The Latino population has risen significantly in the United States in the past decade, but not just because of immigration. Actually, a higher birth rate among Hispanic women is now the dominant factor in the rise, according to a new study.The driving force for this surge: Mexican-American babies. This, according to…
The United States government is revamping a program that will fly undocumented Mexican immigrants back to Mexico City, after they’ve been caught entering the country illegally.The feds claim this prevents deaths from dehydration and exhaustion from people crossing the Arizona desert during the hottest time of the year.But activists cry…
Members of the human-rights group Puente greeted sports fans with anti-Senate Bill 1070 chants and signs outside Chase Field Tuesday, as the Major League Baseball All-Star Game got under way.About 100 protesters from Puente demonstrated against Arizona’s immigration law while baseball enthusiasts filed into the stadium.”In Arizona there is daily…
Somos America, a Phoenix-based pro-immigrant group, has gained the first high-profile name for its white-ribbon campaign, which encourages players and fans to don a symbol of opposition to Senate Bill 1070 during Tuesday’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Chase Field.Jackie Robinson’s daughter, Sharon, who will be at the All-Star Game, plans to wear…
A Mexican soccer match between Club America and Morelia at the University of Phoenix Stadium on Sunday was hoping to draw 50,000 attendees, but fell way short of that mark. Actual attendance numbers were not announced, but a safe guess is less than 10,000.The fans’ favorite was America, which has a large following…
More than a year ago pro-immigrant organizations were demanding that the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game be moved from Phoenix to punish Arizona for passing one of the harshest immigration laws in the nation.Among those organizations was the Phoenix-based immigrant-rights coalition Somos America, but MLB did not heed activists’ demands and the game…
Ever since Governor Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law, pro-immigrant activists and politicians have had different perspectives on how to best show disapproval of the controversial immigration statute. Organizations such as the Phoenix-based human-rights organization Puente have called for a boycott of the state. U.S. Representative…
Last year one of Mexico’s most revered soccer teams cancelled its game in Glendale in opposition to Arizona’s immigration law, Senate Bill 1070. Now that the most controversial elements of the law are tangled up in federal court, Club America’s management has decided to come to Arizona and play at…
The Phoenix-based human-rights organization Puente has called for a national boycott of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, to be hosted at Chase Field, July 12.Puente’s boycott stems from its opposition to Senate Bill 1070, the group announced at a press conference on Wednesday. Raul Cordero, a member of Puente,…
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held its first DREAM Act hearing since the legislation was first proposed a decade ago. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat, announced the hearing last week. Durbin was looking to convince Senate Republicans to support the proposed legislation, which would create a pathway to…
Even though Angelica Hernandez graduated as valedictorian from Arizona State University’s mechanical engineering school this past May, she won’t be rewarded with a career or a good job. This, because she is an undocumented immigrant. However, she will be recognized in U.S. Congress for her hard work.Hernandez, along with another member of the…
The United States Senate is at it again with immigration reform legislation, but Republicans are still unwilling to join the effort.Today, Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, introduced legislation that would create a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in this country.DeeDee Blase, founder…
Last week United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement honcho John Morton announced a series of “improvements” meant to keep ICE’s focus on deporting aliens with serious criminal records.In spite of these highly touted policy changes, ICE today deported a Phoenix high school cross-country coach who had done a lot of…
Pro-immigrant lawyers and activists are slamming the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for recently announced policy “changes” that they say will do nothing to improve the way illegal immigrants are being deported.ICE director John Morton is saying he will give the department’s lawyers more decision-making options on what immigration…
Pro-immigrant activist Sal Reza, leader of the Phoenix human-rights group Puente, announced Tuesday that he’s suing state Senate President Russell Pearce in federal court for falsely arresting him on suspicion of trespassing and denying him access to the Senate building.In addition to Pearce, the complaint names as defendants two Arizona…
Miguel Aparicio’s story is a prime example of how the U.S. immigration system can take someone from one extreme to another.In 2009, as he was driving down to a friend’s house in Casa Grande to do some electrician work, he was pulled over for a minor traffic stop. In the…
Vicente Fernandez, a Mexican ranchero singer, angered some in Arizona’s Latino community when he decided to not only perform in an anti-immigrant state, but also because he is being sponsored by Budweiser.Scores of people showed up at US Airways Center Friday evening to show their disdain for the beloved Mexican…
Senate President Russell Pearce claims illegal immigration costs taxpayers beaucoup cash; in reality Hispanics, legal and illegal, are aiding the state’s economy.A boom in Arizona’s Latino population has resulted in a powerful purchasing bloc that could help save the state’s struggling economy.This, according to a just-released report by the Arizona Hispanic…
A few women at the state Capitol invited Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce into their daily lives to show him what a few hundred dollars a week from unemployment benefits can buy.Carla Mannes, one of the women at a press conference held by Citizens for a Better Arizona, explained that a…
Massachusetts is now the third state to opt out of a federal immigration program that helps identify illegal immigrants and turn them over to federal officials.Governor Deval Patrick called it quits on the program, referred to as Secure Communities, about a week after New York did so. Illinois was the first…
Mexican icon, Vicente Fernandez, is getting heat from the Phoenix-based human rights group Puente for accepting a 3-year contract with Budweiser, the leading beer for Hensley & Co., owned by Cindy Hensley McCain, wife of U.S. Senator John McCain.Some Valley Latinos have been boycotting Budweiser since the passage of Senate Bill…
