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70% Of LGBT Hate Crime Victims Are Minorities
You may recall that 62% of hate crimes are committed against Latinos, or that hate crimes in Washington, D.C. are increasingly against Latinos, and now a new report shows that […]
The Spanish, Tejano & Latino Contributions To Independence
By Dan Arellano In all of the wars that this great country has been involved in Americans of Mexican/Spanish descent have always been amongst the first to fight, the most […]
Anti-Immigrant Laws Moving To Moderate States Next
Anti-immigrant laws could soon emerge in states that have traditionally stayed away from passing the divisive legislation within their borders, according to the author of two of the harshest immigration […]
Latinos Care More About Immigration Than The Economy
According to a national poll released on Monday, the issue of immigration has surpassed that of the economy and jobs as the top concern for Latinos. The poll, conducted by […]
Remembering Latinos On Memorial Day
Latinos represent about 11% of the U.S. military, and Latinos have a long history of serving in U.S. forces going back to the Revolutionary War. Most recently, hundreds of Latinos […]
Has The State Level Anti-Immigrant Push Lost Steam?
Movement on the anti-immigrant front has pretty much stalled. The fervor that was ignited by Arizona’s controversial SB1070 has, in the words of the Associated Press, fizzled. This doesn’t mean that we can […]
Latinos, Redistircting And the Voting Rights Act
We’ve all been pretty much looking west when it comes to national Latino politics. And it’s well intended, because Arizona has been taking up most of the attention with its notorious SB1070. […]
Georgia’s Anti-Immigrant Politics Reflect Deep South Sea Change
Is Georgia becoming the new Arizona? An immigration bill that parrots Arizona’s infamous sb1070 is making news in that state. Even while the Arizona law has been successfully challenged in federal court and a […]
Enforcement of Immigration Laws Could Drain Local Coffers
Here’s another take on why local enforcement of federal immigration laws is a bad idea. This comes from The News Courier, in Athens, Alabama: The sheriff (Mike Blakely) said the combination of […]
8 States Try to Keep Immigration Laws Alive
Just when you thought it was over… The Week.com is reporting that 8 states, besides Arizona, are working on Arizona-style immigration laws,with the effort to purge their states of undocumented […]