Latina Candidate Forced To Take English Test In Today’s Latino News Headlines
Arizona council candidate may be forced to take English test: The City Council recently asked for verification that activist and council candidate Alejandrina Cabrera could speak, read and write in English, as state law requires of public officials. The action was in response to allegations by Guillermina Fuentes, a former mayor of the fast-growing border city.
In N.H., Latinos in both parties cite economy as top issue: Even though the unemployment rate in New Hampshire is well below the national average at 5.2 percent, Latino voters said they have all been adversely affected by the national recession.
GOP presidential candidates wade into politically tricky territory of food stamp spending: Politicians normally shy away from saying they want to cut food stamps, but this year’s Republican presidential candidates are using domestic food aid as an example of a welfare state gone awry.
The Perfect Storm That Could Sink Romney’s Hispanic Vote Hopes: Romney may have just become the first Republican candidate to win both Iowa and New Hampshire — and is looking increasingly like the eventual nominee — but the primary is about to spread to the rest of the country where the Latino vote is significant.
Latino evangelicals launch voter drive in Florida: While pushing for immigration reform, a national Latino evangelical group launched a voter registration drive in Florida on Tuesday as part of a campaign to influence this year’s elections.
Will Supreme Court strike down part of Voting Rights Act?: While most states simply ask for preclearance from the Department of Justice, Texas has taken the less-common, more-expensive route of asking for approval from a panel of federal judges in Washington.
Obama Administration Claims Immunity in ‘Shameful’ STD Study of Guatemalans: Guatemalan prostitutes, prisoners and mental patients who were intentionally exposed to sexually transmitted diseases, without their knowledge or consent, by U.S. researchers in the 1940s, cannot sue the United States argued the Obama Administration on Monday, no matter how shameful and unethical the studies were.
Mixed reaction to green card plan: Changing the process may bring to light countless families living in the shadows, immigration advocates…said, but the changes would keep many of the restrictive standards currently in place.
Mayor Buddy Dyer’s new PR specialist position focuses on Orlando Hispanic community: Luis M. Martinez will be the city’s first multicultural affairs director. According to city officials, Martinez’s duties will consist of strategically engaging Hispanic residents and businesses, coordinate trade missions to encourage Latin American investment in Orlando and oversee the Hispanic Office for Local Assistance.
