Articles Posted in the Immigration Category
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US Justice Department Opens Hotline & Email to Field Alabama Civil Rights Concerns
The U.S. Justice Department created a bilingual hotline and e-mail for the public to report civil rights concerns regarding Alabama’s new toughest-in-the-nation immigration law, according to a Bloomberg report. The phone line and an accompanying e-mail address were established “for the public to report potential civil rights concerns related to the impact” of the laws, [...]
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Video: Meet 5 Mexican Woman who went from Day Laborers to Small Business Owners
Five Mexican women in New York who used to work as day laborers have started their own environmentally friendly cleaning business. The New York Times video report is below: What do you think? Leave comments below or share them with us on Twitter and Facebook.
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Alabama Immigrant Parents Planning Alternate Caretakers for Kids in Case of Deportation
With Alabama tightening the chain on its immigration law which was passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature this year and signed by Gov. Robert Bentley, families are looking into signing over there kids to family, friends, and even co-workers because they are in fear of being kicked out the country or put in jail, according to [...]
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‘John and Ken’ Radio Show Boycott Begins After Cancelled Meeting
A coalition of Latino and immigration rights groups will move forward with a boycott of the LA-based John and Ken Radio show after station management at KFI-AM cancelled a meeting with group representatives. “I’m more than happy to sit down with anybody who has a concern and talk it out but we’re not going to [...]
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No Immediate Decision on Alabama Immigration Law, says Federal Appeals Court
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday that it would not immediately decide whether to block enforcement of Alabama’s new immigration law, considered one of the nation’s toughest, according to the Associated Press. The order came after the federal government asked the court to block the law. The appeals court ordered both Alabama [...]
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Three Injured in San Ysidro, California Border Crossing Collapse
Update: 3:19 EDT: A secondary triage area has been set-up where 17 people are being treated for exposure related injuries. The fire department requested six more ambulances to the scene reports ABC 10 News. Update 3:13: EDT: San Diego CBS News 8 is reporting that wood being used in a construction project collapsed on several [...]
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Undocumented Immigrant Cheated out of $3 Million N.Y. Jackpot
Three men were arrested Friday accused of cheating an undocumented immigrant out of his $3 million New York State Lottery jackpot. The Rockland District Attorney is charging Atif Ali, 28, Riaz Khan, 45, and Mubeen Ashraf, 23, with first-degree larceny for receiving more than $500,000 of the lottery winnings. The immigrant, who speaks limited English, [...]
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Video: Meet a Latina Same-Sex Couple Impacted by Obama Immigration Announcement
Last week’s immigration announcement from the Obama administration had an immediate impact on a case in Denver, where an immigration judge on Friday postponed the deportation of Sujey Pando, a lesbian from Mexico legally married in Iowa to an American from Colorado, Violeta Pando, the New York Times reported. Although federal law does not recognize [...]
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Listen: DL Podcast – Immigration and 2012, Top Cities for Young Latinos, Bull Semen shuts down TX Highway and more!
THIS WEEK: Another busy week as Jon (@jonbyington) and Julio (@julioFSU1903) discuss the week’s Latino happenings including: This week’s earthquakes on the East Coast and Peru. U.S. Issues New Deportation Policy’s First Repireives; what does this mean going into 2010 Song with Funny Lyrics Marc Anthony Rep Denies Affair with Jada Pinkett Smith Top 15 [...]
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Undocumeted Immigrants stranded on Island; call 911 for help
If you have an emergency call 911 – regardless of your immigration status. That’s what one immigrant did after becoming stranded on an island off the Southern California coast. The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 15 undocumented immigrants stranded for three days off the Southern California coast. One of the stranded immigrants called 911 on Friday [...]
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“People doubt Casey Anthony verdict because defense attorney is Latino “- Chicanos Unidos Arizona
We can’t make this up so the following two paragraphs are from a July 7, 2011 post from Examiner.com’s Phoenix Civil Rights contributor Miguel Perez. Phoenix Latino civil rights groups Chicanos Unidos Arizona and Nuestros Reconquistos have come out to publicly support Casey Anthony and her Latino attorney, Jose Baez. “The only reason people are [...]
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Washington Post Passes on Jose Vargas Undocumented Immigrant Story
The Washington Post passed on publishing Jose Antonio Vargas’ 4,000 word article, according to a blog post this afternoon from the New York Times. In the post, Chris Sullentrop, writes that Jose reached out to him about possibly publishing the article after the Post passed. The post reached out to Carlos Lozada, the editor of The [...]
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Ex-reporter Jose Antonio Vargas annouces he’s an “Undocumented Immigrant
Jose Antonio Vargas, a former reporter for the Washington Post and Huffington Post, came out as an undocumented immigrant in a New York Times article published online and also spoke with ABC News (video below). On Wednesday, Washington Post spokeswoman Kris Coratti condemned their actions. Vargas eventually told his mentor, Peter Perl, now the newspaper’s [...]
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Latino New Yorkers most fearful of being attacked
Researchers at Baruch College revealed this week that 48 percent of New Yorkers fear being violently attacked because of their race or ethnicity. “It totally surprised me,” said Mickey Blum, director of Baruch survey research, who helped conduct the polling. Researchers asked 1,207 New Yorkers of all different races, income levels and backgrounds in April [...]
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Denied! Apple Rejects Smuggle Truck Immigration game App Submission
Owlchemy labs created controversy earlier this year when they announced their new game “Smuggle Truck,” which would allow players to smuggle illegal immigrants across a virtual southern border in a truck. This morning the company announced that their iPhone/iPad submission was rejected by the App Store. The original game is still available for PC and [...]
