Mexicans

Undocumented Immigrants Arrested In Phony UPS Van

AP | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Video, Mexicans, Illegal Immigrant, Mexico, Immigrants, Mexican, UPS Van, Immigrant, Undocumented Immigrant, Latino Voices News

NILAND, Calif. -- It was a special delivery indeed – 13 suspected undocumented immigrants from Mexico stuffed in a phony UPS van. The U.S. Border...

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WATCH: 10 Year-Old Goes To College

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: College Students, Video, Mexicans, Dafne Almazán Anaya, Genius Kids, Smart Kids, Mexico, Gifted Programs, Mexican, Latino Prosperity, Gifted Children, Latino Education, Latino Voices News

10 year-old Dafne Almazán Anaya is Mexico's youngest college student. She is currently enrolled at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey ("Technolo...

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Carlos Fuentes Dead: Mexican Novelist, Essayist Dies At Age 83

AP | ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON | Posted 05.15.2012

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MEXICO CITY — Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the M...

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Latino Birth Rate Rises And Creates Complicated Political Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 05.14.2012

In the 1940s, when Monica Cruz's grandfather tried to register to vote, officials in Los Fresnos, the small South Texas town where he lived, demanded ...

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How Are You Celebrating Cinco de Mayo?

Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Latino, Video, Cultura, Mexicans, President Obama, Hispanic Heritage, Mexico, Cinco De Mayo, United States, Hispanics, Mexican, Slideexpand, Latino Voices News

Although Cinco de Mayo is arguably more of a U.S. fiesta than a Mexican affair -- (it is observed nationwide in the U.S., but only rarely outside of t...

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America’s Cinco De Mayo Is Not Mexico’s Cup Of Tea

HuffingtonPost.com | Cindy Y. Rodriguez | Posted 05.05.2012

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Before you buy your plane ticket to Mexico to get the real Cinco de Mayo experience, make sure you don’t go looking for an American-style Mexican St...

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Obama Touts Immigration Reform At White House Cinco de Mayo Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 05.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama celebrated the contributions of Hispanic Americans Thursday at a Cinco de Mayo reception in the White House Rose ...

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May Day Protests Show Weak Immigration Movement

AP | KATE BRUMBACK and PETER PRENGAMAN | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Latino, Immigration Reform, May Day, Mexicans, Illegal Immigrant, Immigrants, Immigrant, Hispanics, Mexican, Undocumented Immigrant, May Day Protests, Occupy May Day, Video, Latino Voices News

ATLANTA -- While a black preacher told 100 immigration protesters that incarcerated blacks and detained immigrants faced similar challenges, Jesse Mor...

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Dead Mexican Teen's Family To Pursue Suit V. Agent

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Video, Mexicans, Illegal Immigrant, Mexico, Immigrants, Immigrant, Mexican, Undocumented Immigrant, Border Patrol, Sergio Hernandez-Guereca, Latino Voices News

EL PASO, Texas -- A lawyer for the family of a 15-year-old Mexican boy killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in 2010 says they will press on with their...

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Number Of U.S. Undocumented Immigrants From Mexico Drops

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The number of Mexican immigrants living illegally in the U.S. has dropped significantly for the first time in decades, a dramatic shift ...

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Texas Teen Facing Murder Charges In Van Crash

AP | CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 04.18.2012

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PALMVIEW, Texas -- A 15-year-old South Texas boy has been charged with nine counts of murder among other charges after a van he was driving crashed, k...

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Mexican Drug Kingpin To Be Sentenced In San Diego

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 04.02.2012

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SAN DIEGO — Former drug kingpin Benjamin Arellano Felix was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for leading one of the world's most brutal ca...

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Female "Lucha Libre" Wrestlers Fight for a Dream in North Carolina

Paul Cuadros | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Latinos, Mexicans, DREAM Act, Female-Wrestler, Luchadores, Immigration, Lucha Libra, Hispanics, Lucha-Libra, Latino Voices News

For Latino youth, identity is a big issue because so many feel at odds in a country where they feel alienated. Wearing a mask and being a fighter for the people allows them to fully express themselves when they step into the ring.

