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DREAM Act Reintroduced Before Congress!
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Undocumented students will get another shot at staying in the country: The DREAM Act has been reintroduced in both the Senate and the House of Representatives today, as President Obama turns up the heat on efforts at comprehensive immigration reform ahead of the 2012 election.
“This legislation will allow our nation to maintain...
Navy SEAL, Son of Mexican Immigrants, Helped Kill Osama Bin Laden
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One of the Navy SEALs who helped kill Osama Bin Laden is the son of Mexican immigrants, according to a published report.
U.S. soldier Ruben Mejía, whose parents were born in Guanajuato, was part of the now-famed elite Navy SEAL...
President Obama Calls for Immigration Reform Meeting
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President Barack Obama has called upon a bipartisan group of immigration reform supporters to discuss the importance of fixing the nation's "broken immigration system."
The invitees are expected to meet with Obama at the White House on Tuesday afternoon in an attempt to show wide and varied support for revamping the...
Ecuador Ousts U.S. Diplomat
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The Associated Press reports that an U.S. Ambassador will be expelled from Ecuador over a 2009 diplomatic cable revealed by WikiLeaks that accuses a retired police chief of dishonesty and speculates that Ecuadorian President...
What You Need to Know: 2010 Census Results & Immigration Laws in the U.S.
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Back when Arizona first passed SB 1070 in the summer of 2010, we decided to look into the similar laws that were sweeping across the country at the time. Now with the 2010 census results in, we updated the map to get a side-by-side look at the immigration laws as they...
![](http://www.latina.com/files/obama_town_meeting_latino_2.jpg?1301406271 "President Obama to Latino Parents: "You're the Single Biggest Factor in Your Child’s Success"")
President Obama to Latino Parents: "You're the Single Biggest Factor in Your Child’s Success"
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Get involved. That was President Obama’s message to parents in his first town hall on Latino education Monday. During the town hall, held at Bell Multicultural High School in Washington DC, he also stressed the importance of investing in early education programs, improving teacher quality and passing the DREAM Act allowing children of undocumented parents...
White House Releases Recommendations on the Status of Puerto Rico
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Puerto Ricans should be the only ones who have a say in whether the island remains a part of the United States or becomes independent and the President and Congress should act on the results quickly, says a new report by the President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico released today.
The 114-page report is the product of two years work by the Task Force...
Direct Flights from Puerto Rico to Cuba Now Available
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U.S. citizens looking to visit Cuba now have more options of departure locations after eight new airports were given permission to schedule flights to and from the island nation.
According to the Huffington Post, charter flights to Cuba can now be scheduled from...
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