Hispanic News

  LOS ANGELES – The DEA  announced that two former and two current Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners at Los Angeles International Airport have been arrested on federal narcotics trafficking and bribery charges for allegedly taking cash payments to allow large shipments of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana to pass through the X-ray machines…

In response to today’s oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on the constitutionality of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, S.B. 1070, Angela Maria Kelley, Vice President of Immigration Policy and Advocacy at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: Today’s hour-long argument was important, but what the eight judges discussed…

Washington, DC [CapitalWirePR] April 23, 2012 - The largest wave of immigration in history from a single country to the United States has come to a standstill. After four decades that brought 12 million current immigrants, more than half of whom came illegally, the net migration flow from Mexico to…

Washington, DC – In a series of interviews with Spanish language media, President Obama promised to make immigration reform a year one priority of a potential second term.  He also lamented Republican obstructionism on the issue.  In an interview with Univision, Obama said: “I can promise that I will try to do…

MALDEF welcomed the Ninth Circuit's en banc ruling in Gonzalez v. State of Arizona, striking down critical provisions of an Arizona law that restricted voter access.  MALDEF had challenged the 2004 law, also known as Proposition 200, as unconstitutional and in violation of federal law because it forced many new U.S.…

  New York – More than 28,000 low-income households in Mexico and Brazil will gain access to environmentally sustainable housing, training and jobs by 2017 following two companies’ commitments to the Business Call to Action (BCtA) last week. The BCtA is a global initiative that encourages private sector efforts to fight poverty.…

Last week, DREAMers from AZ, NY, FL and MD, advocates and lawmakers gathered in the shade of the Capitol Building to celebrate the launching of DRM and iDREAM’s newest campaign, Su Voz Mi Voto.  This campaign will motivate and educate registered Latino voters, asking them to pledge to vote for their undocumented…

On Monday, April 23rd at 10 AM, local DC clergy and national religious leaders will gather at the U.S. Supreme Court to kick off a 48 hour vigil in opposition to harsh anti-immigrant laws such as the SB 1070 law that will be heard by the Court on Wednesday, April 25. More than 100…

This week, the Supreme Court of the United States begins review on legality of SB1070, one of the nation’s meanest immigrant laws, and communities throughout the nation rise in opposition to racial profiling and a nation polarized by a patchwork of inconsistent laws Los Angeles – On Wednesday, April 25, 2012, the…

Over 600 Hispanic Evangelicals Turnout for “Tu Decides” Faith-Based Rally to Mobilize Latino Community Ohio Hispanic Community Prepares for 2012 Election and Motivates Latinos to Get Out and Vote Cleveland, OH- National and local Hispanic Evangelical leaders joined forces at Tu Decides (or “You Decide”), a faith-based rally to motive, organize and…