Thousands Protest SB1070 in Phoenix Rally
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 31, 2010
Phoenix saw its biggest rally to date protesting SB 1070 and there are more days of action planned over the summer.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: immigration, Phoenix, rally, SB 1070
Immigrant Integration in the Spotlight
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 29, 2010
Four organizations won the Migration Policy Institute’s E Pluribus Unum Prizes that acknowledge outstanding immigrant integration initiatives.
Categories: Economy, Education, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: economy, immigration, jobs, migration, rights
Obama's National Security Strategy Could Upend Immigration Debate
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 28, 2010
Immigration, if it figures at all in US security strategy, is usually a threat. But the just-released Obama security strategy changes that paradigm dramatically.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
New America Now: Don't Ask/Don't Tell, Beatrice and Virgil, Defamation
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 28, 2010
A deal is reached to repeal the "don't ask/don't tell" policy, Yann Martel generates controversy with the subject of his new book, and Yoav Shamir's documentary examines anti-semitism.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: anti-semitism, don't ask, don't tell, holocaust, immigration customs enforcement, prison reform
Department of Justice to Challenge Arizona Law
Univision, News Report, Posted: May 28, 2010
The U.S. Department of Justice United States is ready to file a lawsuit against the Arizona law SB 1070.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: arizona lawsuit, arizonalaw, DOJ, Eric Holder, SB 1070, SB1070, sb1070
Gay and Undocumented - On the Frontlines of Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 28, 2010
Gay and undocumented sounds like a double whammy. But some of them are putting themselves on the line. Four gay students participated in a civil disobedience in Sen. McCain's office recently.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: DREAM act, gay, immigration, iran, McCain
The Death of Josseline
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 27, 2010
Margaret Regan is the author of a searing collection of true stories depicting the dangerous crossing of the Arizona desert in search of a better life.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, Latin America, Latino
Tags: border patrol, customs enforcement, drug trade, immigration, minutemen
Latino Children's Social Skills Erode in Middle School
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: May 27, 2010
Latino children started kindergarten with strong social and classroom skills, but those skills eroded during the middle school years, recent research found.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Youth Culture
Tags: education, immigrants, kindergarten, latino, psychology, youth
Mexico’s Other Disappeared -- 31 Migrants Go Missing
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: May 25, 2010
While everyone in Mexico is talking about the disappearance of Diego Fernandez, 31 migrants have gone missing.
Categories: Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: diego fernandez, disappeared, mexico, missing migrants
What We Are Losing With Less Border Trips
La Prensa San Diego, News Report, Posted: May 23, 2010
All UC students have been pulled from exchange programs in several Mexican cities and sent back to the United States.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: border politics
New America Now: The Death of Josseline
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 21, 2010
Margaret Regan talks about her book The Death of Josseline, Mai der Vang and Anthony Advincula join Ethnic Media Watch.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Environment, Health, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: asian americans, border security, community rebuilding, environmental disaster, health care, hurricane katrina, illegal immigrants, pacific islanders
Latino Influence Changing California's Inland Empire
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
California's Inland Empire had the largest increase in Latino population of any metro region in the nation during the last decade.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Latin America, Latino
Tags: California, demographics, Immigration, latinos
Arizona Filipino Americans Dispute Immigration Law's Boon
FilAmStar, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2010
Some Filipinos in Arizona fear that SB 1070 will result in racial profiling by police officers that may include them.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration
Reggae Stars Denied Visas to U.S.
Carib Press, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2010
The island nation is abuzz with reports that the U.S. has cancelled visas for a number of top entertainers.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Caribbean, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: jamaica drug lord, jamaica raggae, raggae, raggae singers
Calderón: Arizona Law Is a 'Terrible Idea'
Univision, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2010
Mexican President Felipe Calderón said SB 1070 "introduces a terrible idea -- racial profiling as the basis of law enforcement."
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latin America, Latino
Tags: calderon, calderon arizona, calderon speech, calderon washington, felipe calderon, mexican president
Viet student DREAM Act activist remembered at UCLA memorial
Bolsavik.com, News Report, Posted: May 19, 2010
A Vietnamese student and her friend, both DREAM Act activists who died in a car accident, were remembered by their UCLA faculty and fellow students.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Asian American Groups Join Lawsuit Against SB 1070
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 19, 2010
The civil rights groups argue the Arizona law is the latest in a long string of discriminatory laws against AAPI going back more than 125 years.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, South Asian
Immigrant Students Arrested at Sen. McCain's Office
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 19, 2010
Sen. John McCain's Arizona office was the site Monday night of a civil disobedience protest as undocumented students risked arrest and deportation calling for passage of the Dream Act.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arizona sb 1070, civil disobedience, john mccain, undocumented immigrants
A Muslim Hero Hidden by Media Bias
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 18, 2010
Alioune Niass was first to alert police to the Times Square car bomb, but he was ignored in the media coverage. The Arab and Muslim media believe it is because he is Muslim.
