Armed with a police-style baton and a metal pipe, they attacked a black teenager, pushed another black man, harassed a Hispanic man and, in a finishing flourish, ran over a white man who they thought was black, leaving him in a coma, the authorities said. [guanabee.com] The two other suspects, Ralph Nicoletti and “Michael Contreras”, [...]

From Michael Barone | Permanent Link |   I turned away from the then-impending Obama inauguration and looked at immigration. My thesis is that we may be seeing a sharp downturn in Latino immigration, which obviously has all sorts of implications—which I haven’t fully thought through—for immigration policy. I note that some previous surges of migration [...]

Immigration Tops Latinos’ Wish List at DC Meeting New York Times, United States – 5 hours ago Latinos, who make up 9 percent of the national electorate, lent their support overwhelmingly to President-elect Barack Obama [thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com] With all eyes still on the nation’s plunging economy, it’s hard to remember the last time President-elect Barack Obama [...]

Tancredo told the Huffington Post that Bush ought not to worry whether the party is perceived as anti-immigrant. “It’s our domestic policy here in the United States. We don’t have to apologize for our domestic policy to anybody,” he said. “We have more human rights here than any place in the world. We respect the [...]

Well then i guess this might get interesting after their children begin to vote. from:  feetin2worlds Despite the U.S. Latino population’s diversity and widespread presence, certain Hispanic groups have traditionally been associated with specific U.S cities – Mexicans in L.A. and Chicago, Cubans in Miami, Puerto Ricans in New York. But New York’s Hispanic face is [...]

Latino Media is not safe from the free media online news and info , its not surprising. this was a long time coming and most rational people could have predicted it.   The difficult economy has shut down another Spanish-language newspaper in New York City. Hoy Nueva York’s editor, Javier Castano (ha-vee-AIR’ ka-STAHN’-yo), says he and [...]