Morning NewsTaco
Tuesday May 22, 2012
On Day One, Mitt Romney Runs First General Election Ad in Español (Fox News Latino): Mitt Romney’s first ad of the general election campaign has come out in Spanish and English. Called “Dia Uno,” and “Day One,” both versions of the ad campaign – launched over the weekend – are identical, focusing on the economy and what “President Romney” would tackle his first day in office.
1 dead, 19 hurt in riot at privately run illegal immigration prison in Mississippi (NY Daily News): A privately run prison in Mississippi for illegal immigrants remained on lockdown Monday after a riot that began a day earlier left one guard dead and at least 19 people injured, officials said.
Supreme court rules for government on immigrants’ residence (Chicago Tribune): The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the length of lawful residence in the United States by immigrant parents cannot be considered by the federal government in deciding whether their children should be deported. The justices unanimously handed a victory to the Obama administration and overturned a ruling by a U.S. appeals court that immigrants who entered the United States as children may count their parents’ years in this country to satisfy the residency requirements.
Fewer Immigrants and Newborns, More Elderly Slow U.S. Population Growth (The Wall Street Journal): Lower immigration levels, population aging, and declining fertility rates are driving a decline in U.S. population growth, according to a new Population Reference Bureau (PRB) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
Alabama Doubles Down (The New York Times): After all that talk about wanting to “simplify and clarify” last year’s radically awful immigration law, Alabama’s legislature doubled down last week. It passed a bill, H.B. 658, to make things worse.
Chipotle Faces New Pressure From Probe Of Workers’ Immigration Status (The Wall Street Journal): Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG) is being subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission about its hiring practices, the latest development in government investigations scrutinizing its employees’ immigration statuses.
President Obama to address Latino officials (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel): President Barack Obama will address the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials(NALEO) at the group’s 29th annual conference, Friday, June 22 in Orlando, Fla. More than 1,000 Latino public officials who work at all levels of government will attend the conference for discussions on education, health, financil empowerment, broadband adoption.
Do We Still Need the Voting Rights Act? (The New Yorker): The questions at the heart of the case are both simple and profound. How much has American society, and especially the South, changed with regard to race relations since 1965? Is Section 5 still a necessary check on the white majority—or is the law a patronizing relic of a vanished age?
Cardio Notes: Race a Factor in Transplants (Medpage Today): Hispanics and blacks have real, but different, disparities compared with whites when it comes to heart transplantation. Also this week, ‘old’ second-hand smoke and an interesting breakdown of marathon deaths.
U.S. Economy at Risk if Corporations Ignore the Impact of Hispanics in America (Huffington Post): Regardless of the escalating “Latino factor” – corporations are not being proactive enough to engage with this valuable demographic that will represent 30% of America by 2050. As such, the US economy is weakening due to the lack of investment in the Hispanic Community that will soon dictate new business models and the ground rules for Wall Street analysts.
Can You Hear Them Now? Protesters Target Carlos Slim Speech (Fox News Latino): A coalition of activist groups tried to rain on telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim Helú’s George Washington moment. The world’s richest man received an honorary degree from George Washington University on the national mall in Washington D.C. on Sunday, while trying to be heard over the din of distant vuvuzelas and activists looking to drown out his speech.
Rivera work poised to set new auction record in NY (The Modesto Bee/Associated Press): Mexican artist Diego Rivera’s 1939 oil painting “Girl in Blue and White” is headlining Sotheby’s Latin American art auction in New York. If it sells for the high end of its $4 million to $6 million estimate, it could double the artist’s previous record of $3 million.
