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Latino Voters Concerned About Many Issues But Glued Together By Immigration Concerns

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Latino Voters, Kris Kobach, Pew Research Center, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Republican, Latino Electorate, Pew Hispanic Center, Latino Voices News

If politics is a game of numbers, then presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney faces an election gauntlet with competing equations for vict...

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Some Hispanics Identify With Countries Of Origin

AP | SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Video, Latino Politics, Latino Hispanic, White Hispanic, Hispanic Heritage, Poll, Slidepollajax, Latino Identity, Latino or Hispanic, Pew Hispanic Center, Latino Voices News

WASHINGTON — A majority of Hispanics prefer to identify themselves according to their families' countries of origin, rather than by the governme...

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Study: 'Hispanic' Preferred Term Over 'Latino'

The Huffington Post | Cristina Costantini | Posted 04.04.2012

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Hispanic or Latino? That is the question. A Pew Hispanic Center study released on Wednesday holds that most members of the ethnic group the terms...

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WATCH: 'Bachata King' Helps Get Out The Latino Vote

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Rosario Dawson, Cultura, Video, Voto Latino, Anthony Romeo Santos, Latino Vote, Starting Point Cnn, Latino Politics, Soledad O'Brien, Hispanic Vote, Get Out the Vote, Anthony Santos, Romeo Santos, Hispanic Voter Registration, Pew Hispanic Center, Latino Voices News

Singer Romeo Santos is looking to do more for the Hispanic community than serenade them with his soulful Bachata songs. This election season, he's...

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New Report Illustrates Influential Size Of Young Latino Population

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Census, Latinos Young, Video, Latino Purchasing Power, Glenn Llopis, Latino Demographic Shifts, Latino Prosperity, Pew Hispanic Center, Latino Voices News

While 2010 Census data showed us how quickly the Latino population has grown in just ten years, a new statistical portrait released Tuesday by the Pew...

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Hispanics Hit Harder In Bad Economy, Pew Reports

Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Latino Unemployment, Latino Poverty, Video, US Poverty, Third World America, Great Recession, Hispanic Unemployment, Latinos Recession, Latino Prosperity, Pew Hispanic Center, Latino Voices News

As the debate on immigration widens the gap between Republican and Democratic Latino voters, there seems to be one issue that unites Hispanics -- the ...

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It Would Behoove Barack Obama To Immediately Stop Pissing Off Latinos

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Latinos, Pablo Manriquez, Latino Politics, Barack Obama, Pew Hispanic Center, White House, Jan Brewer, Georgia, Alabama, Mitt Romney, Nobel Peace Prize, sb1070, Arizona, Republicans, Fredrick Douglas, Latino Voices News
Pablo Manriquez

Seizing on President Obama's failure to keep his campaign promises of comprehensive immigration reform, the Republican Party quickly moved to score political points with excitable bigots and chronically jobless white people.

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Despite Low Immigration Levels, Candidates Stand Tough On Enforcement

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Mexican Migration Project, Princeton University, Doug Massey, Republican Immigration, Pew Hispanic Center, Latino Voices News

As the immigration debate heats up in the Republican campaign, some experts argue that illegal immigration rates are actually cooling down. "The M...

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Pew Study Sheds Light On Undocumented Immigration Rates

Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigration, Video, Deportation, Foster Children Deportations, Pew Hispanic Center, Immigration, Newt Gingrich, US Immigration, Latino Voices News

A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center estimates that nearly two thirds of the 10.2 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States...

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Interactive Map: How Latinos Are Reshaping The U.S.

npr.org | Posted 12.10.2011

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"The Pew Hispanic Center... found that Hispanic growth fundamentally changed the makeup of small and midsize counties across the country. Mark Lopez, ...

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Pew Center Report: Record Number Of Latino Kids In College

Latina.com | Posted 10.25.2011

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There are more Latino kids in college than ever thanks to a 24-percent spike in enrollment in just one year that also helped the U.S. reach all-time...

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The 2012 Hispanic Vote Matters For The Economic Advancement Of America

Glenn Llopis | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Obama Hispanics, Hispanic Leaders, Center for Hispanic Leadership, Hispanics GOP, Identity Crisis, 2012-Hispanic-Vote, Pew Hispanic Center, Latino Voices News
Glenn Llopis

With over 50 million Hispanics in the U.S., it's time that our politicians figure out how to authentically include the voices of Hispanics in real ways. Failure to do so will mean missing out on relationships, loyalty, markets, customers, employees -- and the future of America.

