Richard Jones El Hispanic News Portland, OR — With the United States facing the greatest number of crippling problems since the Great Depression, identifying the most urgent ones becomes a matter of perspective. During a 30-minute interview in late October, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., sat down in his 14th-floor suite in Portland to discuss [...]
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Writers Portland, OR — Opposition to the proposed Legal Workforce Act — better known as the E-Verify bill — brought a wide range of speakers to meetings in Portland and Wilsonville in September. “There are few things that can bring employers and workers together,†said Jeff Stone in Portland. “E-Verify [...]
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Portland, OR — On June 17, 2011, John Morton, director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a memorandum titled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities of the Agency for the Apprehension, Detention and Removal of Aliens.†The six-page document remained largely out of public [...]
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Woodburn, OR — A ball of fire swept through the Woodburn High School gym the evening of Monday, June 26. That fire ignited the passions of more than 500 Latinos. The fireball was Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D.-Ill.) and his fuel was President Barack Obama’s failure to produce an immigration reform [...]
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Portland, OR — For too long, hustlers have seen undocumented immigrants as easy pickings. These criminals feel confident they can abuse their victims without fear of punishment. After all, which migrant would risk getting kicked out of the country if she complained to the police? A team of five women [...]
Darlene Superville and Erica Werner Associated Press El Paso, TX (AP) — President Barack Obama stood near the border with Mexico on Tuesday and declared it more secure than ever, trying to build pressure on Republicans to take on a politically explosive comprehensive immigration overhaul — and eagerly working to show vital Hispanic voters that [...]
Paul Davenport Associated Press Writer Phoenix, AZ (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced Monday she will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that put the most controversial parts of the state’s immigration enforcement law on hold. Parts of the law blocked from taking effect include a provision requiring police to question [...]
Phoenix, AZ (AP) — Dozens of Arizona CEOs from hospitals, construction companies, and other major businesses joined to turn back new get-tough legislation on illegal immigration, citing worries that emphasis on the issue could hurt the state’s struggling economy and cost jobs. The result last Thursday was something much different from a year ago, when [...]
Hope Yen Associated Press Writer Washington (AP) — Racial and ethnic minorities accounted for roughly 85 percent of the nation’s population growth over the last decade — one of the largest shares ever — with Hispanics accounting for much of the gain in many of the states picking up new House seats. Preliminary census estimates [...]
