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Lawrence mayoral race draws field of 10

Posted by News on August 17, 2009 at 9:54pm
Who should lead the city over the next four years has become a central question in Lawrence as 10 candidates are battling to succeed incumbent two-term mayor Michael J. Sullivan. Sullivan is prohibited from running again by a city term-limits rule. A Sept. 22 preliminary will cull the field to two for the Nov. 3 city election. The size of the field, the open seat, and the prospect that Lawrence could become the first Massachusetts community to elect a Latino mayor are all drawing a spotlight t
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Nike mentors give Latino youth a career boost

Posted by News on August 16, 2009 at 10:48pm

Seven Latino students at Portland Community College’s Rock Creek campus are getting a jolt of business savvy from Nike workers, one meeting and piece of advice at a time. As part of a mentoring program that partners the Nike Latino and Friends Network with students from the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), each of the students – all first-generation college scholars from migrant-worker backgrounds – work with a Nike employee at honing crucial job skills and creating networking opport
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Hispanic males are now majority in county jails

Posted by News on July 7, 2009 at 3:30pm

There's a shift under way in the Maricopa County jails. The population of White male inmates, after growing steadily for more than a decade, has dropped in the past five years, while the population of Hispanic male inmates has increased to the point that they make up the ethnic majority, according Sheriff's Office data. Experts say the explanation for the increase is largely due to overall population trends coupled with a series of recent laws and policy decisions targeting illegal immigrants
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Lawyer Leads an Immigration Fight

Posted by News on July 21, 2009 at 12:43pm

On a recent morning, Kris W. Kobach, a conservative law professor, rushed late into a federal courtroom here with his suit slightly rumpled and little more than a laptop under his arm. His mission was to persuade the judge to uphold an ordinance adopted by a Dallas suburb that would bar landlords from renting housing to illegal immigrants. A team of lawyers from a Latino advocacy group had set up early at the opposing table, fortified with legal assistants and stacks of case documents. Unfazed
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New Jersey's Latino Leadership asks Obama to rescind Morristown's 287(g) status

Posted by News on July 21, 2009 at 11:39am

The Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey has sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to revoke 287(g) status for Morristown and Monmouth County, according to Sunday's editions of El Diario, a regional Spanish language daily newspaper. The letter was sent last week signaling "profound disagreement" with the administration's move to grant immigration officer status to Morristown police and the Monmouth Sheriff's Department.http://www.impre.com/eldiariony/noticias/2009/7/19/no-a-p
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Demography that threatens the GOP

Posted by News on June 24, 2009 at 7:18pm
Demography is not destiny, or so the Republicans had better hope. In the aftermath of President Obama's biggest Democratic win in 44 years, population and political trends threaten the future of the Grand Old Party. Obama has assembled what Atlantic Media political director Ron Brownstein calls a "coalition of the ascendant" — the fastest-growing racial, ethnic and ideological groups in the country. They include Hispanic voters, suburbanites and younger voters. READ FULL STORY
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Face of City Has Changed Dramatically, Census Estimates Show

Posted by HispanicPro on January 3, 2011 at 12:21am

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The electorate that will soon choose the successor to Mayor Richard M. Daley looks a lot different than the voters who first put him in office more than two decades ago.

An analysis of recently released United States Census Bureau estimates by the Chicago News Cooperative shows how racial and ethnic communities have continued to shift dramatically during the past decade in a city long known for its kaleidoscopic population and segregated neighborhoods.

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Latino-Black Rivalry Helped Fuel G.O.P.’s Takeover of State Senate

Posted by News on June 12, 2009 at 5:53pm

When two Democratic state senators, Pedro Espada Jr. and Hiram Monserrate, joined Republicans on the Senate floor Monday to kick off their surprise takeover of the chamber, almost every other Democratic senator in the room walked out in anger, shock or disgust. But as Mr. Espada stood to be sworn in as the new president of the Senate, several other Latino lawmakers, all members of the Assembly, filed into the room and stood behind him, beaming like proud parents. “There are over two million L
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Commentary: Increase in Latino federal prison population reveals flaws in immigration policy

Posted by News on March 8, 2009 at 3:32pm
Our immigration laws are out of whack. And they are clogging our federal prisons with nonviolent folks who are guilty of nothing more than living, working and raising families here without proper documentation. A Pew Hispanic Center study released in mid-February documents how Latinos now make up 40 percent of the estimated 200,000 prisoners in federal penitentiaries, triple their share of the total U.S. adult population and disproportionate to their representation in state and local jails (19
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President Barack Obama to Address Hispanic Business Leaders

Posted by News on March 8, 2009 at 11:54am

President Obama will open the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 19th Annual Legislative Conference next Tuesday with a keynote address. The president is halfway into the first 100 days of his administration, and his approach to improving the American economy is expected to be a large part of his address to the gathering of Hispanic entrepreneurs, small business owners, elected officials, and other leaders from communities across the nation. President Obama will address the conference
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Are Valley Latinos falling behind in visibility?

