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State fails to fund plan to police immigration Opportunities

By: Jackie Chavarria

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20090518/NEWS/905180304/1004/NEWS01
A hotline and database called for in last year's huge immigration reform law has yet to start because the agency assigned to do the work hasn't been given the money. More...

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Posted on  Tuesday, May 19, 2009   By:  jackie    0 Comments    Share

 

New Border Patrol station close to reality Opportunities

By: Jackie Chavarria

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/apArticle/id/D98864MG0/
Officials hope to start construction in June on a new Border Patrol station on 10 acres near this city's airport. More...

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Posted on  Tuesday, May 19, 2009   By:  jackie    0 Comments    Share

 

Newest citizens reshape politics Opportunities

By: Jackie Chavarria

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-newcitizens11-2009may11,0,5503985.story
More than 1 million immigrants became U.S. citizens last year, the largest surge in history, hastening the ethnic transformation of California's political landscape with more Latinos and Asians now eligible to vote. More...

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Posted on  Tuesday, May 12, 2009   By:  jackie    0 Comments    Share

 

Immigrants have to legally earn rights Opportunities

By: Jackie Chavarria

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=325931
Illegal aliens have no place in any of North Carolina’s colleges, even if the colleges can make a profit off of them by charging them out-of-state rates. More...

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Posted on  Tuesday, May 12, 2009   By:  jackie    0 Comments    Share

 

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12302281
Federal law enforcement officials say they will continue enforcing immigration laws in the same way despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. More...

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Posted on  Thursday, May 7, 2009   By:  jackie    0 Comments    Share

 

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=516996
A recently released study by an immigration think tank has found that the types of American workers who are in the most competition with illegal immigrants in the job market have extraordinarily high unemployment rates during this recession. More...

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Posted on  Thursday, May 7, 2009   By:  jackie    0 Comments    Share

 

Mexican drug lord orders deadly force Opportunities

By: Jackie Chavarria

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.mexico03may03,0,2681314.story
The reputed head of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel has instructed his army of associates to use deadly force if necessary to protect their increasingly contested trafficking operations, even against U.S. law enforcement, according to authorities here and in Washington. More...

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Posted on  Tuesday, May 5, 2009   By:  jackie    0 Comments    Share

 

Flu delays migrant workers Opportunities

By: Jackie Chavarria

http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/1511325.html
Hundreds of farmers in North Carolina who depend on seasonal migrant workers may not get Mexican laborers in time for planting this month because of the global outbreak of swine flu. More...

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Posted on  Tuesday, May 5, 2009   By:  jackie    0 Comments    Share

 

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12280574
For a growing number of Utah Latinos, feeding their children has made them afraid. More...

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Posted on  Tuesday, May 5, 2009   By:  jackie    0 Comments    Share

 

Why Michelle Obama inspires women around the globe Opportunities

By: Inez C. maldonado

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/28/first.lady/index.html
"She might be the first woman of color that females in male-dominated countries have seen as confident, bright, educated, articulate and persuasive," says Barbara Perry, author of "Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier." More...

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Posted on  Tuesday, April 28, 2009   By:  icmaldonado    0 Comments    Share

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