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Tensions rise as Latinos feel under siege in America's deep south
As illegal workers flee the threat of police checks, southerners are uniting to fight the laws dividing communities and killing economies which rely on immigrants to thrive The mobile home that Nancy Lugo and her two children live in might not seem like...(read more)
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Mixed Reactions From Latinos On Obama's New Deportation Plan
Thursday, the Obama administration announced it would do a “case-by-case review of deportations, allowing many undocumented immigrants without criminal records to stay in the United States” permitting them to apply for work permits and possibly stay....(read more)
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Obama to Halt Deportation of Undocumented Immigrants Without Criminal Records
Undocumented immigrants without criminal records will be offered a respite from the threat of deportation after the Obama administration announced plans on Thursday to offer them a chance to apply for a work permit. The Department of Homeland Security...(read more)
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LA County sheriff's department eyed in bias case
The Department of Justice is investigating the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department over allegations that deputies discriminated against subsidized housing residents, officials said Thursday. Justice officials launched the probe into the nation's largest...(read more)
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Change in immigration case reviews signals a more humane approach to deportations
Thursday, senior White House officials delivered the news Latino community activist groups have been waiting for -- all 300,000 cases pending for removal from the country will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. What does that mean? It means that the...(read more)
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Court: Farm workers entitled to nearly $2 million
A federal appeals court awarded nearly $2 million on Wednesday to more than 600 Latino farm workers who accused a farm labor contractor and two Washington state growers of violating federal labor laws. The Yakima Valley farm workers claimed that Valley...(read more)
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Latinos Students Taking College ACT Continue to Show Improved Scores Especially in Math & Science
College and career readiness among 2011 Hispanic U.S. high school graduates who took the ACT test shows slow but steady improvement, particularly in the key areas of math and science, according to ACT’s yearly report, The Condition of College and Career...(read more)
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On Being Latino With a New York Accent
The term, Latino, a word that describes the blending of Hispanic and American cultures, conjures up a myriad of vibrant images. In my mind, the word even has color. Not the subdued beige and pastels of a lazy summer's day, but brilliant reds, and dazzling...(read more)
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Latinos protest deportations at Obama campaign HQ
(Reuters) - Latino activists held a protest outside President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign headquarters on Tuesday to ask him to end a criminal deportation program they say is snaring large number of illegal immigrants who have not committed crimes. The...(read more)
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Young Latinos Vital To Reaching National College Degree Attainment Goals
Daniel Perez narrowly avoided the fate of navigating his young life armed with only a high school diploma. His family had emigrated from Mexico when he was 15 to a new home in St. Louis Park, Minn. Even though Perez excelled at his suburban high school,...(read more)
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Latinos Can Sue Kraft Foods for Discrimination
CHICAGO (CN) - Kraft Foods must face a race-discrimination trial, even though it pointed out that another worker of the same minority group as the plaintiffs did not face similar discrimination, the 7th Circuit ruled. The suit alleges that support services...(read more)
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Latino TV show will hit the road on Metro buses
Family patriarch Lee Valenzuela thought he'd turned his back on his Mexican roots by assimilating into upscale Stevenson Ranch. Then he loses his executive job. His mother hits the bottle. His tattooed homeys pile in, calling him Leandro. His daughter...(read more)
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Why I Love Being Latino in the United States
There are many things that make me proud of being Latino in the United States. First and foremost, we are the largest and fastest growing "minority" group in this country. Meaning, as time goes on, our influence is consistently penetrating and influencing...(read more)
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Republicans’ big problem in 2012 — Hispanics
Despite the avalanche of bad news for President Barack Obama, he remains the most likely winner of the 2012 elections. That’s the conclusion I reached after watching the top Republican presidential hopefuls in recent weeks, as they started in earnest...(read more)
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Thousands of Hispanics stuck in "double legal limbo" in U.S.
Miami – Thousands of Hispanics are stuck in "double legal limbo" in the United States by being unable to obtain their immigration documentation in this country or their identity papers from their nations of origin, activists told Efe. Representatives...(read more)
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