Categories: Immigration, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: anderson cooper, arab, bill maher, duane jackson, lance orton, muslim, times square bomb
Univision Immigration Debate Gets Mixed Reactions
Univision.com, News Report, Posted: May 18, 2010
Activists are warning that SB 1070, the anti-immigrant Arizona law, is distracting the immigrant community from comprehensive immigration reform.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
An America for Whites Only?
Final Call, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2010
Many anti-racist activist are looking at Arizona's newly passed anti-immigration law as the just the beginning of a assault on human rights in America.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Indigenous, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: activists, arizona, immigration, laws, racist
Black Politicians Weigh in on Arizona Boycott
PhxSoul.com, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2010
Three African-American elected officials expressed mixed views on the growing movement for an Arizona boycott.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections
Tags: african american immigration, black immigration, black leaders immigration, blacks immigration
AP-Univision Poll: Americans Split on Immigration
Univision, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2010
Sixty-seven percent of Latinos oppose the Arizona law, compared to 20 percent of non-Latinos, according to a Univision-Associated Press poll.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: ap-univision, immigration poll, univision, univision poll
Arizona's Ban on Ethnic Studies Worries More Than Latinos
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 17, 2010
Asian American and Native American studies teachers are concerned about the ripple effects of the new law.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino
War on Indigenous in Arizona
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 17, 2010
A Mexican American studies professor writes that the mood in Arizona is not anti-immigrant; it is anti-Mexican.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: arizona ethnic studies ban, arizona immigration, arizona immigration law, arizonalaw
Farm Workers Flock to Illinois for Growing Season
La Raza, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2010
An estimated 35,000 to 38,000 new farm workers migrate to Illinois every year.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: farmworkers, field workers, illinois farmworkers, migrant workers
Indian Americans Have Mixed Reactions to Arizona Law
India West, News Report, Posted: May 14, 2010
Some Indian Americans in Arizona are welcoming SB 1070 even if it means they might be singled out and asked for papers. Others are worried about it.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, immigration rights, Indian American, SB 1070
Black People: Stand Up and Condemn Arizona’s Immigration Policy
L.A. Watts Times, Commentary, Posted: May 13, 2010
African Americans and the immigrant rights movement share blame for the divide between them. They should also share a common concern.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: african american immigration, black civil rights immigration, black immigration, black leaders immigration, blacks immigration
Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies
La Opinion, Commentary, Posted: May 13, 2010
An editorial in La Opinión argues that the same shortsightedness that was applied to SB 1070 is now moving into the classroom.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: Arizona, ethnic studies, Gov. Jan Brewer, HB 2281, immigration, SB 1710
Urban Natives Say Arizona Law Will Target Them
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2010
Some Native Americans are worried about being targeted under Arizona's controversial new immigration law.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, immigration, mexicans, navajo, racial profiling, sb1070
Life and Death on the Arizona Border
New America Media, Interview, Posted: May 13, 2010
Margaret Regan, author of “The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands,”covered immigration for over a decade.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona new law, border security, immigration, mexicans, ranchers, sb 1070, undocumented
Many Blacks Split with Leadership on Immigration
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2010
There is a quiet disconnect between civil rights leaders' support for immigration reform and the unease that many blacks feel toward illegal immigration.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: black civil rights immigration, black leaders immigration, blacks immigration, immigration blacks
Down & Out in California's Fields -- Farm Workers Lose Jobs, Homes and Hope
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 12, 2010
Scattered groups of farm workers, unemployed and desperate, are emerging from a long cold winter spent living outdoors.
Categories: Economy, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories, Video
Tags: agriculture, california, homelessness, immigration, labor, undocumented, workers
Immigrant Crime Wave a Myth
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2010
The main argument behind Arizona’s new law, SB 1070, is that the state’s presumed crime wave is linked to undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
African Americans Raise Voices Against Arizona Law
Phxsoul, News Report, Posted: May 10, 2010
Response to the new legislation, including a march on the state Capitol on Wednesday, has made one thing evident for Valley Hispanics opposing the law—they do not stand alone.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Latino
Tags: arixona immigration law, Arizona, arizona al sharpton, arizona black, SB 1070, sb1070
Counting SRO Residents in SF Chinatown Tests Census
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 09, 2010
For the U.S. Census, San Francisco’s Chinatown has been one of the most under-counted areas in the city because of the large number of single-room-occupancy hotels (SROs). But this year, with outreach efforts by the city, community organizations, ethnic media and schools, Chinatown has a relatively high census participation rate. NAM staff reporter/videographer Vivian Po looks at the challenges.
