Morning NewsTaco
Wednesday September 12, 2012
Hispanics and values: How the GOP and the DNC address Hispanic issues (Washington Post): Most political observers believe that the reason why, despite their primarily conservative values, most Hispanics are leaning toward voting for President Obama in the upcoming election, is because Republicans have not come forward with a positive message or platform on comprehensive immigration reform.
Democrats in 2016? Don’t Overlook Hispanics (Hispanic Business): Back in April, a Public Policy Poll made Clinton a huge favorite to win the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2016. But by then she’ll be 70. Biden will turn 74 shortly after the 2016 election. Though the other Democrats who show up in the polls are younger, they are almost all white — and not Hispanic.
Democrats See Arizona Gain as Backlash Drives Hispanic Voters (Bloomberg): Arizona is projected to become more Democratic on demographics alone, according to some research. A report last month by the Morrison Institute’s Latino Public Policy Center at Arizona State University predicted that the state could turn from red to a blue by 2025, as a disproportionately high number of young Latino citizens comes of age.
Education Matters Most To Latino Voters This Election (Silicon Valley De Bug): When a local political outreach organization was asked about which one issue could be the top priority of the Latino community when going to the polls this November, the answer was a surprise. Here’s a hint: the mainstream national media seem to have yet to notice this issue might matter especially for Latinos. That answer was education, and the recent budget cuts to all areas related.
Hispanic leaders confident next term will see immigration reform (EFE/Fox News Latino): Civil and political leaders from the Latino community meeting Tuesday for the annual conference of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute are confident that the presidential term that begins in 2013 will see the approval of immigration reform.
Study: First generation immigrant children do better in school than US-born kids (NBC Latino): Immigrant children who came to the U.S. before they were teens do better in academic achievement and school engagement than native-born children, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins University, and the advantages extend to adulthood. The study also found Hispanic immigrant children do as well as Asian children, provided they have similar socio-economic and family backgrounds.
Los Angeles Considers Issuing Immigrants Library Cards that Double as ID (Fox News Latino): Library cards could soon double as a form of identification in Los Angeles, helping the city’s large undocumented immigrant population access a number of city services and also open bank accounts.
An ID card for illegal immigrants? (Los Angeles Times): The photo ID library card is a serious idea with serious advantages for illegal immigrants. City Councilman Richard Alarcon, who proposed the concept, noted that in his Northeast Valley district, some immigrants end up being gouged by payday lenders or robbed if they keep large sums of cash on hand. That wouldn’t happen if they could open bank accounts.
Latino Voters 2012: Sleeping Giant Unlikely To Turn Population Growth Into Power In November (Huffington Post): Latino voter registration is climbing. But it will not likely hit the 12.2 million peak that many analysts have predicted. Instead, the Latino electorate that numbered 11.6 million people in 2008 will likely decline to just over 11 million this year.
Quick Start to Program Offering Immigrants a Reprieve (New York Times): The figures for applications received so far — the first results the administration has released since a federal agency began receiving the documents on Aug. 15 — show that large numbers of young immigrants are ready to take the risk of coming forward, administration officials and immigrant advocates said, and that the agency in charge has been able to manage the rush of paperwork.
Alabama Tells Courts to Reconsider Allowing Immigration Status Checks in Schools (Fox News Latino): The state of Alabama – which passed the toughest state-level immigration law in the country — has asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider parts of two opinions that in August struck down some provisions of the measure.
Weakening Violence Against Women Act betrays immigrant victims (Politico): All women who have lived through violence and abuse should have the certainty that the law will protect them — no matter their race, creed, color, religion or immigration status. Unfortunately, Congress is now considering proposals that would erode this certainty — and its failure to act is already causing harm. We urge congressional leaders to move forward now to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, without provisions harmful to immigrants.
Spanish-Language Congressional Debate In Texas Race Highlights Politics Of Population Change (Huffington Post): In the race to represent Texas’s 23rd Congressional District, an area that stretches about 550 miles from San Antonio to El Paso, Republican incumbent Rep. Francisco “Quico” Canseco will face his opponent, Democratic state Rep. Pete P. Gallego, in a debate late this month — in Spanish.
Hilda Solis says Latinos need ‘ganas’ to fill in jobs (Voxxi): An estimated 60 percent of Latinos perceive they have been hardest hit by the recession than other racial or ethnic groups, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. Yet contrary to common belief, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis said during a panel discussion Monday that part of the reason for this lagging effect among Latinos is that they’re not aware job options are within their reach.
Despite Tests, Latino Students Still Lagging (Fox News Latino): Eucators and politicians have been trying for decades to chip away at the wide academic achievement gap between Latino students and others. Millions have been poured into programs to figure out a way to spruce up Latino test scores. Yet, after years of effort and millions of dollars spent, Latinos high school students are still not prepared for college level work, according to results from the college entrance exam known was the ACT.
Mexican immigrant moms happier and less tense, but read less to their children, says study (NBC Latino): Mexican-American immigrant mothers, especially those in the U.S. for five years or less, show significantly less depressive symptoms and have less conflict and tension with their partners than Chinese or non-Latino white mothers, acording to a new study published in the journal Child Development. The Mexican mothers’ “robust levels of mental health,” as the study says, have positive outcomes for the children.
Two thirds of young adults own smartphones, Pew says (Knight Digital Media): According to Pew Internet, just under half (45%) of all U.S. adults own smartphones, said Pew. Aside from younger adults, these devices are also most popular with people from households earning at least $75,000 per year (68%), college graduates (61%) and adults aged 30-49 (59%)
