A federal lawsuit filed on Monday in New York by the estate of an Ecuadorean immigrant murdered in 2008, alleges that the civil rights of the victim were violated by Suffolk County, its Police Department and other agencies by their failure to provide equal protection to Hispanics as whites. Marcelo Lucero was stabbed to death […]
Study Finds Fewer Latinos in AZ since SB 1070
November 12, 2010 By
The controversial Arizona law, SB 1070, may be having an effect on the state’s Latino population. According to a study released this week in Mexico City, there are as many as 100,000 fewer Latinos residing in the state since before the debate over the law began. The study did not differentiate whether people were leaving […]
Latino Entrepreneur Creates New Micro Lending Company
November 9, 2010 By
While the current economic crisis is making it harder for many Americans to get loans, a sizeable and growing segment of the Latino community has never had access to traditional financial and banking services. This need is providing a business opportunity for one young Latino entrepreneur. James Gutierrez is the founder of Progreso Financiero, a micro-lending […]
Californians Support Immigrants and Oppose Deportation
October 26, 2010 By
A new poll found that about half of all likely voters in California said immigrants are a benefit to the state and overall hold a positive view of them. In the Los Angeles Times/USC poll 59% of respondents also said that undocumented immigrants who have held a job for two years in the U.S. should […]
Anti-Immigrant Bill by Florida Republican May Exempt White Europeans
October 22, 2010 By
A clause in the draft of an anti-immigrant bill by Republican state Rep. William Snyder in Florida essentially tells police to drop their “reasonable suspicions” of anyone they stop who is from any of the countries exempted under the bill, mostly European nations with a majority of white people. The law specifically says that a […]
Hispanicization of America
September 28, 2010 By
The presence of Hispanics in the U.S. is partly defined by an intertwined history of America and Mexico and their shared border and the undocumented workers that come by the thousands chasing the American dream every year. This puts Hispanics from the past and the present in a unique position compared to other groups such […]
New Program Teaches Immigrants to Tell their Stories by Blogging
September 22, 2010 By
The University of Southern California (USC) and the Institute of Popular Education of Southern California have launched a new site called “vozmob,” which gives immigrants, mainly day laborers, an online space to speak their minds and share their stories. The program was unveiled last month with a mix of grants from various foundations, including $40,000 […]
New York Area Experiencing Violence Against Latinos
August 2, 2010 By
Concerns over violence continue to plague the Latino immigrant community in New York City’s boroughs but some question whether the motive is racial or economic – or both. On Staten Island, police have increased their presence following a rash of attacks against the Mexican immigrant population in the area. Since spring, residents have reported incidences […]
106-year-old woman from Mexico becomes US citizen in Chicago
July 20, 2010 By
106-year-old Ignacia Moya has always dreamed of voting in a U.S. election. Yesterday, she took one giant step closer to achieving her dream as she took the oath of citizenship in Chicago. This has makes her one of the oldest people ever to become a U.S. citizen. Moya immigrated from Mexico in the 1960’s and […]
Neo-Nazi Militia Patrols Arizona Desert and States, “It will be ‘deadly’ for them to cross that border”
June 24, 2010 By
A leader of the Mesa chapter of the largest neo-Nazi group in the United States, the National Socialist Movement, decided to patrol a part of the Arizona desert near Casa Grande over the weekend against the wishes of the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office. The group of armed men led by J.T. Ready, known for his […]
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