Hispanic News

Whistling Past Immigration in Dixie

AL, MS Results Show Immigration Not a Big Issue for Republican Voters; GOP Focus on Immigration is Backfiring Washington – As was true in other conservative states this year, exit polls from the Alabama and Mississippi primaries show that the Republican electorate isnot all riled up about the immigration issue.  Few Alabama…
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Put the Brakes on Hate

SEIU and Civil Rights Leaders Tell Hyundai Shareholders in Korea SEOUL, Korea – Service Employees International Union, The Leadership Council on Civil and Human Rights, and National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC) on Friday urged Hyundai Motor Company shareholders on Friday to live up to their moral and corporate responsibilities and call for repeal of…
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This Week in Immigration

Is Mississippi About to Make a Costly Mistake on Immigration? Either Mississippi lawmakers aren’t aware of the hefty fiscal and legal burdens of extreme immigration legislation on state residents, or they just don’t care. This week, the Mississippi House passed HB 488, an immigration enforcement bill that allows local law…
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Acuña Family Released From Custody

Normal 0 0 1 569 3246 27 6 3986 11.1287 0 0 0 Grassroots #JSA Movement Continues to Battle Deportation of Germantown Family and Others in Their Shoes. Rockville, MD- Earlier this Tuesday, the Acuña family – the Germantown couple and son who have attracted the attention of the region…
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impreMedia Forms Strategic Alliance

  After months of negotiations, impreMedia today announced an agreement with US Hispanic Media Inc. (USHM) that will open editorial bridges between Latin American and North American markets.Under the new arrangement, USHM, a subsidiary of S.A. La Nación, will become a majority shareholder of U.S. Spanish-language media giant impreMedia. The…
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March from Selma to Montomery

The NAACP, alongside National Action Network, AFL-CIO, SEIU and several other civil, human  and labor rights groups from across the nation completed the march from Selma to Montgomery today in protest of the modern day attacks on voting rights and Alabama’s racial profiling  law, HB56.  The march concluded with a…
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This Week in Immigration

Appeals Court Blocks Two More Provisions of Alabama’s Extreme Immigration Law The U.S  Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit temporarily enjoined two more controversial provisions of Alabama’s extreme immigration law (HB 56), adding to the list of  enjoined provisions. Yesterday, the 11th Circuit blocked Section 27, which bars Alabama…
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