Hispanic Lawmakers Are Hopeful Following Meeting with Homeland Secretary

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) emerged from a meeting yesterday with Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano hopeful that their concerns about immigration enforcement were being addressed.  Specifically, the group discussed ways to to end workplace raids by federal authorities.
According to a report in The Hill, Secretary Napolitano preempted the lawmakers’ questions about [...]

De la Isla: Latinos find many benefits in stimulus

In the most recent edition of Hispanic Link, Jose de la Isla explores the details of the stimulus package passed by Congress and examines how it potentially could have a positive impact on Hispanics families and businesses.
The landmark $789 billion legislation to jump-start economic activity throughout the nation, if fairly distributed, will have a significant [...]

Obama Promises Recovery for the Nation

In President Obama’s first address to a joint session of Congress, he asked worried Americans to pull together and declared reassuringly that the U.S. “will emerge stronger than before”. The 44th President called for new efforts to address energy, health care and education.
Acknowledging the anger felt by many Americans over the bailouts of banks, automobile [...]

Hilda Solis Becomes First Hispanic Woman to Serve in Obama's Cabinet

Today, following a vote in the Senate of 80-17, Hilda Solis was confirmed as Secretary of Labor. Solis, the first Latina to serve in Obama’s Cabinet, will lead the Department of Labor and is one of the strongest supporters of America’s workers and labor movement.
Hispanic and Labor groups are applauding the Senate’s approval. “The confirmation [...]

Afternoon Confirmation Expected for Solis

The Senate will hold a final confirmation vote today on Labor Secretary Designee Hilda Solis at 4:30 pm EST. This vote comes more than two months after she was nominated by President Obama.
The vote was scheduled by lawmakers after Democrats were assured that Republicans would not filibuster the nomination.
This morning, Senate Democratic and Republican leaders [...]

Documentary on Landmark Suit Airs on PBS Tonight at 8 pm

“A Class Apart” Airs tonight at 9/8 pm Central on PBS. It recounts a little known yet historical case known as Hernandez v. Texas, in which the legendary San Antonio attorney Gus Garcia decided to challenge the discriminatory system to gain equal rights for Mexican-Americans.
In an article by Raul Yzaguirre in the Houston Chronicle he [...]

Latino Youth on Path to Academic Excellence

Lemon Grove Middle School in San Diego has made headlines by being the first middle school in California to offer AP Spanish courses to sixth, seventh-and eighth-graders. The school, in an effort to encourage young Hispanics to take rigorous academic coursework, is offering AP classes to challenge their students who often face barriers because English [...]

Arizona Rancher Liable for Assault on Immigrants

A vigilante rancher in Arizona who has complained about illegal immigrants trespassing on his U.S.-Mexico border property has been cleared of civil rights violations after he detained them and other immigrants at gunpoint in 2004. A federal jury did order him to pay four women he detained $73,352.
The infamous rancher named Roger Barnett is liable [...]

Adolfo Carrión Appointed as Director of White House Office on Urban Policy

This morning President Obama announced Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión as director of the new White House Office on Urban Policy.
Carrión’s new job will entail coordinating federal programs dealing with housing, transportation and other related issues to help effectively target federal money to the nation’s most struggling cities. He will report directly to President Obama, [...]

Study Shows Latinos Account for 40% of all Federal Offenders: Increase due to Immigration Enforcement?

According to a study released by the Pew Hispanic Center entitled “A Rising Share: Hispanics and Federal Crime“, Latinos account for 40% of all federal offenders-more than triple their percent of the total population (13%) representing the single largest racial and ethnic group among all federal offenders. Whites represent 27%, Blacks represent 23%, and the [...]

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