacks Come Together in Alabama March
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Mar 08, 2012
Latinos, Blacks and civil rights, labor and immigrant rights groups are participating in a historic reenactment of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March.
Categories: African American, Alabama News Network, Ethnicities, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Top Stories
Tags: alabamamarch, civilrightsact, hb56, immigration, selmatomontgomery, votersuppression
The Rise of Women in Mexican Politics
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Mar 08, 2012
Caritina Galeana Gomez, one of the pioneering women politicians in Mexico, was born before women had the right to vote.
Categories: Election 2012, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: mexicanwomen, mexicoelection2012, mexicowomeninpolitics, womenpresidents
For Latinos, Immigration More Personal than Political, Poll Says
Fox News Latino, News Report, Posted: Mar 08, 2012
It's not a dinner table topic for many of them, or the sole issue that will influence whom they support for president in November.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: hispanicvoters, latinoeconomy, latinosimmigration, latinovote
“I’m Getting Arrested” App Aims to Help Drivers
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 08, 2012
Similar to an existing smartphone app inspired by the arrests of Occupy protestors, this app would target those pulled over in traffic stops.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, latinos, mobile phone users, SB 1070, smartphone app, undocumented imigrants
From LA to Alabama: Black, Latino Activists Join March
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 07, 2012
A group of African-American and Latino activists in Los Angeles left for Alabama last night to participate in the 50-mile march from Selma to Montgomery
Categories: African American, Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: alabamamarch, blacklatinoalabama, hb56, marchonmontgomery, selma, selmatomontgomery
State Investigators, Workers Cite Labor Abuses in Warehouse Empire
FairWarning, News Report, Posted: Mar 07, 2012
A suit filed in federal court in Los Angeles on behalf of dozens of other warehouse workers charges three companies that handle Walmart goods with fraudulent pay practices.
Categories: Economy, Health, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: CalOSHA, labor, Latino, Riverside County, Schneider National, WalMart, warehouses, workers
L.A. Mom Deported After Protesting Foreclosure of Home
ImpreMedia, News Report, Posted: Mar 06, 2012
Activists from Occupy Fights Foreclosures are holding a candlelight vigil Tuesday night for Blanca Cardenas.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Foreclosures, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: blancacardenas, foreclosure, lamomarrested, lamomdeported, motherarrested
Poll: GOP Hopefuls Losing Ground to Obama Among Latinos
Fox News Latino, News Report, Posted: Mar 06, 2012
Latino voters favor President Barack Obama by six-to-one over any of the Republican presidential hopefuls.
Categories: Election 2012, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: foxnewslatinopoll, hispanicgop, hispanicvoters, latinogop, latinovoters, obamalatinos, obamapoll
Georgia Senate Votes to Ban Undocumented Immigrants from Public Colleges
Mundo Hispánico, News Report, Posted: Mar 06, 2012
Georgia state senators passed an anti-immigrant bill SB 548 on Monday that would close the doors of all of the state's public universities to undocumented students.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: gacolleges, geogiaimmigration, georgiaimmigrationlaw, hb87, sb548
Mexican High-Tech Workers Demand Justice and Dignity
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Mar 06, 2012
In Mexico's Silicon Valley, women working on production lines are making smart phones that they can't afford to buy.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Science & Technology
Tags: apple factory, assemblylines, foxcom, guadalajara, mexicosiliconvalley
New Report Debunks Myth of Self-Deportation
Center for American Progress, News Report, Posted: Mar 05, 2012
Faced with harsh anti-immigrant state laws, most unauthorized immigrants do not return to their home countries.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: selfdeportation
Hispanics More Active on Social Media than Other Ethnicities
eMarketer, News Report, Posted: Mar 05, 2012
U.S. Hispanics are more active on social media than the average U.S. Internet user, and are logging in more frequently to a wider variety of social sites.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Media, Science & Technology
Tags: onlinehispanics, onlinelatinos
Having Fled, Immigrants Again Trickle Back to Alabama
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 04, 2012
Nearly a year since Alabama passed the nation's toughest anti-immigrant law, community members say some immigrants are beginning to return.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: alabama, civilrightsact, hb56, immigration, montgomery, selma
Imperial Valley Residents Must Fight for Right to Breathe Clean Air
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Mar 03, 2012
In the unincorporated communities of the Imperial Valley, farm worker families are finding it hard to escape the effects air and soil pollution.
Categories: Environment, Health, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: airpollution, asthmarates, centralvalleypollution, farmworkerhealth, imperialcounty, imperialvalley, seeley, unincorporatedcommunities
Community Groups Fill Void in LGBT Services
New America Media/Richmond Pulse, News Report, Posted: Mar 02, 2012
Volunteer-based organizations in two working-class Bay Area cities are working to educate Latino residents and families there about LGBTQ issues.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories
Tags: eastbay, gaylatinos, lgbt, richmond, somosfamilia
Judge Blocks Day Labor Provision of AZ Immigration Law
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 01, 2012
Day laborers celebrated a federal judge's ruling that blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of SB 1070 related to day laborers.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Atlanta Court Won't Rule on Immigration Laws Until After Supreme Court Rules on Arizona
The Huntsville Times, News Report, Posted: Mar 01, 2012
The three-judge appeals court panel hearing the Alabama and Georgia immigration cases today in Atlanta said it would not issue a ruling on either until the Supreme Court decides the Arizona immigration law case.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice