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Federal Judge Confirms that Sheriff Joe Arpaio Racially Profiled Latinos

File this one in the “no surprise” files. On Friday, a federal judge in Phoenix ruled that Sheriff Joe Arpaio singled out Latinos in his crackdowns on undocumented immigrants. In addition to finding that Arpaio̵...
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Katherine Archuleta Could Become First Latina to Head Office of Personnel Management

This morning President Obama announced that he will nominate Katherine Archuleta for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. Should she be confirmed, Archuleta would be the first Latina to head this agency. The Offi...
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J. Lo and Verizon Appeal to Latinos’ Affinity for Social Media

Yesterday entertainer Jennifer Lopez announced that a company she created, Viva Movil, is partnering with Verizon Wireless to allow people to shop for services, phones and mobile plans via social networks and in new stores that...
by Adriana Maestas
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Immigration Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee; Gay Couples Left Out

Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the immigration bill out of its committee by a vote of 13-5 ending the markup session. The bill will now go to the Senate floor. All of the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Commi...
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UPDATED: Garcetti Becomes Second Latino Mayor of Los Angeles in Modern Times

Today residents of Los Angeles head to the polls to elect their mayor, yet despite having the opportunity to elect the first woman mayor or the first Jewish mayor (who also happens to be Latino and could become the second Latin...
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TRUST Act Advances in California Legislature Again

Back in the fall, the California legislature sent a bill, the TRUST Act, to Governor Jerry Brown that would have put some limits on the extent that local law enforcement in the Golden State cooperates with federal immigration ...
by Adriana Maestas
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As Senate Passes Immigration Amendments, House Reaches Deal

On Thursday, a bipartisan group in the House of Representatives came to an “agreement in principle” on proceeding forward with immigration reform. The House is expected to work on drafting a bill that will be introd...
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Lowered Voting Age in Illinois Likely to Help Latino Electorate

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is expected to sign a bill that would allow some 17 year olds to vote in elections. There’s a qualifier though — only those who will be 18 by the general election will be allowed to vote....
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Report: Latinos Largely Absent on Cable News

A new report published by Media Matters this week shows that gender and ethnic diversity on evening cable news is lacking. This report basically confirms others that have been published in recent years that show how white cable...
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Richwine Dissertation Last Straw for Florida Hispanic Outreach Director

Consider this real fallout from the Heritage Foundation – Jason Richwine scandal. Yesterday a Florida Hispanic Outreach Director, Pablo Pantoja, announced that he had switched his party affiliation from Republican to Demo...
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San Antonio Voters Back Julian Castro for 3rd Term as Mayor

On Saturday, Julian Castro was re-elected to a third term as the Mayor of San Antonio with 66.5 percent of the vote. The San Antonio Express-News reports that only 6.9 percent of eligible voters turned out. Although this is a v...
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Fallout from the Richwine/Heritage Foundation Scandal

On Friday, Jason Richwine, the Heritage Foundation researcher who was co-authored an immigration study that was widely discredited and penned a Ph.D. dissertation claiming that Hispanics have a lower IQ, resigned from his posit...
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Immigration Enforcement Consequence: Latinos Fear the Police

A new study by Lake Research Partners, PolicyLink and the University of Illinois, Chicago shows that police involvement in immigration enforcement is making Latinos reluctant to contact the police. The survey of 2,004 Latinos r...
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Disney’s “Dia de los Muertos” Incident is One of Many Recent Offenses to Latinos

On Tuesday, word got out Disney filed some trademark applications for the term “Dia de los Muertos” to sell a bunch of stuff according to filing documents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Some of ...
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Ted Cruz Takes the High Road in “Hispanic” Spat

On Sunday, former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson made some comments on an ABC web video for “This Week” about Texas Senator Ted Cruz. In the context of immigration reform, Richardson said, “He’s anti-im...
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