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Latinos, Numbers and the Real World

Max Benavidez | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Latinos, Johns Hopkins, Max Benavidez, Rith Bader Ginsburg, Well-Being, The DREAM Act, Los Angeles, The Great Recession, East Los Angeles, Magnolia Place Community Initiative, Pan American Bank, Pew Hispanic Center, Latino Voices News
Max Benavidez

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in a Brookings Institution article that the United Nations had estimated that white Americans, if ranked as a separate nation, would lead the world in well-being, a measure that combines life expectancy, educational achievement, and income.... Hispanic Americans would rank thirty-second.

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Voices and Stories of a Latino Movement

Axel W. Caballero | Posted 10.13.2011

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Axel W. Caballero

The Latino community is at a crossroads -- growing to now more than 50 million in this country - there is a real and latent opportunity for substantial progress and change.

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How Hispanics Are Messing Everything Up

Stephen Palacios | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Spanish, David Hollinger, Hispanic Marketing, Hispanics, Race, Demographics, Pew Hispanic Center, Latino Politics, Latino Voices News
Stephen Palacios

If Hispanics could be of any color, then how do we classify them? Worst yet, Hispanics can be rich or poor, speak Spanish or English, be conservative or liberal. They are not even sure if they want to be called "Hispanic" or "Latino."

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The View Is Different Down Here

Luis Alberto Moreno | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Latinos, South America, Wealth, Latin America, Standard and Poor's, Bogota, Juan Manuel Santos, Hispanics, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Pew Hispanic Center, China, Latino Politics, Latino Voices News
Luis Alberto Moreno

Anyone traveling to Latin America these days is struck by the contrast between the brisk growth and optimistic outlook of the region and more pessimistic views from vantage points further north.

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Report: Wide White-Hispanic Education Achievement Gap Persists

Posted 08.23.2011

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By Molly O'Toole WASHINGTON -- The Hispanic-white educational achievement gap has remained wide over the past two decades, according to a new report...

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Latinos: To Vote or Not to Vote?

Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Politics, Lclaa, Midterm Elections, Latino Voters, Latinos, Latino Vote, Univision, Voting, Pew Hispanic Center, Politics News
Hector E. Sanchez

At a time when it is no exaggeration to say that the Latino community is under attack on many different levels, we must participate in the democratic process for empowerment.

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Will Hispanic Turnout Really Be Down in 2010?

Brian Schaffner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brian Schaffner

On Tuesday, the Pew Hispanic Center released a report suggesting that Hispanic turnout will likely drop significantly in the upcoming midterm election...

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Weekly Diaspora: Will Immigration Reform Bills Bring Voters to the Polls?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Riding the media blitz that followed the DREAM Act's recent defeat, Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) an...

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Hispanics Place Higher Emphasis On Education, Poll Reports

AP | ALAN FRAM and CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hipsanics Cultural Identity, Ap Univision Poll Hispanics, Hispanics College, Hispanics America, Hispanics Education, Hispanics, Gary Segura, Pew Hispanic Center, College News

MIAMI — Hispanics are eager to blend into American society while still maintaining their cultural identity, a paradox that reflects the complex ...

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What Is 'Back of the Line' Citizenship for Unauthorized Immigrants in the U.S.?

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Citizenship, Harry Reid, Raúl M. Grijalva, Immigration, Latin America, Pew Hispanic Center, Cir, Hispanics, Politics News
Pablo Manriquez

"Back of the line" carries denigrating racial undertones rooted in America's past. The term assures a frustrated non-Latino electorate that unauthorized immigrants will be punished and remain second-class residents.

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Pew Hispanic Center Report: Illegal Immigration To U.S. DOWN Almost 67 Percent Since 2000

Washington Post | Tara Bahrampour | Posted 05.25.2011

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The number of illegal immigrants entering the United States has plunged by almost two-thirds in the past decade, a dramatic shift after years of growt...

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Stand Up and Be Counted... Or Not: Why Latinos Have Issues With the Census

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Latino, Paranoia, Ethnicity, President Barack Obama, US Census Hispanic Count, Hispanic, US Census, Multiracial Americans, Multiracial, Right Wing, Hispanics, Race, Racial Discrimination, Barack Obama, Pew Hispanic Center, Racial Politics, Census, 2010 Census, Michele Bachmann, Ethnicities, US Census Bureau, Christopher Lambert, Right Wing Paranoia, African Americans, Bigotry, Fortress, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

It seems that right-wing nuts aren't the only ones who believe the Census is all a plot. Just 57 percent of native-born Latinos believe that census participation is good for their community.

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Recession Keeps Immigration From Mexico At 10-Year Low

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexico, Immigration, Mexican Immigration, Recession, Pew Hispanic Center, Business News

WASHINGTON — Apparently deterred by rising unemployment in the U.S., the number of Mexican immigrants who crossed the border dropped sharply in ...

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