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NJ Law Enforcement Appear to Contradict Dobbs' Version of Gunfire Incident

Isabel Macdonald | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs, National Council of La Raza, Cnn, America's Voice, Drop Dobbs, Basta Dobbs, Geraldo Rivera, Immigration, Lou Dobbs Shots, Wolf Blitzer, Immigration Debate, Media News
Isabel Macdonald

New Jersey state police appear to be contradicting CNN Host Lou Dobbs' account of a gunfire incident near his Sussex County, New Jersey, house.

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Immigration Reform Activists' Plan To Boycott Census Takes Center Stage In Colorado

The Colorado Independent | Katie Redding | Posted 10.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Immigration Reform, Census, Census Boycott, La Raza, National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, National Council of La Raza, Immigration, Colorado, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, Michelle Malkin, Denver News

As a proposed national Latino census boycott receives increased media attention, many Latino and immigrant organizations in Colorado say they're thank...

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Workers Pay the Price in an Era of Declining Job Quality

Janet Murguía | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, Safety Laws, Latinos, Wage Laws, Occupational Fatality Rate, Recession, Competition, Labor Protections, Labor Day, Employers, Labor Laws, Health Insurance, National Council of La Raza, Health Care, U.S. Department of Labor, Business News
Janet Murguía

When employers violate wage and occupational safety laws, they effectively devalue hard work and workers' lives. It is simply outrageous and unacceptable that a country like ours allows people to work to death.

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Obama Keeps Tough Immigration Policies Despite Promise To Break From Bush

The New York Times | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: E-Verify, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Obama Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Joe Arpaio, National Council of La Raza, Immigration, Immigrants, Obama, Hispanics, La Raza, John McCain, Politics News

After early pledges by President Obama that he would moderate the Bush administration's tough policy on immigration enforcement, his administration is...

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Bob Menendez's Daughter: GOP Doesn't Care About Latinos

The Stimulist | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Republican Party, Gop, Soni Sotomayor, Latino Voters, Michael Steele, National Council of La Raza, La Raza, Tim Kaine, Politics News

The GOP just doesn't get it. Despite Latinos' 2008 electoral turnout, despite their pivotal role in handing the Democrats this whopping majority, Rep...

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'Justice for Vieques': Resolutions Passed by Both Houses of Puerto Rican Legislature

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: U.S. Navy, White House, Vieques Puerto Rico, Contamination, American Values Network, United Nations, National Council of La Raza, Justice Department, League of United Latin American Cities (LULAC), Eric Holder, Sovereign Immunity, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

In the government's twisted logic, warning people about the impending bombing that will contaminate their air, water, soil and bodies could harm these citizens more.

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Holder Pushes Hate Crime Bill in Wake of Recent Wave of Hate

Janet Murguía | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mexicans, Attacks, Hate Crimes, Congress, Nclr, Attorney General Eric Holder, Violence, Fbi, Immigrants, Southern Poverty Law Center, Eric Holder, Hate Crime Legislation, Dr. George Tiller, Eric Holder Attorney General, Hateful Rhetoric, Suffolk-County, u.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Talk Show Hosts, Jose Osvaldo Sucuzhanay, Elected Officials, Immigration Debate, Latinos, Shenandoah, Shooting, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hate Crimes Bill, Hispanic, Pennsylvania, New York, Murder, Luis Ramirez, Marcelo Lucero, National Council of La Raza, Ecuadorean, Politics News
Janet Murguía

Hate has always been present. But the recent spike in violence against immigrants is being fanned by the flames of the anger and hateful rhetoric being voiced in the debate over immigration.

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Pssssst. Has Someone Told The Times About Latinos?

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 06.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Whites, Latinos, National-Council-of-La-Raza, Race Relations, New York Times, Racism, National Council of La Raza, Black, Immigration, Immigrants, Janet MurguíA, Media News
Richard M. Benjamin

For the Times -- and most of the media -- "Race Relations" means "Are white and black people chatting along fine at the office water cooler, the Pilates class, and the corner bar?"

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Another Murdered: Pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act

Kety Esquivel | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Jose Sucuzhanay, Brooklyn, Obama Administration, Obama Administration Challenges, Congress, Hispanics, Race, Romel Sucuzhanay, New York, Death, Racial Epithet, Ecuador, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Nclr, Online, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Marcelo Lucero, National Council of La Raza, Hate Speech, Long Island, Immigration Debate, Immigration Policy, Politics News
Kety Esquivel

NCLR has joined other civil rights and Latino leaders to urge Congress and the new administration to make passage of the "Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act" a priority.

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Victim of Racist Attack Awarded $2.5 Million

Kety Esquivel | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Kkk, Jordan Gruver, Lawsuits, Hispanics, Race, Ku Klux Klan Recruit, Racial Epithet, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Death Threat, Nclr, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Online, Kentucky, E-Mail, National Council of La Raza, Hate Speech, Bankrupt, Immigration Policy, Immigration Debate, Klansmen, Gruver, Politics News
Kety Esquivel

Gruver was attacked by Klansmen at a Kentucky fair in 2006. He was in line at a concession stand at the Meade County Fair when two Klansmen... threw whiskey in his face.

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Immigration Enforcement -- Raiding Children's Dreams

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 09.25.2008 | Living

Read More: National Council of La Raza, Immigration, Children, Living News
Marian Wright Edelman

Those who suffer the greatest harm in ICE raids are children. If our nation is to make any claim for humanity, children deserve to be protected and cared for when their parents are taken away.

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McCain Talks Immigration Amid Protest

Susan Grant | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Latino Vote, Immigration Reform, National Council of La Raza, Obama, John McCain, Minute Men, Home News
Susan Grant

Inside at the National Council of La Raza Annual Conference, John McCain deflects criticism that he's backpedaled on comprehensive immigration reform. Outside, pro- and anti-immigration activists duke it out in the streets.

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Just Say No to Federal Funding For Drug War

Bill Piper | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brennan Center, Aclu, National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, Drug Policy Alliance, National African-American Drug Policy Coalition, National Council of La Raza, Drugs, National Black Police Association, Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program, Rick Perry, Politics News
Bill Piper

Congress has yet again renewed the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant program, a federal law enforcement grant program that is feeding the war on drugs and fueling racial disparities, police corruption, and civil rights abuses.

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Sam Stein

Major Hispanic Group Launches 'Hate Speech' Campaign Targeting Dobbs, Beck

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Anti-Immigration Rhetoric, Cnn, Hispanic Americans, Mike Huckabee, Lou Dobbs, National Council of La Raza, 2008 Campaign, Glenn Beck, Campaign, Immigration Policy, Politics News

The country's leading Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization is set to begin a campaign targeting several newscasters and presidential candid...

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