Student Voices - News Stories

What's this? News Stories

Share a link to a news story that interests you. Give us your thoughts and get the news out - and the discussion started.

	SAVE Program Is Not Able To Provided Immigrant Status Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6099236.html A Dallas suburb wants to use it’s plan to keep out undocumented immigrants with a federal database; Systematic Alien Verification For Entitlements Program (SAVE), however the program is unable to show the status of immigrants. More... Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 By: jackie 0 Comments Share
	Deportation of Undocumented Reaches All Time High Immigration By: Inez C. maldonado http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2008/November/Deportation-of-Illegal-Aliens-Reaches-All-Time-High.html An initiative by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has spurred a rise in the number of illegal aliens with criminal records being deported. More... Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 By: icmaldonado 0 Comments Share
	Year of the bailout - and now GM? In the News By: Inez C. maldonado http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/07/news/economy/gm_bailout_comparison/?cnn=yes From AIG to the nation's banks, the government is being asked, more than ever, for financial support. Read about the most recent bailout request from the auto companies. More... Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 By: icmaldonado 2 Comments Share
	What huge voter turnout? Immigration By: Marissa Gabrysch http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15422.html It turns out that that crazy projections about voter turnout rates were a little inflated. While there were notable increases in specific demographics, American University political scientist Curtis Gans - an authority on voter turnout - says, “We have a long-term More... Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 By: mgabrysch 0 Comments Share
	Many Immigrants In El Paso Take Natrulaization Oath This Year Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_10921579 A record high this fiscal year was recorded of naturalization applications in El Paso Texas. Many immigrants do not want to deal with the fees that doubled and the revised citizenship exam. More... Posted on Friday, November 7, 2008 By: jackie 0 Comments Share
	Record number of deportations in South and Central Texas Immigration By: Jai Malano-Ayers http://www.kgbt4.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=218334 The Associated Press reports that enforcement officials have deported a record high of more than 53,000 illegal immigrants from the South and Central parts of Texas in the past year. More... Posted on Friday, November 7, 2008 By: jaimalano 0 Comments Share
	Omission of Obama on front page stirs protest in Terrell, Texas In the News By: Jai Malano-Ayers http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa081106_mo_terrell.188ec9cfc.html When asked why this historical moment was left out of the paper, Terrell Tribune Publisher Bill Jordan had this to say: “We run a newspaper not a memory book service…We covered the local commissioners More... Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2008 By: jaimalano 0 Comments Share
	New Immigration Policies With The New President Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.globalvisas.com/news/what_will_be_the_new_us_immigration_policy_582.html Barack Obama is in support of comprehensive immigration reform which will include improvement on the H-1B program More... Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2008 By: jackie 0 Comments Share
	Immigrant Kidnapping Ring Under Investigation In Hidalgo County Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.kgbt4.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=217051 In Edinburg, Sheriff’s County deputies of Hidalgo are investigating an immigrant smuggling and kidnapping ring in a local apartment complex. More... Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2008 By: jackie 0 Comments Share
	Obama's plan for immigration Immigration By: Inez C. maldonado http://www.change.gov/agenda/immigration/ Read about the current issues and concerns regarding immigration on the recently launched change.gov website. You can learn all about Obama's immigration agenda, and even submit your own suggestions. MATT.org is also working towards finishing the job on immigration reform More... Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2008 By: icmaldonado 0 Comments Share