Discrimination

Arizona Legislators Introduce “SB 1070 on Steroids”

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 02/23/2011 - 16:35 | 1 Comment

A new Arizona immigration bill that some have called “SB 1070 on steroids” took its first step towards becoming law when it was approved by a key state legistative committee on Tuesday night. SB 1611, one of two immigration bills passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee, squeaked by with a 7-6 vote. It will now go up to the full state Senate for vote...

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State Legislators Announce Attack on 14th Amendment

State Legislators Announce Attack on Birthright Citizenship

By Mariela Rosario | 01/06/2011 - 13:35 | 3 Comments

The new congress just began, but already the Republican-held House of Representatives is attacking the constitutional rights of immigrants. A group calling themselves State Legislators for Legal Migration held a press conference to talk up a new initiative to take birthright citizenship away from children born on U.S. soil to undocumented immigrants.

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New New Report on Immigrant Workers Reveals Rampant Workplace Abuse
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New Report on Immigrant Workers Reveals Rampant Workplace Abuse

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 01/04/2011 - 16:35 | 4 Comments

That grilled chicken salad that you ate for lunch? There’s a good chance that everything in it, from the tomatoes to the lettuce to the bird itself was picked or processed by a Latina. Some 640,000 women (mostly Latinas) perform farm work and another estimated 63,000 work in poultry farms and processing centers.

In both cases, women endure backbreaking work in return...

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Discrimination in Connecticut Leads to Justice Department Investigation

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 12/27/2010 - 13:13 | 0 Comments

The Justice Department and the FBI have opened civil rights and criminal probes into the town of East Haven after allegations of police harassment of Latinos has apparently prompted many to move away.

Among the complaints, according to an Associated Press report: False arrests, unnecessary traffic stops, police beatings, questionings over immigration status. Some...

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Curry Todd Refuses To Apologize for Comparing Immigrants to Rats
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Tennessee Lawmaker Compares Immigrants to Rats

By Mariela Rosario | 11/12/2010 - 18:40 | 3 Comments

Tennesee lawmaker Curry Todd is in hot water with Latinos after comparing pregnant, undocumented immigrants to rats.

It all came about when Todd was speaking with fellow local legislators about the healthcare system and how to verify citizenship for pregnant women.

“According to the federal government, we cannot ask for immigration documents...

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EXCLUSIVE: Project Runway’s Mondo Guerra
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EXCLUSIVE: Project Runway's Mondo Guerra on Receiving "Negative Comments and Hate Mail"

By Lee Hernandez | 10/27/2010 - 09:30 | 4 Comments

Mondo Guerra is unquestionably the frontrunner on season 8 of Project Runway and a lot of people are predicting that he’ll be crowned the winner on Thursday night’s finale (October 28 on Lifetime, 9 PM). Mondo grabbed national headlines earlier in the season for revealing that he’s HIV...

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Rachel Maddow Slams Sharron Angle, Defends Latinos
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Rachel Maddow Slams Sharron Angle, Defends Latinos

By Mariela Rosario | 10/25/2010 - 17:00 | 1 Comment

Rachel Maddow took some time on Sunday to tear into Sharron Angle, the Tea Party darling who is running a very tight race against Senate majority leader Harry Reid in Nevada.

Apparently, Angle, who was recently caught on tape telling a group of college students she didn't believe they were Hispanic because "they...

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Watch: 3 Reasons Governor Jan Brewer is Wrong to Claim Most Immigrants are "Drug Mules"

By Mariela Rosario | 06/29/2010 - 08:00 | 1 Comment

Although many are criticizing Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's recent assertion on local TV station KTVK that most immigrants trying to cross the border into Arizona are "drug mules," it's not the first time the Governor has made this argument. During a debate between the Arizona's four Republican candidates for governor earlier this month, Brewer made the...

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