Mes: agosto 2012

Russell Pearce, former Arizona State Senate President and hard-core anti-immigrant extremist, went down to defeat this week in his Republican State Senate primary, losing by nearly 12 points to businessman Bob Worsley. This was Pearce's second electoral loss this year. He also lost to Jerry Lewis in a historic recall election last February. This primary…

This week, the Soto family received the news they had been praying for, Samuel Soto would be released with an Order of Supervision.  Activists gathered over 8,000 signatures on a petition for Soto's release and prompted a letter of support from Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL). Activists are now turning to…

Detroit/Seattle/New York City– This week, immigrant advocate groups and 11 members of Congress called for an independent investigation into reports of abuse at the hands of Border Patrol.  Congressman Hansen Clarke’s office represented the other U.S. Representatives and joined immigrant groups representing states from New York to Washington requesting Government…

  Washington, DC[CapitalWirePR]– The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) today announced the full schedule for its 2012 Public Policy Conference to be held September 10-12, 2012, at theRonaldReaganBuilding andInternationalTradeCenter inWashington,D.C. CHCI will bring together Cabinet Secretaries, elected officials, celebrities, national experts, community activists, educators and more to discuss critical issues facing…

The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund issued the following statement on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s ruling on the state of Texas’ application for preclearance of its voter identification law: "We applaud the U.S. District Court for not pre-clearing the…