Categories: Asian, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chinatown tests census, san francisco, single room occupancy
Call for Partnership between Chinese and Arabic Media
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: May 09, 2010
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Middle Eastern
Tags: arab, chinese, news media
Immigrant, LGBT Leaders Blast Verdict in Hate Crime Case
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2010
Immigrant and LGBT rights leaders were disappointed that Hakim Scott was acquitted of a hate crime and murder Thursday in the fatal beating of Ecuadoran immigrant Jose Sucuzhañay.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: immgrant, Lesbian Gay Bi Transsexual, rights
NJ’s Asian Americans Live Well, Study Finds
World Journal, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2010
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Immigration
Tags: Asians, income, new jersey
Filipino Expat Workers Younger, Better Educated than Homeland's Workers
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2010
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Asian Americans Join Fight Against Arizona Law
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 07, 2010
Asian-American civil rights groups are gearing up to challenge Arizona’s new anti-immigration law, joining Latino and civil liberties organizations that oppose it.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Asian, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, South Asian
Tags: Arizona, asian americans civil rights, immigration, sb1070
Apartheid Hits Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2010
Columnist Roberto Rodriguez argues apartheid in today's Arizona is in some ways more complete and brutal than it was in South Africa.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Original NAM Content
Tags: Arizona, arizona governor, arizona immigrants, arizona immigration law, arizona law, jan brewer, sb1070
In Arizona, Al Sharpton Urges Civil Disobedience
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2010
Black civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton led a prayer vigil in Phoenix on Wednesday calling for mass civil disobedience against the state’s new anti-immigration law.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: Al Sharpton, Arizona, civil disobedience, immigration, sb1070
Pennsylvania Looks to Copy Arizona Law
Ponte al Día, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: copy arizona law, immigrants, lawmakers, pennsylvania, unconstitutional
Can a Democrat Win Sen. McCain's Seat in Arizona?
Hispanic Business, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
If Hayworth, 51, succeeds in convincing the conservative base that 73-year-old McCain is too liberal, the state will have a far-right candidate on the ticket at a time when Arizona's immigration law has made it the butt of jokes on late-night television.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, arizona republicans, az, az election, JD Hayworth, mccain election
Fontana Councilwoman Applauds Arizona Crackdown
Black Voices News, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
On the heels of Arizona’s sweeping immigration law signed Friday by Republican Governor Jan Brewer, Fontana Councilwoman Acquanetta Warren, is sounding off calling the crackdown overdue.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration
Tags: Arizona, illegal, immigration
Apartheid, Arizona
New York Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
Despite protests from the Hispanic citizens of Arizona, which the Republican Party not long ago attempted to court, Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, signed into law SB 1070, which requires law enforcement officials to question the immigration status of individuals during everyday police encounters.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration
Tags: Arizona, illegal, immigration, protests
Arizona Dumped Racial Profiling Back on the Nation’s Table
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 04, 2010
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and the legislature legislature did something that civil rights leaders couldn’t do: they dumped profiling back on the nation’s table.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, bush, civil liberties, immigration, jan brewer, obama, racial profiling, u.s. supreme court
Immigration Leaders' Arrests Spotlight May Day Protest
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 03, 2010
On May 1, immigrants rights supporters converged on Washington, D.C., to call for comprehensive immigration reform. Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez was among a dozen people arrested during the protest. Esther Gentile has this video report.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Video
Tags: immigration reform, luis gutierrez, may day protest, obama
Arizona’s Immigration Law Spurs Copycat Legislation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 03, 2010
Arizona's new, tough immigration law has spawned copycat proposals in almost a dozen other states. But some otherwise conservative governors are urging caution.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, immigration
The Cross She Must Bear - An Undocumented Filipina in New York
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 02, 2010
Categories: Asian, Immigration, Original NAM Content
Tags: illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act, undocumented filipina
Activists Face Tough Choices on Immigrant Rights
National Institute for Latino Policy, Commentary, Posted: May 01, 2010
Immigrant rights activists overestimated the nation's concern with immigration reform, writes the commentator. But Arizona's passage of the most racist law in modern history gives activists a chance to return comprehensive immigration reform to the national stage.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino
Arizona Fires up May 1 Rally in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Garment and Citizen, Photo Essay, Posted: May 01, 2010
Immigration march in Los Angeles draws huge crowd as labor unions and advocacy groups join grassroots in calls for action at the federal level.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, immigration, Los Angeles, May Day
On May 1, It's Mayday for Arizona
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 01, 2010
May Day is being marked by immigrant marches across the country. Arizona has added a new urgency to the marches. Organizers in Arizona feel the rest of the country is just catching up to what they have been experiencing for years.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content
Tags: Arizona, immigration, MayDay