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May 2012 Archives
Pew Hispanic Center- A Conversation About Identity
May 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff
The Pew Hispanic Center recently published "When Labels Don't Fit: Hispanics and their Views of Identity." The report was based on a nationwide survey that found most Hispanics don't embrace the term "Hispanic." And even fewer prefer the term "Latino." continue reading »
Anti-Immigration Group Blames Students for Maryland’s Budget Gap
May 25, 2012 | by Immigration Impact
In a case of very creative accounting, the nativist Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is blaming students for Maryland’s fiscal woes. In a new report, FAIR lumps together students who are unauthorized immigrants continue reading »
GOP ‘Appalled’ Over Obama Granting Castro’s Daughter Visa, Ignores Trips Under Bush
May 24, 2012 | by Think Progress
When the State Department granted the head of Cuba’s National Center for Sex Education, Mariela Castro Espín, a visa to chair a panel on LGBT issues at the Latin American Studies Association in San Francisco later this week, the Republican response was as obvious as the Cuban LGBT activist’s relations to the Caribbean island’s Communist dictators. Her father is Cuban President Raúl Castro, her uncle is revolutionary leader and longtime dictator Fidel Castro, and the Republicans were “appalled.” continue reading »
This Weeks Immigration Policy Update
May 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff
On May 16, the House passed its version of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill. Although some last-minute changes were made in a manager's amendment, the bill would still weaken protections for immigrant victims of domestic violence. continue reading »
Alabama Governor Signs Bill That Makes State’s Immigration Law Even Worse
May 22, 2012 | by Immigration Impact
Last week, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley publicly criticized a bill intended to revise key sections of the state’s controversial immigration law (HB 56). He even announced a special legislative session to address his issues with the bill—namely, a provision that requires school officials to check the immigration status of enrolling students and that of their parents and a provision that requires Alabama’s Department of Homeland Security continue reading »
Rubio Watch: Sen. Rubio Sympathizes with, then Attacks, Blameless Children
May 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has talked ... and talked ... and talked about introducing a bill that would provide legal status to, as he says, blameless undocumented individuals who were brought to the United States as children. We have welcomed the Florida senator’s entry into this important discussion and have been anxious to see his bill and the strong Republican support that he has promised. continue reading »
Report: Texas Executed The Wrong Man Because He Looked Like The Real Murderer
May 18, 2012 | by Think Progress
Last year, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) admitted that he “never struggled . . . at all” with whether someone his state executed might have been innocent. Yet a new book written by Columbia Law Professor James Liebman shows that Carlos DeLuna, executed by Texas in 1989, was innocent. continue reading »
Hundreds Show Up To Support Gabino Sanchez: Deportation Delayed But Moving Forward
May 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff
This week, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL-4) joined Gabino Sanchez, a South Carolina man facing deportation, at a hearing in Charlotte, NC and rallied with hundreds of supporters, including a large contingent of local clergy, outside the courthouse before the hearing. continue reading »
President Obama’s Latino Kryptonite Same-Sex Marriage?
May 15, 2012 | by Latino Decisions
Barack Obama is untouchable, at least in the Latino electorate. Two recent polls show his support among Latinos ranging from 70-80 percent. However, these polls took place before the President stated that his views on same- continue reading »
Translating Gay by Raul Guerrero
May 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff
President Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage prompted the question: What’s the politically correct Spanish translation for gay? continue reading »
Guitierrez: Romney Must Make Immigration Position Clear
May 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Today, Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) reacted to news out of Washington that the Director of Hispanic Outreach for Mitt Romney's campaign admitted that Romney "is still deciding what his immigration position is," according to several news reports continue reading »
Model at Mexican Presidential Debate Proves Our Politics Could Be Sillier, More Sexist
May 10, 2012 | by Think Progress
Well, this makes American politics look positively sober-minded and feminist: Julia Orayen has posed nude for Playboy and appeared barely dressed in other media, but she made her mark on Mexican minds Sunday night by carrying an urn filled with bits of paper determining the order that candidates would speak. continue reading »
Lack of Difference Between Secure Communities And Arizona’s SB 1070
May 8, 2012 | by Americas Voice Online
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its long-awaited response to last year’s report from the Secure Communities Task Force. Secure Communities, the Obama Administration’s signature immigration enforcement program, has been fiercely criticized by law enforcement experts, state governors and legislatures, continue reading »
Rubio Watch: Rubio Proposal Overlooks Obstacles Ahead For DREAMers
May 5, 2012 | by Immigration Impact
Though it has yet to be introduced in Congress, Senator Marco Rubio’s alternative to the DREAM Act received an appraisal from the Washington Post this week, which noted that it represents an effort to shake the hard-line anti-immigrant sentiment voiced by many leading conservative politicians. The editorial also noted, however, that the outlines of his proposal promote what’s tantamount to “permanent second-class status.” continue reading »
Reported Neo-Nazi Spree Killer Called SB 1070 Sponsor Russell Pearce His ‘Surrogate Father’
May 4, 2012 | by Think Progress
Yesterday, J.T. Ready, a neo-Nazi and member of the anti-immigrant Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, reportedly strapped on body armor, grabbed several firearms, and then killed four people in Gilbert, Arizona. One of the dead is a toddler. Ready also was killed in this incident, although reports vary on whether he took his own life. At the time of his death, Ready was running for Pinal County sheriff. continue reading »
