More than 150 key Latino entrepreneurs and business leaders from across the country met in Washington D.C. for the first U.S. Latino Economic Summit hosted by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and LATINO Magazine. Gene Sperling, adviser to U.S. Department of the Secretary Timothy Geithner and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, was the keynote […]
The Truth About Latinos And The Employee Free Choice Act
March 30, 2009 By
By: Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus The Latino community should wholeheartedly get behind the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). Introduced March 10, the bill has a majority of support in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, but business groups are spending heavily to make sure the Senate does not reach the 60 votes that […]
Homeland Security Signals Policy Changes Ahead for Immigration Raids
March 30, 2009 By
As reported in the Washington Post, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has delayed a series of proposed immigration raids at U.S. workplaces in recent weeks, asking agents in her department to apply more scrutiny to the selection and investigation of targets as well as the timing of raids. A senior department official said the delays […]
John Trasviña, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at HUD
March 27, 2009 By
President Obama has announced John Trasviña as Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. John Trasviña has devoted his legal career to public service in civil rights and immigration policy. In the 1980s and 90s, he served as Chairman Paul Simon’s General Counsel & […]
Reintroduction of the DREAM Act and American Dream Act Applauded by Senate Leadership, Civil Rights Groups
March 26, 2009 By
Earlier today Congress took an important step toward immigration reform. When both the US Senate and House reintroduced bipartisan legislation aimed at giving immigrant students raised in the U.S. the opportunity for a path to citizenship via college education or serving in the Armed Forces. Senators Richard Durbin and Richard Lugar reintroduced the DREAM Act, […]
Hillary Takes "Co-Responsibility" in Trip to Mexico
March 26, 2009 By
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that America’s “insatiable” demand for illegal drugs and the inability to stop weapons-smuggling into Mexico are only helping to escalate the violence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Clinton said, “I feel very strongly we have co-responsibility”, referring to the United States’ “insatiable” demand for illegal drugs and the inability […]
Obama Administration Lays Out U.S.-Mexico Plan
March 25, 2009 By
Yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered the Obama administration’s plan to deal with drug-related violence in Mexico by sending 500 more federal (agents to the U.S.-Mexico border and also address the issue of U.S.-purchased guns being smuggled south by violent drug cartels. The announcement included a comprehensive outline of how $700 million approved by […]
Census Bureau to Launch Ad Campaign to Reach Minorities
March 24, 2009 By
In an article today the Washington Post reports that the Census Bureau is planning on launching a $250 million promotional campaign to encourage participation in the 2010 Census amidst the fears that millions of minorities will be overlooked. More than half of the funds that will go to advertising will go across traditional and social […]
Clinton to Travel to Mexico to Address Drug Trade Violence
March 23, 2009 By
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit Mexico this Wednesday to meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderón. She will visit Mexico City and Monterrey to discuss the escalating drug violence and trade rules between Mexico and the United States. This will mark the first cabinet member visit to Mexico before Obama’s visit April 16-17. […]
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