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Virginia Delegate Looking to Ban Undocumented from Public Universities
January 17, 2011 | by COLORLINES | Latino Daily News
In 2008, Virginia’s Republican state Delegate Christopher Peace attempting to pass a bill that would ban undocumented immigrants from attending public university. The bill was not passed, but now he’s trying again. continue reading »
Human Rights Watch: Urges Legislatures to Reject Marked Birth Certificate Initiative
January 14, 2011 | by Human Rights Watch | Latino Daily News
State legislatures in the United States should reject a proposal to mark birth certificates of US citizens on the basis of their parents' immigration status, continue reading »
Consulate General of Mexico Warns About “Safe Communities” Program Implementaton in Wisconsin
January 14, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Safe Comunities has as its main objective to locate, detain and deport those individuals with serious criminal records, or those with deportation orders pending, who could represent a threat to the public. continue reading »
Two Tunnels Between U.S.-Mexico Border Discovered as They’re Being Built
January 13, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Sunday, during a joint tunnel sweep along the International Boundary Fence in Nogales, Border Patrol agents and Mexican law enforcement officers discovered two illicit tunnels leading from Mexico toward the United States. continue reading »
BREAKING NEWS: DREAM Act Foe, Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Won’t Seek Reelection
January 13, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Texas Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison announced that she will retire from the Senate when her term expires in 2012. continue reading »
UPDATE: New Information Released About Arrested Border Patrol Agent, Had Secret Room
January 13, 2011 | by Sign on San Diego | Latino Daily News
Earlier this week, Border Patrol agent Marcos Gerardo Manzano Jr. was arrested for reportedly harboring his father, an unauthorized immigrant. Upon investigation of Manzano's home, however, it was discovered that Manzano Jr. was not only allowing his father to reside in his home, but other suspected undocumented immigrants as well. continue reading »
Undocumented.tv Set to Launch Next Week - Get Ready for the Uproar (VIDEO)
January 13, 2011 | by Juan Tornoe | Latino Daily News
Undocumented.tv is a media-driven, social-action movement seeking to inspire and mobilize young Evangelical Christians towards championing the needs of immigrants continue reading »
Border Patrol Agent Arrested for Harboring His Undocumented Father
January 12, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Tuesday, a U.S. Border Patrol agent was charged with harboring a twice-removed undocumented immigrant, and lying to federal investigators. The immigrant he was harboring? His father. continue reading »
Trash Along Arizona-Mexico Border Target of New Website
January 10, 2011 | by Fox News | Latino Daily News
Attempting to draw attention to the amount of trash left by those crossing the U.S.-Mexico border of Arizona, state officials have launched a new website called azbordertrash.gov. continue reading »
South Carolina Legislators Advance Arizona Style Immigration Bill Regardless of Concerns
January 8, 2011 | by Miami Herald | Latino Daily News
Although some of the legislators on the South Carolina Senate judiciary subcommittee had concerns about the legality of some of the provisions, they still continue reading »
Texas Sheriffs Oppose Proposed Anti-Immigration Law
January 7, 2011 | by Fox News Latino | Latino Daily News
When the legislature reconvenes on January 11th, they’ll be met with support and opposition from the state’s sheriffs. A number of sheriffs in Texas are saying they oppose their state legislators’ plans to push anti-immigration bills continue reading »
HISPANIC HATE: DREAM Acter, President of Fresno Student Body, Target of Hate Website
January 7, 2011 | by Fresno Bee | Latino Daily News
On November 18 we wrote about Pedro Ramirez’ dual role in life: Cal State Fresno Student Body President and undocumented student. An anonymous tip took him, initially uncomfortably, out of the shadows to the forefront of the DREAM Act and why it is so desperately needed in this country. continue reading »
‘El Ponchis’ Child Hit Man’s Mom Pleads Not Guilty to Being in U.S. Illegally
January 7, 2011 | by Reuters | Latino Daily News
Yolanda Jimenez Lugo and her husband Gabriel Aguirre Manuel, both pleaded not guilty in a San Diego court room today to not being in this country illegally. continue reading »
Gay Couple Separated by Deportation Site Peru’s Discrimination Seeking Humanitarian Parole
January 7, 2011 | by AOL News | Latino Daily News
A couple that has been together for five years are now separated by thousands of miles because a Peruvian citizen overstayed his visa and has now been deported. The federal government does not recognize the civil union of Richard Dennis, continue reading »
Mexico Police Allege U.S. Border Patrol Shot Teen as He Was Climbing Border Wall in Arizona
January 6, 2011 | by Nogales International | Latino Daily News
According to Mexican police, the 17-year old Mexican teenager identified as Ramsés Barron who died in a Sonora, Mexico hospital was shot by U.S. Border Patrol. continue reading »
Rhode Island Governor Fulfills Campaign Promise And Repeals Anti-Immigrant Order
January 6, 2011 | by Boston.com | Latino Daily News
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee has rescinded an executive order signed in 2008 that directed state departments and vendors that do business with the state to use E-Verify as well as the police to enter into agreement [287(g).] with federal immigration authorities. continue reading »
Immigrant Rights Advocates Push for Rescinding of Day Laborer Law
January 5, 2011 | by The Washington Post | Latino Daily News
Immigrant rights and social justice advocates are asking a Virginia town council to rescind an ordinance that prohibits the solicitation of work by day laborers. In Herndon, Virginia, residents and advocate groups say the specific prohibition of allowing people to tell passers-by that they are looking for work but not outlawing all communication violates the workers’ First Amendment rights. continue reading »
National Guard Helping Border Patrol in California, Results in Higher Apprenhension Numbers
January 5, 2011 | by DHS | Latino Daily News
California National Guard members have assisted in 1,319 apprehensions along the state’s boundary with Mexico, where they have worked since August in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) under the Presidential Administration’s plan to beef up border security. continue reading »
Arizona Veteran Has His Own Kind of Border Patrol (VIDEO)
January 4, 2011 | by Fox News | Latino Daily News
Lynn Kartchner, a US Army veteran and friend of the rancher killed in March of 2010 has taken border security into his own hands. Night after night, Lynn Kartchner and some of his colleagues patrol part of Arizona’s most highly trafficked border area looking for illegal activity with his own personal truck, night vision cameras, and a massive light with infrared surveillance scope, and a .50 caliber gun for what the reporter says is just “for percussionary measures.” continue reading »
NY Governor Attempts to “Protect” Undocumented Without Criminal Records
January 3, 2011 | by New York Times | Latino Daily News
As part of a pact with the federal government, and in an attempt to appease opponents of a program used to identify undocumented immigrants, New York Gov. David A. Paterson says he has reached an agreement continue reading »
