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Farmers Oppose Bill That Force Them to E-Verify Workers
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Farmers Oppose Bill That Forces E-Verification of Migrant Workers

By Amaris Castillo | 08/01/2011 - 12:45 | 0 Comments

Farmers are strongly opposed to a new bill that would require them to verify the immigration status of their workers.  According to The New York Times, the bill proposed by Representative Lamar Smith...

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Sofia Vergara May Become a Political Girlfriend
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Are You Ready for First Lady Sofia Vergara?

By Amaris Castillo | 07/27/2011 - 12:00 | 0 Comments

We may be seeing Sofia Vergara in the political arena in the future. The Colombian actress’ boyfriend, Nick Loeb, is reportedly considering a...

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George Lopez Will Move to Canada if Sarah Palin is Elected President

George Lopez Will Move to Canada if Sarah Palin is Elected President

By Amaris Castillo | 07/27/2011 - 11:00 | 0 Comments

George Lopez spoke candidly about everything from politics to his late grandmother to his divorce on last night’s Piers Morgan Tonight. Lopez, who is making the promotional rounds for his latest movie The Smurfs...

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President Obama Leaving for First Diplomatic Trip to Latin America This Weekend

President Obama Leaving for First Diplomatic Trip to Latin America This Weekend

By Mariela Rosario | 03/17/2011 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

Despite many assumptions that President Barack Obama would cancel his Latin American tour after the terrible earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan last week, the White House recently announced his intentions to move forward with the trip. “Every day you’re president there’s a world event somewhere. The American people understand and expect their...

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Lawsuit Challenges Texas Redistricting
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Lawsuit Challenges Texas Redistricting

By Mariela Rosario | 02/22/2011 - 14:25 | 0 Comments

Just as Latino leaders warned, battle lines are being drawn surrounding congressional redistricting and the new Census numbers. Texas is one of the first states to see controversy, which is not surprising given that the state stands to gain more...

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Journalist Miguel Marquez Beaten While Covering Unrest in Bahrain

Journalist Miguel Marquez Beaten While Covering Unrest in Bahrain

By Irasema Romero | 02/17/2011 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

“Journalist, journalist, journalist!” London-based ABC correspondent Miguel Marquez yells amidst a police crackdown on a protesting mob, but the thugs still yanked his camera away and beat him with a billy club on Thursday morning. The attack occurred when Marquez was on the phone with the ABC New York headquarters explaining the protesting he was...

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WATCH: Even the Rain Trailer

WATCH: 'Even the Rain' Trailer

By Mariela Rosario | 02/01/2011 - 18:15 | 0 Comments

The new trailer for Gael Garcia Bernal's Goya nominated film Even the Rain came out and the film looks pretty riveting. We're thinking it really deserved those 13 nominations! The film is a tense drama about a filmmaker (Bernal) who goes to Bolivia to shoot a film about the Spanish conquest of America. The film crews travels...

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Center for American Progress Report: "Recession Made a Bad Situation Worse" For Latinos & Blacks

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 01/24/2011 - 18:00 | 1 Comment

Latinos and other communities of color—hit harder in the recession and recovering much slower than whites—have a deeper economic hole to climb out of and the government should target them specifically with quality jobs, according to a report released by the Center for American Progress on the eve of President Barack Obama’s state of the...

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