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WATCH: How Anti-Immigrant Hate Makes Its Way Into Media

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.23.2013 | Latino Voices

Ever wonder why so many people in the United States fear immigrants? As Congress debates an ambitious bipartisan proposal for comprehensive immigr...

The Cyprus Deal Signals a Rise in the Far Right in Europe

Daniel Wagner | Posted 03.25.2013 | World
Daniel Wagner

News of the 10-billion-euro bailout for Cyprus should not be cause for celebration. Europeans are rightly insecure about what comes next, as they should be given the precedent that has been set.

WATCH: Anti-Immigrant Bumper Sticker With Violent Message Sparks Outrage

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.09.2013 | Latino Voices

People in Colorado are outraged over an anti-immigrant bumper sticker with a violent message, NBC affiliate 9 News reports. Intended as a joke for...

Top 10 Ways Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Wants to Work With Latinos

Tony_Diaz | Posted 02.04.2013 | Latino Voices
Tony_Diaz

After the results of the presidential election, even far right Republican Sherriff Joe Arpaio, famous for his bullish anti-immigrant stance, says that he wants to work with the Latino community.

Ian Gray

Key Senate Democrat Sees 'Mandate' For Immigration Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Ian Gray | Posted 11.14.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- In the wake of President Barack Obama's reelection with overwhelming support from Latino voters, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said Wednesd...

Arizona Tragedy: Former Senate President Has Some Explaining to Do

Mark Potok | Posted 07.03.2012 | Politics
Mark Potok

Although many details of yesterday's tragic killings remain murky -- including the question of whether Ready killed himself or was shot by one of his victims -- the slaughter once again highlights the ugly nature of America's nativist movement.

New Law Could Outlaw Foreign Passports As Acceptable ID

Posted 03.28.2012 | Latino Voices

They have been beaten time and time again in federal courts. And they still insist. Republican-majority Legislatures in several states continue...

White Nationalism: A Scourge That Won't Go Away

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.12.2012 | Politics
Menachem Rosensaft

So who, precisely, is Peter Brimelow, and why should the rest of us be concerned when a white nationalist racist like him appears at the same event as Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin?

Trymaine Lee

At Selma March For Rights, New Generation Of Blacks, Latinos Takes Up The Mantle

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 03.08.2012 | Black Voices

By the time Williabelle Lee was 11, she knew enough about the U.S. Constitution to teach her neighbors in rural Mississippi how to interpret the secti...

Opponents Of Anti-Immigration Laws In Georgia Find Unlikely Ally In Republican Mayor

The Huffington Post | Trymaine Lee | Posted 03.01.2012 | Latino Voices

Those fighting against Georgia’s expanding anti-immigration laws have gained an unlikely comrade in the Republican mayor of a small town in the sout...

Tell Me With Whom You Walk and I Will Tell You Who You Are

Ruben Gallego | Posted 04.29.2012 | Latino Voices
Ruben Gallego

In Spanish, we say "Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres" - "Tell me with whom you walk and I will tell you who you are." Mitt Romney walks today with the most anti-immigrant officials in America.

"El Paisano Mitt Romney" A Bizarre Hypocrisy

Jim Gonzalez | Posted 04.03.2012 | Latino Voices
Jim Gonzalez

Mitt Romney may brag about being technically a Mexican paisano, but Romney should realize that he and his public record will never really be trusted -- especially by Latino voters.

Too Much Is at Stake in Virginia for a Blackout in Coverage

Cliff Schecter | Posted 01.01.2012 | Politics
Cliff Schecter

With just over a week to go, will we rise to the occasion and help Virginia Democrats keep control of the State Senate?

Singer Pablo Montero Blasts Anti-Illegal Immigration Laws In U.S.

Posted 12.11.2011 | Latino Voices

Mexico City – Mexican singer Pablo Montero criticized anti-illegal immigration laws that have been enacted in different parts of the United States ...

Immigrant Detention Business Is Booming, So Is Abuse

Axel W. Caballero | Posted 11.30.2011 | Latino Voices
Axel W. Caballero

This is the current state of our immigration system, one that puts profit over decency and greed over sensible policy.

Not In Our Town Documentary On Marcelo Lucero Sparks Anti-Immigrant Discussion

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 11.19.2011 | Latino Voices

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. — Library assistant Gilda Ramos says she was stunned the first time Hispanics in her English language class told her that many had b...

PBS 'Not In Our Town' Documentary Sparks Anti-Immigrant Discussion

AP | By FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 11.19.2011 | Latino Voices

By Frank Eltman, Associated Press PATCHOGUE, N.Y. -- Library assistant Gilda Ramos says she was stunned the first time Hispanics in her English lan...

When Biased Talk Becomes Dangerous

Mariela Dabbah | Posted 10.25.2011 | Latino Voices
Mariela Dabbah

When we allow discriminatory talk to go unchallenged, we are failing to protect those being attacked and ourselves.

Too Close for Comfort: President Obama Should Meet With Families of Unauthorized Immigrants

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 08.27.2011 | Los Angeles
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Now that President Obama has met with influential Latinos, legislators, and community advocates, he should request a meeting with US-citizen families who live with unauthorized immigrant loved ones.

Arizona's Action on Immigration Fails to Set Precedent

Elena Lacayo | Posted 07.13.2011 | Politics
Elena Lacayo

Twenty-four states have already rejected the irresponsible approach to immigration reform pioneered by Arizona's SB 1070. Georgia and Utah should heed the warning that nothing good will result from copycat legislation.

Is the World Too Big to Fail? The Contours of Global Order

Noam Chomsky | Posted 06.21.2011 | World
Noam Chomsky

As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.

New Lawmakers Get to Work on Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Afton Branche

Jumping on the anti-immigrant bandwagon may appeal to some voters, but it doesn't come cheap. Anti-immigrant ordinances cost cities and towns millions in legal fees and lost revenues.

Weekly Diaspora: Anti-Immigrant Hate Crimes Rise with Hateful Political Speech

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
The Media Consortium

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger The federal trial of three Pennsylvania police officers accused of covering up the murder of an und...

No Moment of Silence: Speak Out Against Violent Language and Guns

Warren Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Warren Goldstein

I confess. Rather than observing the nationwide moment of silence President Obama called for at 11 a.m. this morning, I wrote this post. Sil...

My Day Testifying in the Courtroom of John Roll

Max Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Max Blumenthal

Roll spent a substantial part of his judicial career in a climate of violence and political extremism, and would die in it too.