According to a new study by the Pew Hispanic Center, Latino youth “are straddling two worlds as they adapt to their new homeland”.  While young Latinos are making gains in education and employment, they still face considerable challenges in overcoming social stigmas and gang violence.

Lydia Guzman, director of the nonprofit immigrant advocacy group Respect/Respeto has started to use text messages to warn Arizona residents about crime sweeps by anti-immigrant Maricopa sheriff Joe Arpaio. According to Guzman, the new text messaging system is part of an effort to protect Latinos and others from becoming victims of racial profiling by Maricopa […]

The Department of Justice has announced the indictment of five individuals in connection to the murder of Luis Ramirez in a small town in Pennsylvania, including three local police officers.

On Tuesday, Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez, Democrat of Illinois, introduced a bill in the House that would open a path to legal status for millions of illegal immigrants. The bill is seen as a start to the beginning of a long battle between Democrats and Republicans over comprehensive immigration reform. President Obama has pledged to […]

Newt Gingrich’s namesake corporation, Gingrich Communications, has launched a new Spanish language publication, The Americano.  The online magazine, whose conservative principles are largely in line with the political ideologies of Gingrich, is edited by Sylvia Garcia, who also serves as his Hispanic Outreach Director.