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Posted on 02 July 2009
US police chiefs on Wednesday called on President Barack Obama to pass comprehensive immigration reform as a crucial move to improve security. Police leaders convening in Miami, Florida urged the White House to pass immigration reform and pressed for their voices to be heard in the debate. "It is crucial that the law enforcement perspective be considered in any debate on immigration," said Miami police chief John Timoney. Continue Reading...
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Posted on 02 July 2009
The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce opposes legislation introduced in the House of Representatives, H.R. 2568; the Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act. H.R. 2568 is the only legislation written to stop the flow of billions of dollars in small business contracts to Fortune 500 companies and foreign firms. Since 2003, over a dozen federal investigations have shown rampant fraud and abuse in federal small business contracting programs, which have allowed over $100 billion a year in small business contracts to go to some of the largest firms in the U.S. and Europe. Continue Reading...
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Posted on 02 July 2009
WHO WILL GIVE THE DEMOCRATS A TOUGH TALK? Who will tell them that in order to rise above the well-entrenched practices of the Right, they will need to be daring, intelligent, and original? Who will assure them they possess the ability to be both honest and victorious? Continue Reading...
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Posted on 02 July 2009
It wasn't that long ago that we featured the story of college graduate, Benita Veliz, a honor student who had been arrested by San Antonio police and sentenced to start deportation proceedings. We learned last month that Benita can stay in the U.S. for another three months until her fate is determined. Unfortunately, time is fast running out for yet another honors student. His name is Walter Lara and he only has 5 days left to convince Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to let him stay in the only country he has ever known as home. Continue Reading...
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Posted on 02 July 2009
Earlier this week, Latina Lista published a post opining how the "coup" in Honduras didn't have all the earmarks of traditional Latin American military takeovers. Yet, many readers disagreed pointing to the fact that the military forced the President out of the palace at gunpoint and that many of those same military leaders had received their training at the infamous "School of the Americas." Continue Reading...
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Posted on 02 July 2009
Statement of the Conveners of the National Latino Congreso (NLC) on the Illegal Military Coup in Honduras,
We, the undersigned Conveners of the National Latino Congreso, commend President Barack Obama for his timely condemnation of the illegal and unconstitutional removal of the democratically elected President of the Republic of Honduras Manuel Zelaya on June 27, 2009. We urge President Obama to instruct the State Department to officially declare that the Honduran military and its allies have staged a coup against the constitutionally elected President of Honduras (Manuel Zelaya). Continue Reading...
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Posted on 02 July 2009
The Supreme Court ruling on the New Haven firefighters case, plus the Sotomayor hearings, bring back an issue that once divided liberals. Oddly, the President who started affirmative action was Nixon.
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Posted on 01 July 2009
The Junior Senator From Minnesota Supports Common Sense Solutions to Our Broken Immigration System
Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Minnesota Supreme Court ended an 8 month legal dispute over who would represent the state of Minnesota in the United States Senate. Incumbent Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) conceded defeat to Democrat Al Franken, giving Democrats in the Senate a filibuster-proof 60 seat majority in the chamber. But where does the newest member of the Minnesota delegation stand on the issue of immigration? Continue Reading...
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Posted on 01 July 2009
Visiting in Ireland, DHS Secretary Napolitano commented on President Obama's assignment to her on comprehensive immigration reform. She was quoted an article by Deaglan de Breadun in the Irish Times: “The president has asked me to lead the team working with the Congress to examine immigration reform in the United States." Continue Reading...
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Posted on 01 July 2009
Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya has vowed to return to his country and to his position on Thursday. Pero he won’t be alone. Zelaya plans to bring an entourage with him including, according to news sources, Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, and the U.N. General Assembly and OAS chiefs. Continue Reading...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that the state acted improperly when it terminated a Guatemalan woman’s rights to her two U.S. citizen children after she was detained on charges of falsely identifying herself to a police officer and deported.The woman was working in a local meat-processing plant a year later when social service workers went to her house with a police officer to check on whether she was properly tending to her severely ill daughter. [...more]
