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24% of US Child Have at least One immigrant Parent and More Immigration Facts
March 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
The Migration Policy Institute's online journal, the Migration Information Source, today published its annual compilation of some of the most up-to-date and frequently sought-after facts and statistics on U.S. immigration, including current and historical population shares, illegal migration flows, continue reading »
Protest Planned for in Opposition to Immigration Detention Center
March 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | State News
In protest of a proposal to put an Immigration Detention Center in Crete, Illinois, opponents have organized a three-day March from Chicago to Crete. The protest will begin at Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, 344 continue reading »
Immigration Isn’t Everything: The Latino Vote Will Not Be Blindly Cast
March 20, 2012 | by New America Media | HS News Network
As Latinos are projected to make up nearly nine percent of the electorate in November--a 26 percent increase over the 2008 figure, according to NALEO--the buzz around the power of the Latino vote is warranted. continue reading »
Put the Brakes on Hate- Sign Petition Here against Anti-Immigrant Law
March 15, 2012 | by Americas Voice | HS News Network
Hyundai and Honda have the power to change history when it comes to Alabama’s anti-immigrant law, HB 56. Auto manufacturing is one of the most important industries in Alabama; lawmakers would scramble to repeal the law if car companies were to really put their foot down about it. continue reading »
Georgia Passes New Immigration Law Concerning Dreamers
March 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
Last Monday, March 6th, the Georgia Senate, passed a new immigration law called the SB458. Represented by the Republican Party, this law addresses the current issues related to the Dream Act and recent state legislature that pertains to undocumented immigrants and their children. continue reading »
Undocumented Migrants Will Change U.S., Mexican Priest Activists Says
March 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Undocumented immigrants will remake U.S. society and politics in the coming years, a Mexican priest who advocates on behalf of Central American migrants said. continue reading »
9500 Liberty - Watch Award Winning Immigrant Documentary Now on Snagfilms.com
March 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
9500 Liberty documents the first time in United States’ history that an Arizona-style immigration law was actually implemented. For eight weeks, Prince William County, Virginia adopted a law requiring the police to question continue reading »
“I’m Getting Arrested” App Aims to Help the Undocumented
March 10, 2012 | by New America Media | Latino Daily News
A group of pro-immigrant rights activists in Arizona aim to develop a smartphone application that would help immigrants notify friends, family and their attorney if they are detained and arrested during a traffic stop. continue reading »
Latino Group Joins Re-Enactment of Selma to Montgomery March
March 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Thousands of people gather in Alabama each year to re-enact the Selma to Montgomery March that took place 47 years ago. This year protesters will have not just a memory but a new cause as they march across the Edmund Pettis Bridge. continue reading »
70% Californians say Undocumented Should be Able to Keep their Jobs
March 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Seventy percent of Californians feel that undocumented immigrants who have lived and worked in the country for at least two years should have the opportunity to keep their jobs, a new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California shows. continue reading »
Undocumented California Woman Deported After Protesting Foreclosure On Her Home
March 8, 2012 | by Think Progress | HS News Network
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials last week deported an undocumented California woman to Mexico following a citizen’s arrest that occurred as she protested a potentially illegal foreclosure on her home. continue reading »
Georgia Mulls Banning Undocumented from Public Universities
February 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Activists and students in Georgia rallied here to urge legislators to reject SB 458, which if approved would prohibit access by undocumented immigrants to all of the state's public universities. continue reading »
ACLU Wants Court to Strike Down ALL of Fremont, Nebraska’s Immigration Law
February 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska announced Tuesday that it will appeal the decision of a federal judge to overturn only some parts of an anti-immigrant municipal ordinance adopted by the city of Fremont. continue reading »
Latinos Harassed, Immigrants Denied Pay, Families Live Without Water Thanks To Anti-Immigrant Law
February 28, 2012 | by Think Progress | HS News Network
Since HB 56, Alabama’s extreme immigration law, went into effect last fall, children stayed home from school out of fear that their parents would be deported, and U.S.-born children have been denied food stamps because of their parents’ immigration status. continue reading »
The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Arizona’s Latinos and Immigrants
February 25, 2012 | by Center for American Progress | Latino Daily News
Since Arizona’s Republican-controlled legislature and governor passed the harsh anti-immigrant law S.B. 1070 in 2010, the state has been ground zero for the nation’s increasingly acrimonious immigration debate. The policies enacted in S.B. 1070 continue reading »
The Arizona “Model”: Failed Immigration Policy, Successful Voter Mobilization
February 25, 2012 | by Americas Voice Online | Latino Daily News
In order to win over the most conservative, extremist voters in the Arizona Republican primary (which will be held Tuesday, February 28th), presidential candidate Mitt Romney called the state’s immigration policy a “model” for others to follow. continue reading »
Activists say Border Patrol Staking out Arizona Hospitals
February 25, 2012 | by Kimberly Kipp | Latino Daily News
The Arizona Human Rights Coalition has asked for the cooperation of the immigrant community to report the presence of Border Patrol agents in hospitals. Kat Rodriguez, the spokesperson for the coalition, told Efe that they had seen an increase in complaints about the presence of Border Patrol agents in the emergency rooms and even maternity wards continue reading »
Deported Father Receives Good News in Battle to be Reunited with U.S. Citizen Children
February 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A father who was deported to Mexico has a little more hope now after thousands of people signed a petition to slow the court case that could conceivably keep him from his children. continue reading »
U.S. Visas Aid Trafficking Victims, At Their Peril
February 23, 2012 | by New America Media | HS News Network
Zoraida Peña Canal, left, was trafficked from Peru to be a domestic servant in Walnut Creek. Lawyer Avantika Rao guided her through the complex T visa program. Peña Canal prevailed, without law enforcement certification of her case. Photo courtesy of Avantika Rao. continue reading »
Nebraska Court Strikes Down Ordinance Banning Renting or Hiring Undocumented in Fremont
February 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A federal court struck down part of a Fremont, Nebraska ordinance banning citizens from renting homes to immigrants or hiring them within the city limits. continue reading »
