Morning NewsTaco
Wednesday June 13, 2012
Complaint claims school district discriminated against Latino students (CNN): Two advocacy groups filed a federal complaint Tuesday alleging a North Carolina school district’s treatment of three Latino families was discriminatory because it did not provide important information in Spanish.
Arpaio Motion Says Civil Rights Act Doesn’t Protect Spanish Speakers (Fox News Latino): The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says the Obama administration’s lawsuit against it should be dismissed because the Civil Rights Act does not address discrimination based on language.
Latino 2012: More Potential Latino Voters in 8 States Than Margin Of Victory In 2008 (Huffington Post): In eight states, the number of potential Latino voters is greater than the margin of victory in the 2008 presidential election, according to an infographic released by the Center for American Progress Tuesday.
Latinos face lower cancer survival rates than rest of population (Southern California Public Radio): Studies suggest that Latinos are more likely to neglect a lot of the risk factors for cancer, leading to higher cancer rates than the rest of the population.
Christians on Right Urge Reform on Migrants (The New York Times): Some of the nation’s most influential evangelical groups urged a solution to illegal immigration on Tuesday that defies the harsh rhetoric of the Republican primary race, which continues to undermine Mitt Romney’s appeal to Hispanic voters.
Open Immigration Will Greatly Slow America’s Rush Toward An Entitlement State (Forbes): Open immigration is both morally right and economically beneficial. Morally, it is the inalienable right of an honest individual to reside in any country he chooses. He is an upstanding person; he does good, not ill. His right to choose a country of residence must be upheld.
Arizona orders immigration law training for police (Reuters/Chicago Tribune): Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Tuesday ordered the redistribution of materials to train police to enforce the state’s tough immigration crackdown, in a sign that she expects the Supreme Court to endorse the measure in coming days.
Immigrant Children Lag Behind, Posing Risk (Wall Street Journal): The education, health and socioeconomic lot of the children of immigrants, the fastest-growing population group in the U.S., has raised concerns about how those children will perform when they enter the workforce.
Report sees 4.4 million more potential Latino voters in California (The Sacramento Bee): California election officials estimate that 23.7 million Californians could potentially vote – i.e. they are citizens over the age of 18 — and know that 17.2 million of them are registered to vote.
Romney announces Hispanic Steering Committee (Washington Post): Mitt Romney stepped up his outreach to Hispanic voters on Wednesday as he tries to close a big gap with President Obama, announcing that he has tapped several prominent Latino business leaders and Republican politicians to advise his campaign.
Hispanic boom may not shift Texas face in Congress (The Seattle Times): One is a black real estate agent and the other a white millionaire. For two new districts created to reflect Texas’ soaring Hispanic population, they might be the representatives elected to Congress. That’s not exactly what Hispanic leaders pictured, and some are disheartened.
Texas GOP Touts Guest Worker Plan (Hispanic Business): Texas Republicans are touting their success in bringing the factions of their party together last week in Fort Worth to approve a new plank in the party platform aimed at effective changes in immigration policy.
