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National Immigration Forum Launches New Immigration Reform Campaign

The National Immigration Forum, an immigration advocacy organization, along with a diverse coalition of labor union leaders, religious groups and civil rights organizations is challenging President Barack Obama to expeditiously pass immigration reform legislation with the launch of a new immigration reform campaign.

June 3, 2009

Latinx

HSIs, Others Look to Census for Aid to Schools, Communities

Advocacy groups are seeing to it that the U.S. Census Bureau has the necessary resources to count all U.S. residents effectively.

May 27, 2009

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New Challenges Arise for Minorities in 2010 census

What seems like a simple question — How many Hispanics are living in the United States? — has become surprisingly complex as the 2010 census approaches.

March 17, 2009

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Nonprofit Sues Feds Over Border Fence on Behalf of UT Law Professor

A national consumer advocacy group sued the federal government Wednesday on behalf of a University of Texas law professor seeking documents about the planning of the border fence.

March 12, 2009

Latinx

The Obama Cabinet ‘Trickle Down’ Effect

Hispanic advocacy groups want President Barack Obama to increase Hispanic representation in government jobs, especially in education.

February 4, 2009

LGBTQ+

Hispanic, Gay Advocates Vie for Abandoned Commerce Post

No sooner had Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., and President-elect Barack Obama made their announcements that the New Mexico governor would be stepping aside because of a pay-to-play controversy swirling around him, than advocacy groups sprang to action to get their respective candidates considered.

January 5, 2009

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Hispanics Anxiously Lay in Wait for Obama Cabinet Seats

When President-Elect Barack Obama passed over Bill Richardson — the nation’s only Hispanic governor — to tap Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as secretary of state, Hispanic columnists like Rubén Navarrette reacted with searing criticism.

December 9, 2008

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Bush Touts Immigration Policy as Legacy, Hispanic Advocates Don’t All Agree

As the Bush administration winds down and the Obama administration ramps up, immigration policy is right where it was at the start of the Bush administration: an unfulfilled promise, many Hispanic advocacy groups and immigration policy researchers say.

November 18, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Hispanics Flex Political Muscle for Choice Obama Appointments

Hispanic advocacy groups are pressing hard to get President-elect Barack Obama to name unprecedented numbers of Hispanics to his administration.

November 10, 2008

Community Colleges

Alabama Board Bars Undocumented Students from Community Colleges

The state board of education passed a new policy denying undocumented students admission to Alabama’s two-year colleges on Thursday, despite one board member’s calls to delay it for more discussion and four of the nine members being absent.

September 28, 2008

Latinx

Report Links Hate Crimes to Anti-immigrant Sentiment

Anti-immigrant sentiment is fueling nationwide increases in the number of hate groups and the number of hate crimes targeting Latinos, a watchdog group said Monday.

March 11, 2008

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Report Links Hate Crimes to Anti-immigrant Sentiment

Anti-immigrant sentiment is fueling nationwide increases in the number of hate groups and the number of hate crimes targeting Latinos, a watchdog group said Monday.

March 10, 2008