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Immigration Reform Proposal Meets Support & Resistance

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Advocates of more lenient immigration policies say they feel more optimistic than ever that Congress will pass legislation that will help millions of undocumented immigrants eventually become U.S. citizens. But their optimism, sparked…
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Obama Re-Election: Latinos Will Hold President Accountable

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Latinos descended on the nation’s capital from all over the country on Monday to see for themselves the country’s first-ever African American president get a chance to lead the country for a second term. Lily Griego, from Colorado,…
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Obama Takes His Second Oath of Office in the Long Shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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On one end of the Washington, DC Mall lies the U.S. Capitol building. On the other, the Abraham Lincoln Memorial.  And when Barack Obama takes his second oath of presidential office on Monday, January 21, it’s hard to imagine he won’t…
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Family of Erika Andiola Nearly Deported After ICE Raid

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Immigrant-rights activist Erika Andiola felt the strong arm of ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) late Thursday night, when her mother and brother were taken from their home in a “routine” raid and her mother put on a bus headed…
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Fidel A. Vargas Tapped to Lead Hispanic Scholarship Fund

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The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation’s leading source of higher education assistance for Hispanic students, has named Fidel A. Vargas as its new President and CEO. Vargas replaces Frank Alvarez, who steps down after a five year…
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Beginning to Heal After the Sandy Hook Tragedy

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A gunman opened fire Friday inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, killing 27 people, including 18 children. Students were told to close their eyes by police as they were led from the building—some were crying, others looked…
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Sandy Hook Teacher Vicki Soto Gave Her Life Protecting Students

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When Adam Lanza opened fire inside Sandy Hook elementary school yesterday, taking the lives of 26 children and adults in a horrific and selfish act, teacher Vicki Soto did one of the most selfless things imaginable. As the bullets flew…
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Connecticut School Shooting May Be Worse Than Columbine in Many Ways

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As heartbreaking as Columbine was, as appalling as Virginia Tech was, and as distressing as the Colorado theater shooting was, the mass school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut brought home something more terrifying to parents. Not even…
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How the Fiscal Cliff Could Affect Latinos

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If Congress fails to act on the "fiscal cliff," come January 1 a series of tax cuts will expire and obligatory budget cuts will come into play that will likely drag our economy back into a recession. What's more, the Congressional Budget…