Hispanic News

Montgomery County’s Ride On bus system collected nearly 8,800 pounds of food and other items, a nearly 50 percent increase from last year, during its 25th annual “Give and Ride” food drive that took place the week of April 22.  Bus passengers received free rides by donating canned or nonperishable…

“Death on the Job” report released today by the AFL-CIO highlights the necessity to enhance workplace safety for all workers, especially for Latinos who have a higher risk to be fatality injured at work: http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/Death-on-the-Job-Report (Washington, DC, May 2) – The workplace fatality rate for Latino workers continues to be…

  VIRGINIA BEACH, VA –  Today, MALDEF filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Burger King Corporation for violating Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) by discriminating against a former district manager who was terminated after Burger King learned of his HIV status. The lawsuit charges…

“Death on the Job” report released today by the AFL-CIO highlights the necessity to enhance workplace safety for all workers, especially for Latinos who have a higher risk to be fatality injured at work http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/Death-on-the-Job-Report (Washington, DC, May 2) – The workplace fatality rate for Latino workers continues to be higher…

With Support from the Walmart Foundation LULAC Continues to Expand Its Health Initiatives That Address Health Disparities in the Latino Community. CapitalWirePR, May 1, 2012-Washington, D.C. – The League of United Latin American Citizens and The Maru Montero Dance Company will host a press conference to announce their partnership to…

How Behavioral Economics Reveals the Fallacies behind “Attrition through Enforcement”. By Alexandra Filindra, Ph.D. The concept of “self-deportation” rests on a deceptively simple premise. According to its supporters, if the federal government invests more in enforcing immigration laws, and if states and localities take on additional immigration control responsibilities, the…

MEXICO CITY -- The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and a Mexican labor lawyers group today filed a path breaking complaint with Mexico’s Department of Labor challenging Alabama’s anti-immigrant law HB 56 under the supplemental labor agreement of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In the North American Agreement on…

Participated in 2009 Abduction and Murder of a 15-Year Old Boy and Shooting Death of a 24-Year Old Young Man Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Joel Ventura Quintanilla, aka “Clon,” age 25, of Germantown, Maryland today to life in prison followed by five years of supervised…

In the past week, news has spread that migration from Mexico has hit net zero. The Pew Hispanic Center reported that the number of Mexicans coming into the United States is equivalent to the number who leave the country. Pew assumes that most Mexicans who leave are doing so as…

DC Asian Am. Groups Condemn Marion Barry's Latest Remarks; Launch "Say Sorry Barry' Campaign Groups Urge Councilmember Barry to Apologize and Meet with Local Leaders A coalition of DC Asian American advocacy groups launched the Say Sorry Barry Campaign urging DC Councilmember Marion Barry to apologize for his insensitive remarks toward the Asian…