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What is the role of local law enforcement in the immigration debate?
According to Austin News 8, defining the role is what local civil rights activists and attorneys are trying to help the city of Austin figure out.
Monday, these advocates presented recommendations to the Austin City Council. “The recommendations have little […]

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According to the Providence, Rhode Island Journal, David Richardson, owner of a heating equipment supply company demanded to see a customer’s social security card. Said Richardson, “I have no problem as a citizen of the United States of America to try and pursue people who are breaking laws. I was just trying to […]

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The program at Samford University was a success! There were so many great comments about immigration, the judicial system, Spanish-speakers, interpreters, that we didn’t have time to address them all. I was honored to be asked to speak at the University, and hope to be a presenter again. For more information […]

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The Daytona Beach News Journal states that Spanish skills continue to give workers an edge in the marketplace.  The article states that the need is greatest in healthcare, educational, and emergency services.
“Ana Eire, a Spanish language professor at Stetson University, said a person’s foreign language skills generally should go beyond basic oral communication to be […]

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Newsday.com notes that Westchester County, New York’s agreement with Department of Justice has been renewed for 2008. The agreement, which mandates that the county provide assistance to Spanish-speaking voters was a resolution to a lawsuit based on the Voting Rights Act and the Help America Vote Act. “Those measures require Spanish-language information and […]

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A NewsWire article states that “for many Americans, poverty and lack of health insurance make it difficult to get necessary health and medical care. According to a new study, once they do visit the doctor, poor, uninsured people often report racial discrimination when communicating with health care professionals.” A University of South Carolina […]

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The Dallas Morning News reports that the crackdown on illegal immigration in Irving, Texas has become very effective.  However, the city has been criticized for wasting too many resources and helping to detain illegal immigrants on C Misdemeanors, a relatively low priority offenses, like traffic tickets.  “Last year, Irving police began participating in the Criminal […]

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Tom Miller, a Tucson author, wrote a book that focuses on successful Hispanics whose first language was not English. Mr. Miller says, “over the 35 or so years that I have lived in Southern Arizona and traveled in Latin America, I have watched people whose second or third or fourth language is English and […]

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The New York Times reports that a young Honduran woman who was breastfeeding her 9 month old baby was arrested in Ohio and awaits deportation. The child was handed over to social services in Ohio. Many groups are outraged at what they call an cruel practice. “The decision to separate a mother […]

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The Ren0 Gazette-Journal reports that several immigrants detained in a recent raid are getting immigration help from attorneys. The attorneys were attending a conference in nearby Lake Tahoe when they heard about the raid. The article goes on to say,”the lawyers answered questions from the public, advised them of numbers to call […]

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