Morning NewsTaco
Thursday July 5, 2012
U.S. immigration agent injured in Mexico border shooting (Reuters): A U.S. immigration agent was shot and wounded during a surveillance operation on a desolate stretch of highway near the Texas-Mexico border on Tuesday, law enforcement officials said.
Will Obama’s mini-‘DREAM Act’ produce massive fraud? (Christian Science Monitor): President Obama’s recent decision to allow young illegal immigrants in the military or in school deferral from deportation is “an open invitation to fraud,” says the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in a letter sent to the director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday.
Half of Hispanic voters identify as independent rather than partisan (The Seattle Times): About 51 percent of Hispanic voters identified themselves as political independents in a Gallup poll released Monday. Meanwhile, about 32 percent identified themselves as Democrats and only 11 percent as Republicans. That’s an interesting development that helps to explain the intensity of President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney in their quest for Hispanic voters.
In California, immigration bill designed as the “anti-Arizona” (Reuters): While America’s debate over immigration has been dominated recently by crackdowns in states like Arizona and Alabama, California legislators are trying to turn that tide with a bill to protect illegal immigrants that they dub the “anti-Arizona.”
When Latino and African American politicians are pitted against each other (NBC Latino): Is it really “brown versus black” in a New York congressional race which is making national headlines? A Dominican-American politician, state senator Adriano Espaillat, is 800 votes away from the votes cast for Congressman Charles Rangel, one of the country’s most well-known African American congressmen for over four decades. The primary might involve a recount, due to what the New York Times refers to as the “wildly dysfunctional planet” known as the New York City Board of Elections. But even without knowing the final result, some analysts say the race has already been a game changer.
Hispanic Voter Registration Drive Under Way in Battleground States (Hispanic Business): Hispanic Vote will join volunteers, civic groups and other organizations from around the country for National Voter Registration Day. This single day of coordinated field, technology and media efforts will create pervasive awareness of voter registration opportunities.
Providence area has highest Hispanic jobless rate (Associated Press/Sacramento Bee): A new report says the Hispanic unemployment rate in the metropolitan area that includes Providence as well as New Bedford and Fall River in Massachusetts is the country’s highest.
Immigrants express shock at return of Mexico’s PRI (Associated Press): Mexico’s new president may dissuade some immigrants from returning home, despite promising economic opportunities there and a faltering U.S. job market. The vast majority of the 40,000 Mexican expatriates who voted in Sunday’s election cast ballots against President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto. Many immigrants said Monday that they were shocked his Institutional Revolutionary Party — which largely convinced them to leave their homeland — has returned to power.
Illegal Immigrants Celebrating July Fourth? (Huffington Post): When I was an illegal immigrant I celebrated Independence Day as if it were a spiritual holiday. In the charged rhetoric about Latino immigration our national conversation could benefit from re-imagining our unalienable rights. Our values and moral compass would be deepened by viewing the pursuit of life, liberty and justice through the lens of our mutual pursuit of inter-dependence.
