Morning NewsTaco
Tuesday August 21, 2012
Hispanics set school, college enrollment records (Associated Press): Hispanic population growth and improved high school completion rates helped Latino young people become the largest minority group on college campuses and a fourth of the public school population last year, according to a Pew Hispanic report released Monday.
Pew report: Record numbers of Latinos in U.S. colleges, public schools (CNN): Latino student populations have been on an upward trajectory in the U.S. for decades, and a report released Monday says the group’s growth reached record levels last year, both in public schools and colleges.
Paul Ryan Clarifies Stance On Immigration, Cuba (Huffington Post): Making his first foray into the Sunshine State since becoming the presumptive Republican vice-presidential nominee, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan on Saturday sought to clarify his stance on several hot-button state issues including Medicare reform, the Cuban embargo, immigration and the future of NASA.
Calls made for more Hispanic spend in campaigns (RBR): As Randy Falco, Univision CEO recently sent a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates to complain about the lack of a debate tailored for Latino audiences, Javier Palomarez, CEO of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, announced this week that his group would track spend by candidates and organizations on Spanish-language television, radio, and in print and online in 10 states through the November elections. Their found that in 2010, spending on Spanish-language TV averaged about 3.9%, down slightly from just over 4% in 2008, reported NBC Latino/AP.
‘Dreamers’ cautious about deferral plan (USA Today): Undocumented immigrants are taking their time filling out the paperwork for President Barack Obama’s deferred-action program that allows them to legally stay in the country because they have only one chance to get the application right.
Perry: State law unaffected by Obama policy on immigration (Houston Chronicle): Gov. Rick Perry says the Obama administration’s policy to defer deportation of many young immigrants who are here illegally doesn’t change any laws denying benefits to them. Perry, in a letter to state Attorney General Greg Abbott dated Aug. 16, called the policy “a slap in the face to the rule of law and our Constitutional framework of separated powers.”
Obama’s new immigration policy is “slap in the face” to states, Perry says (Fort Worth Star-Telegram): Gov. Rick Perry has told state agencies that the Obama administration’s new program allowing some illegal immigrants to avoid deportation is “a slap in the face to the rule of law,” and said Texas’ immigration policies won’t change.
Undocumented immigrants confront author of strict immigration laws (U.S. News & World Report): Protesters opposed to strict state-level immigration laws confronted one of the key writers of such legislation as he testified at a U.S. Department of Justice civil rights hearing here on Friday. Holding up small banners with the words “undocumented” on them, four self-proclaimed undocumented immigrants stood up one at a time to denounce the laws, interrupting the testimony being given by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who helped author the measures in Alabama and Arizona.
Arizona, immigrants’ attorneys to spar in court over police stops (Reuters): A federal judge in Phoenix will begin considering on Tuesday whether Arizona’s tough “show me your papers” immigration law can go into effect, as the state grapples with hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.
Latino Artist Portrays Comic Superheroes As ‘Illegals’ (tr3s): If Superman was pulled over in Arizona, would the police demand to see his green card? According to artist Neil Rivas they certainly should, because he’s technically an “illegal immigrant.”
NASCAR, FOX Deportes unveil Spanish language broadcast of Daytona 500 and more (Examiner): For the first time ever, select NASCAR races as well as original programming, daily news segments and weekly updates will be broadcast on the new Spanish language network, FOX Deportes, beginning in 2013.