Posted by News on May 12, 2009 at 8:03am

Someone once said, ''The more things change, the more they stay the same.'' With that in mind, I note that the Latino community, particularly in Allentown, has been the source of discussion, concern, information and misperceptions for many years. However, a statistical review reveals a community with sharp contrasts and vivid remnants of the recent past. Allentown's Latino population makes up more than 30 percent of the city's nearly 106,000 residents with projections as high as 50 percent by
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Garcia backs out of serving as rodeo parade grand marshal

Posted by News on February 28, 2009 at 12:25pm
When the Houston rodeo holds its annual parade this morning, there will be one grand marshal — Harris County Judge Ed Emmett. But there were supposed to be two. Sheriff Adrian Garcia said he accepted the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s invitation to serve as co-grand marshal but backed out after learning that some minority leaders were planning to assail the rodeo’s treatment of Hispanics and African-Americans. READ FULL STORY
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GOP can reclaim the Hispanic vote

Posted by News on June 10, 2009 at 6:08am

POLITICO recently published a couple of articles that painted a pretty bleak picture of the prospects of the GOP winning back Hispanic voters (“Republicans Sound Alarm on Hispanic Voter Gap,” May 18; “RNC Hiring Chafes Top Hispanics,” May 20). I was quoted in both articles and felt it necessary to expand on my remarks and add some observations. While it is true that many Hispanic Republican leaders are anxious to see progress on efforts to regain lost ground among Hispanic voters, this should
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Stamford Hispanics gain voice in political group

Posted by News on May 12, 2009 at 7:44am
A Stamford resident for more than 40 years, Eva Padilla likes to be involved. Years ago, she would get out the vote in the Hispanic community the old-fashioned way -- hitting the sidewalks and knocking on doors. And today, as a retired social worker in her fifties, volunteering is what keeps her busy. So when a local group, the Hispanic Political Action Committee, organized with the goal of encouraging local Hispanics to get involved in politics on the local and state levels, it was no surpris
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Hispanics See Stars Aligned on High Court

Posted by News on May 12, 2009 at 7:37am

Justice David H. Souter's departure from the Supreme Court gives the first African American president a historic opportunity to break another barrier by appointing the first Hispanic to the nation's highest court. Those involved in the process inside the White House and those advising from outside say President Obama would relish such a choice. He studiously and successfully courted Hispanic support during the campaign and has maintained close ties to Latino leaders since coming to office. Bu
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Almost 1 of 2 new Americans in 2008 was Latino

Posted by News on April 7, 2009 at 11:26am
Hispanics made up nearly half of the more than 1 million people who became U.S. citizens last year, according to a Hispanic advocacy group. The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials said the number of Latinos who became Americans in fiscal year 2008 more than doubled over the previous year, to 461,317. That's nearly half of the record 1,046,539 new citizens overall in 2008, a 58 percent increase from 2007. "Latinos who naturalize are eager to demonstrate their commitme
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Courage, Mr. Holder

Posted by News on February 24, 2009 at 11:49am

Lecturing a conscript conclave of Justice Department bureaucrats, Attorney General Eric Holder called America a "nation of cowards" last week for not spending more time talking about race. Reading his speech, however, one recalls the sage counsel of Pat Moynihan to President Richard Nixon in 1970: This whole subject might benefit from a long period of "benign neglect." One point Holder did allude to, without specifics, was this: "It is not safe for this nation to assume that the unaddressed s
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Latinos Tell Census: Count on Us

Posted by News on February 17, 2009 at 12:38am
Creating trust and assuring confidentiality are the biggest challenges facing the U.S. Census Bureau in gathering an accurate count of Latinos for the decennial population count next year. Those were among the key points raised at a briefing on the 2010 census organized Wednesday by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in Washington, D.C. Latinos have been under-counted in previous census counts and efforts by LULAC and other national Latino organizations are aimed at making the
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Nell Soto dies at 82; California state senator championed

Posted by News on February 28, 2009 at 12:32pm

Nell Soto, who worked in citrus groves as a Depression-era child and rose to become a California state senator and among the first Latino officials to fight for environmental protection, died Thursday. She was 82. Soto, one of the first Latino women elected to statewide office from the Inland Empire, died at Woods Health Services in La Verne of complications from a stroke suffered in December. She retired from public office last year after months of failing health. In a statement Thursday, G
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Chicago Resident Christina Villanueva Chosen for Illinois Lincoln Excellence in Public Service Series

Posted by News on January 26, 2010 at 5:10pm

Christina Villanueva of Chicago has been named a 2010 fellow for the Illinois Lincoln Excellence in Public Service Series, a leadership program that trains and mentors up-and-coming Republican women in Illinois. Villanueva is one of eight women selected statewide to participate in the Illinois Lincoln Series this year. “I’m honored to have been selected for this program,” said Christina Villanueva. “Republican women have an important opportunity to contribute unique and diverse viewpoints to h
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