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Local Police May Have Power To Deport In the News

By: Jackie Chavarria

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/18994499/detail.html#-
Atlanta -- The issue of how to deal with illegal, undocumented workers is causing controversy around metro Atlanta, especially in Gwinnett County where sheriff's deputies are now trained in detaining and deporting illegal immigrants. More...

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Posted on  Wednesday, March 25, 2009   By:  jackie    0 Comments    Share

 

http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/22539
Governor Doyle’s state budget proposal would allow illegal immigrants who graduate from Wisconsin high schools to pay in-state tuition in Wisconsin’s public universities. However, a federal law may contradict this proposal. More...

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Posted on  Wednesday, March 25, 2009   By:  jackie    0 Comments    Share

 

Obama's civil rights nomination upsets some Latinos In the News

By: Inez C. maldonado

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-perez19-2009mar19,0,7616119.story
Thomas Perez's selection for a Justice Department post concerns some civil rights advocates, who believe Villaraigosa aide Thomas Saenz was passed over to avoid sparking an immigration battle. More...

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Posted on  Thursday, March 19, 2009   By:  icmaldonado    0 Comments    Share

 

Have the people of Forbes lost their minds In the News

By: Inez C. maldonado

http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/latinlife/2009/03/have-the-people-of-forbes-lost.html
This is an interesting response to the recent list issued by Forbes Magazine of the world's richest people, including Mexican drug pins.  Read the full response, as well as the article, when you follow the link below.  What do you think?  Is Forbes glorifiying or somehow... More...

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Posted on  Monday, March 16, 2009   By:  icmaldonado    0 Comments    Share

 

Narco War Next Door In the News

By: Inez C. maldonado

http://current.com/items/89845362/narco_war_next_door.htm
I recently watched a video on MSNBC showing how most American spring breakers are not taking the advice urging them not to go to Mexico for vacation.  Although this documentary was filmed in Juarez, not exactly the number one spot for spring breakers, I felt it gives a real, bleak, and graphic... More...

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Posted on  Friday, March 13, 2009   By:  icmaldonado    0 Comments    Share

 

Obama creates women's panel In the News

By: Inez C. maldonado

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_women_4
Follow the link below for the full text of the article: He said he signed the order to honor all the women who came before him, such as his grandmother who was a bank vice president but was denied promotions because of her gender. He said the fight for gender equality is far from over. ... More...

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Posted on  Thursday, March 12, 2009   By:  icmaldonado    0 Comments    Share

 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/06/mexico.troops/index.html
From the cnn.com article; follow the link below for the full text: Nearly 7,000 Mexican soldiers and federal police arrived in the U.S.-Mexico border city of Ciudad Juarez this week to restore security to a city plagued by a long-standing, bloody drug war. Mexican federal... More...

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Posted on  Tuesday, March 10, 2009   By:  icmaldonado    0 Comments    Share

 

Are we Powering the Drug War In the News

By: Inez C. maldonado

http://miapogeo.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=798&Itemid=36&Itemid=0
From the article; follow the link below for the full text: In Mexico the Ministry of Defense holds a register of all guns sold in the country and limits the use of certain firearms to the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The high caliber weapons and assault rifles used by the cartels are illegal in... More...

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Posted on  Wednesday, March 4, 2009   By:  icmaldonado    0 Comments    Share

 

If I were an aging white person In the News

By: Inez C. maldonado

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/03/%E2%80%9Cif-i-were-an-aging-white-person%E2%80%9D/
Follow the link below for the full text; from the article: “It’s in the self-interest of the older generation to have immigrants here,” Dowell Myers , an urban planning and demography professor at the University of Southern California, told the Los Angeles Times last year.... More...

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Posted on  Wednesday, March 4, 2009   By:  icmaldonado    0 Comments    Share

 

Mexico troops move in to retake warring border city In the News

By: Inez C. maldonado

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE52269J20090303?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Hundreds of heavily armed soldiers fanned out across Mexico's bloodiest drug war city on Tuesday, trying to prevent a collapse in law and order just south of the U.S. border.   Follow the link below for the full text.   More...

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Posted on  Tuesday, March 3, 2009   By:  icmaldonado    0 Comments    Share

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