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First, They Came for the Mexicans...

Rick Sanchez | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Mexicans, Hispanic Voters, Florida, Immigration, Hispanics, Florida Primary, Rick Sanchez, Latino Voices News

Regardless of whether Cubans see themselves as being different than Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Hondurans or other Hispanics, the fact is that the rest of the world tends to see us as one big homogenous group. And so whether we like it or not, these are our issues.

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NJ High Court Weighs Mexican Telephone Testimony

AP | WAYNE PARRY | Posted 03.19.2012

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TRENTON, N.J. — A man deported from the New Jersey shore for fathering two children with a 15-year-old girl can probably try to overturn his con...

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Mitt Romney: 'The Most Mexican Man In The World'

Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Politics, Cultura, Video, Twitter, Mexicans, Parodies, Twitter Parodies, Parody, Mitt Romney, Immigration, Mexicanmitt, Latino Voices News

In case you haven't heard, Mitt Romney is the most Mexican man in the world. And we're not talking about his father being born in Mexico. In a new...

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Deporting Elena's Father

Melissa Bollow Tempel | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Latinos, Education, Mexicans, Children, Immigration, Teaching, Students, Deportation, Immigration Reform, Latino Voices News

Deporting children's parents creates just another obstacle for them, but this is the one that is the most difficult to overcome.

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WATCH: 'Vazquez Sounds' Sign With Sony Music

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Cultura, Video, Mexicans, Siblings, Adele, Mexico, Vazquez Sounds, Music, Adele Covers, Latino Voices News

Thanks to a video gone viral on YouTube, another set of young tweens have gone from covering songs to getting signed by a music company. That's right,...

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'Billy The Kid' PBS Film Explores Hispanic Link

AP | By RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 12.12.2011

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- His mythical exploits and jail escapes made this son of Irish immigrants one of the nation's most famous Old West outlaws. Yet fe...

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Mexican Trucker To Be Sentenced In Drug Tunnel Case

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 01.28.2012

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SAN DIEGO — A Mexican trucker was sentenced Monday to nearly 16 years in prison for his role in two major drug tunnels along the U.S.-Mexico bor...

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Mexican American Studies in Arizona Needs No Defense: It Needs More Defenders

Jeff Biggers | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Ethnic Studies, Latino, Education, Mexicans, Tucson, Tom Horne, High School, Arizona, Mexican Americans, John Huppenthal, Tea Party, John Pedicone, Education News

No other high school program in Arizona -- perhaps even the nation -- has gone through such scrutiny, investigation and media abuse and disinformation, as the Mexican-American Studies program in Tucson.

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Gov. Susana Martinez Clarifies Immigrant Past

AP | By BARRY MASSEY and RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 11.14.2011

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SANTA FE, N.M. -- New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has dug into her family's ancestry and uncovered immigration documents she says suggest her paternal...

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Relevancy at its Best: Vitamin Brand Bedoyecta Not Afraid of Day of the Dead

Lili Gil | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Latinos, Pharmaceutical Companies, Bedoyecta, Hispanics, Hispanic Marketing, Mexicans, Lili Gil, Latino Voices News

Almost with precise foresight, Valeant Pharmaceutical's vitamin B brand Bedoyecta got ahead of AdAge and its Halloween piece on the Day of the Dead...

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We Need Faith To Cross Our Inner Borders

Catherine Meeks, Ph.D. | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Mexicans, Faith, Fear, Immigration, Latinos, Healing, Christianity, Religion and Politics, Mexican Immigration, Religion News

Among the complicating factors that we see in this matter of undocumented Mexicans is our fear and the projections that we are making onto them as the "other."

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WATCH: 'South Park' Takes On Immigration

Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Video, Mexicans, Texas Rangers, Immigration, Rick Perry Immigration, South Park Immigration, Eric Cartman Texas, Texas South Park, Rick Perry, South Park, Eric Cartman, Comedy News

You know an issue is divisive when even the likes of Rick Perry is accused by members of his own party as being soft on the subject. So it was only a ...

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