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Luis Moreno published Undocumented Students Sit-in at Obama Campaign Office in On Campus 2012-06-06 12:04:35 -0700
Undocumented Students Sit-in at Obama Campaign Office
A group of undocumented studnets have occupied Obama campaign offices in Denver and are demanding an executive order to stop the deportation of students. ICE has previously released the Morton Memo stating unodcumented students would go to the back of the line of deporations, but deportations have continued. You can sign the petition here!
via Denver Post
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Luis Moreno published Dolores Huerta Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom in Latino Voces 2012-06-01 15:10:56 -0700
Dolores Huerta Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
Well deserved! Legendary labor rights, immigrant rights, and feminist Dolores Huerta is receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom today. The highest civilian award in the United States.
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Luis Moreno published #YoSoy132: The Rise of the Mexican Student Movement in Immigration 2012-05-31 18:41:41 -0700
#YoSoy132: The Rise of the Mexican Student Movement
The Mexican Spring has arrived. Weeks before the country's presidential elections the youth have garnered the largest social movement since the 1960s. Is 2012 the new beginning for the left in Mexico?
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Luis Moreno published Do You Use the Word "Mexico" Online? The Dept. of Homeland Security May Be Tracking You. See What Other Words Are Tracked! in Alerta 2012-05-30 14:19:00 -0700
Do You Use the Word "Mexico" Online? The Dept. of Homeland Security May Be Tracking You
The Department of Homeland Security has released a list of over a hundred words that are tracked on social media. Do you use any of these? We're pretty sure you do.
(flickr: Truthout.org)
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Luis Moreno published Latinos Registered To Vote Doubles In North Carolina in Vote 2012-05-26 11:37:00 -0700
Latinos Registered To Vote Doubles In North Carolina
North Carolina has been a solid red since the beginning of the Republican "Southern Strategy." In the past decade though, there has been considerable headway made by the Democratic party and the increased Latinos registered to vote may now solidify North Carolina as a swing state.
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via Huffington Post
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Luis Moreno published Dolores Huerta Speaks on Marriage Equality! in Latino Voces 2012-05-24 14:40:00 -0700
Dolores Huerta Speaks on Marriage Equality!
Here's an amazing op-ed from Dolores Huerta! Great to see Latino leader having 'An Honest Conversation" about LGBT latinos. The Latino community and the LGBT community are not mutually exclusive and strategies to divide our communities will not succeed!
Be sure to check out our series on young LGBT Latinos at honestconversation.org!
via Huffington Post
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Luis Moreno published 'Occupy Graduation' Participants 'Wear' Their Debt on Caps, Ball and Chains in On Campus 2012-05-23 14:45:00 -0700
'Occupy Graduation' Participants 'Wear' Their Debt on Caps, Ball and Chains
Here's a loud statement! Student's participating in Occupy Graduation are sending a clear message by writing the amount of their debt on their caps, or even more striking, on a ball and chain!
(img via occupygraduation.org)
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Luis Moreno published Just Kidding! Arizona Sec. of State Apologizes For Birther Remarks in Alerta 2012-05-22 16:56:00 -0700
Just Kidding! Arizona Sec. of State Apologizes For Birther Remarks
Just Kidding! Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennet has retracted statements saying that Obama's birth certificate has to be verified before appearing on Arizona's ballot. This is a bit unsettling considering Bennet is Romney's campaign co-chair in Arizona.
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Luis Moreno published Outernational's 'Todos Somos Ilegales' Tour Journal, Part III: California! in Arts 2012-05-22 12:05:00 -0700
Outernational's 'Todos Somos Ilegales' Tour Journal, Part III: California!
We have a guest blog today from the Outernational boys! We've been following the tour closely, especially in SoCal and LA, where we were able to catch the guys in action for May Day events, so be on the look out for footage on that. We are also working with the guys on their next video for their track "Todos Somos Ilegales!" Big things to be excited about! In the meantime check out their tour diary from their tour leg in Cali! For the die hard fans, check out entry one and entry two via Huff Po and Latino Rebels!
