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Super Bowl XLVI: Hernandez and Cruz Hispanic pride
INDIANAPOLIS IN - “Silk City Salsa” king and New York Giants’ wide receiver Victor Cruz is making the biggest splash among Latinos with his quick rise in popularity. Cruz finished the regular season with 1,536 receiving yards, best for third in the NFL, but is better known among Latinos for the unmistakably Hispanic name on the #80 jersey he sports, not to mention his smooth moves in the end zone.
Not to be overlooked, joining him in this Sundays Super Bowl XLVI, is a fellow second year pla.... |
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Congress is urged to preserve Child Tax Credit EITC
WASHINGTON, DC - Heading into the 2012 legislative session, lawmakers are proposing to raise taxes on hardworking, low-income Latino families to pay for an extension of the payroll tax cut. Rather than asking the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share in taxes, legislators are proposing cutting off access to the Child Tax Credit for taxpayers who use Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN).
NCLR (National Council of La Raza) estimates that more than four million Latino ch.... |
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USDA to resolve all claims of Hispanic farmers discrimination
WASHINGTON, DC - As part of continued efforts to close the chapter on allegations that discrimination occurred at USDA in past decades, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced improvements to a process announced last February to resolve the claims of Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who assert that they were discriminated against when seeking USDA farm loans.
"The Obama Administration has made it a priority to resolve all claims of past discrimination at USDA, and we are co.... |
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Obama administration announces new family unity waivers
WASHINGTON, DC - The Citizenship and Immigration Services announce on January 6will publish a formal notice in the Federal Register of a new regulation that would allow for undocumented immigrants to obtain a provisional waiver in the U.S. before they leave for their country of origin to pick up their green cards.
The waiver will allow the undocumented immigrant to have certainty that they will be allowed to return to the U.S. in a short period of time.
Under the law, an undocumented .... |
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President Obama appoints Shakira to education commission
WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama has appointed Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, the Colombian singer better known around the world as Shakira, to the presidential commission on education for Hispanics. She was officially handed the position during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
Shakira, who has long been involved with educational issues in her homeland through her Barefoot Foundation, admits she is flattered to have been approached for the role and insists the.... |
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All current deportation cases to be reviewed
WASHINGTON, DC - Today the Department of Homeland Security issued a letter to Congress announcing that all 300,000 cases currently in deportation proceedings will be reviewed by DHS, one-by-one, in an effort to focus purely on “high-priority” cases of criminals and individuals who pose a serious threat to the US.
Cases deemed “low-priority” as children, military families, individuals brought here at a young age, same-sex couples, and sole-bread winners will be completely removed from the c.... |
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Failing to raise the debt limit will harm the USA
WASHINGTON, DC - If Congress fails to raise the debt limit before August 2 the United States’s credit rating will almost certainly be downgraded and interest rates will jump. Without the ability to borrow, the federal government will have no choice but to immediately cut the payments it is obligated to make by 40 percent. This will threaten Social Security benefits, active-duty military pay, Medicare and Medicaid payments, and all other federal activities, from law enforcement to education to .... |
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The Mexican-American Boom: Births overtake immigration
WASHINGTON DC - Births have surpassed immigration as the main driver of the dynamic growth in the U.S. Hispanic population. This new trend is especially evident among the largest of all Hispanic groups-Mexican-Americans, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.
In the decade from 2000 to 2010, the Mexican-American population grew by 7.2 million as a result of births and 4.2 million as a result of new immigrant a.... |
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Eva Longoria joined Congresswoman Roybal-Allard to protect child farmworkers
WASHINGTON, DC - At a press conference on Capitol Hill, Actor and Activist Eva Longoria joined Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) and other child advocates today in announcing the introduction of "The Children’s Act for Responsible Employment" (CARE), legislation which ensures adequate protections for children working in our nation’s agricultural fields.
“Agriculture is the only industry governed by labor laws that allow children as young as 12 to work with virtually no restricti.... |
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Got Milk? Walk the red carpet with Sofia Vergara
NEW YORK, NY - Sofia Vergara, the Colombian actress unveiled her latest Got Milk? ad.
The Hispanic Got Milk campaign joined the 50 Most Beautiful People en Español in New York City to show mothers that they are a powerful example for their children as part of the refocused campaign calling attention to the influence mothers have on the health and nutrition of their children.
In the ad featuring Sofia with her life example, her mother, Margarita Vergara Dávila reads as follows. "Behind.... |
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Osama Bin Laden Dead
We applaud Our Troops, Our Spies, and Our Commander-in-Chief. Nearly 10 years after the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001, justice is now served upon the criminal most responsible for the murder of 3,000 Americans. Osama bin Laden is dead as a result of the tenacious pursuit by U.S. intelligence and two Navy SEAL units ordered into action by President Barack Obama on Sunday, May 2, 2011.
The leader of Al Qaeda declared war on the United States but waged a merciless war on humanity, a.... |
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House Budget targets critical programs
WASHINGTON, DC - The Continuing Resolution for H.R. 1 to fund the federal government through September will come to the House floor today with dozens of slashed programs and many Americans, particularly communities of color, will be feeling some serious pinches to vital resources when it passes. Disproportionately, people of color will be subjected to the real pain of having their threadbare safety net cut wide open as those who are low-income, facing the high costs of health disparities, and .... |
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Kate Del Castillo and Rico Rodriguez to be Honored by St. Jude Hospital
LOS ANGELES, CA - Kate del Castillo, from the Telemundo record-breaking show "La Reina del Sur" and Rico Rodriguez, from the Emmy award-winning show "Modern Family," will be honored at the 2nd Annual St. Jude 'Estrellas por la Vida' (Stars for Life) gala on April 15, 2011, at 6:00 p.m. at the Club Nokia at LA Live, in Los Angeles, CA. The event, which benefits St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is a celebration of life and gives back to kids who are battling cancer and other catastrophic d.... |
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Eva Longoria is giving a voice to abused children
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO - Eva Longoria, the 36-year-old actress attended the documentary's premiere at Mexico's Guadalajara International Film Festival on Saturday. Longoria says she wants to be the voice of thousands of silent children working in deplorable conditions around the world.
The "Desperate Housewives" star is the executive producer for "Harvest," a documentary that follows three migrant boys as they work 14-hour days in U.S. fields along the border with Mexico.
Longoria says she wa.... |
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Many U.S. women have children by more than one man
The first national study of the prevalence of multiple partner fertility shows that 28 percent of all U.S. women with two or more children have children by more than one man. The study will be presented April 1 in Washington, D.C., at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America.
“I was surprised at the prevalence,” says demographer Cassandra Dorius, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR). “Multiple partner fertility is an i.... |
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