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Victoria Nuland, State Department Spokesperson: We have seen reports that 36 Iranian universities have banned women from 77 critical fields of study including engineering, education, and counseling.  This decision represents a significant regression for women inIran, who have outnumbered men in universities for over a decade, and will further restrict the…

This week, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals inAtlanta struck down major portions of the anti-immigrant laws passed inAlabama andGeorgia, including a provision requiringAlabama public school officials to determine the immigration status of enrolling students.  In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling onArizona’s SB1070, a federal court once again…

The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), a coalition of the 30 leading Hispanic organizations from across the country, released the 2012 Hispanic Public Policy Agenda at aWashington,D.C. news conference. The quadrennial document makes specific policy recommendations to all three branches of the federal government in the areas of economic security and empowerment, education, immigration, government accountability,…

The Congressional Leadership Institute (CHLI) congratulated Myrna Soto, Chief Information & Infrastructure Security Officer of Comcast for her leadership and recognition by the Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC) at the Q3 2012 HITEC Executive Summit being held August 23 - 24 at the Computer Science Corporation (CSC) inFalls Church,Virginia. "On…

Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez issued the following statement reacting to the news that Romney campaign advisor Kris Kobach, a Kansas Republican official and Tampa convention delegate, has not only succeeded in inserting new anti-immigrant language into the GOP platform, but has also filed a lawsuit on behalf of immigration agents who do not…

On August 21st 2012, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador held new elections for Magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice, thus complying with the ruling issued by the Supreme Court on June 5, 2012. By doing so, the Legislative Assembly has ended the existing conflict with the Supreme Court,…