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Luis Moreno published Group Says Minority Births Are 'Not A Good Thing' Because They 'Don't Share American Values' in Alerta 2012-05-22 11:02:53 -0700
Group Says Minority Births Are 'Not A Good Thing' Because They 'Don't Share American Values'
Officially, there are more babies of color being born than white babies. This has some groups freaking out. One group is the Open Eagle Forum, an influential right-wing group whose made its way from the fringe to the inner circle.
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via Think Progress
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Luis Moreno published For Americans, The Workplace Is Deadlier Than Iraq in Latino Voces 2012-05-21 11:39:33 -0700
For Americans, The Workplace Is Deadlier Than Iraq
Visit our Latino Voces channel at http://mycuentame.org/latinovoces to find out how you can help improve working conditions and stop deaths in the recycling and waste workers industry as well as in the domestic work industry!
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via Think Progress
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Luis Moreno published Alabama Governor Sends Harsh Anti-Immigrant Law Back to Drawing Board in Alerta 2012-05-17 14:54:04 -0700
Alabama Governor Sends Harsh Anti-Immigrant Law Back to Drawing Board
The bill wasn't signed nor vetoed, rather Governor Robert Bentley summoned a special legislative session for "clarifications." It's unclear whether this move is beneficial to immigrants as Bentley has a stated that people in Alabama should be there "legally."
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Luis Moreno published US Census Bureau: Majority of Births in U.S. Are Non-White in Alerta 2012-05-17 12:27:10 -0700
US Census Bureau: Majority of Births in U.S. Are Non-White
The shift in demographics is evident in all aspects of U.S. life. One of the ways in which the shift in demographics in percieved in through the lens of nativism and white supremacy. Check out our video http://youtu.be/SgjFJ36yme8 on the Federation for American Immigration Reform and their use of demographic shifts as a foundation to write laws like SB1070.
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Luis Moreno published House Approves VAWA Without Protection for Immigrant Women in Alerta 2012-05-16 15:17:34 -0700
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Luis Moreno published Is Homeland Security Conflating Immigration With Terrorism? in Alerta 2012-05-15 11:15:33 -0700
Is Homeland Security Conflating Immigration With Terrorism?
Colorlines has an touching story about what happens when the federal government uses counter-terrorism laws to deport people who have nothing wrong but to leave their countries.
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via Colorlines
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Luis Moreno published Locking Children Up in Prison: How GEO Group Makes its Money in Immigration 2012-05-09 13:03:21 -0700
Locking Children Up in Prison: How GEO Group Makes its Money
The GEO Group is the second most profitable company in the the for-profit prison industry. It has a record of abusing it's most vulnerable inmates, like undocumented immigrants, and, as we see here, children. How low will the for-profit prison industry stoop for a buck?
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via AlterNet
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Obama Declares Support for Gay Marriage
Obama has come out in support of gay marriage. Pretty good right? Now, will he walk the talk?
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via LA TIMES
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Luis Moreno published Do Immigrants Have a Safe Place in Occupy Movement? in Latino Voces 2012-05-09 12:04:29 -0700
Do Immigrants Have a Safe Place in Occupy Movement?
This past May Day was a little different in that the Occupy movement dominated most attention. The past decade was considerably different, with immigrants rights being the issue at the forefront. Considering the Occupy movement addresses some of the same issues immigrant's rights groups address, is there a safe place for the immigrant rights movement in Occupy?
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via AlterNet
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North Carolina Passes Gay Marriage Ban
Unacceptable. North Carolina voters have passed for an amendment to the constitution that prohibits same-sex marriage.
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via NY TIMES
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Luis Moreno published What is Romney's Immigration Plan? Don't Ask the RNC Hispanic Outreach Director in Vote 2012-05-08 16:21:38 -0700
What is Romney's Immigration Plan? Don't Ask the RNC Hispanic Outreach Director
Romney seems to be keeping true to the the "etch-a-sketch" strategy. A couple months back, in primary mode, Romney touted Arizona's SB1070 as a "model" for the country. These days it's quite unclear where Romney stands as an RNC Hispanic Outreach Director today pointed out. The statement was retracted via Twitter, but little has been cleared up.
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via Politico
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