The FTC says the Bakersfield home lender charged Latinos higher prices for mortgages. A lawyer for the company disputes the allegations.

By E. Scott Reckard
Have mortgage lenders discriminated against minority borrowers by charging them higher interest rates and fees? Fair-lending advocacy groups have long maintained that this is so, and federal consumer protection officials are agreeing in a case involving a California home lender.

The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it had accused a Bakersfield-based mortgage banking company of charging Latinos higher prices for mortgage loans than it charged non-Latino whites. The agency alleged that the discrepancies could not be explained by applicants’ credit histories or underwriting risk – read more

If Hispanic business weren’t feeling the depression in the Colorado state then Denver Police are making sure they feel the pain , every year the Denver police starts its targeting of Hispanics during the Cinco de Mayo celebrations , and thus scaring away Latino customers that would normally shop along “federal blvd” in Denver.

Denver police are preparing for the annual Cinco de Mayo celebrations that include Latinos cruising along Federal Blvd.

Police anticipate heavy latino traffic along Federal Blvd. both Saturday, Sunday, May 5, 9, and 10.

Additional police officers will patrol Federal Blvd. during those days.

Traffic barricades will also be used to restrict access to side streets along Federal Blvd. ap news

The Luis Ramirez  petition is being sponsored by MALDEF, a non-profit dedicated to promoting equality and justice through litigation, advocacy, public policy, and community education in the areas of employment, immigrants’ rights, voting rights, education, and language rights. Read the rest of this entry »

The racist Radio Host  Jay Severin would be proud of Michael Savage

Most recently, The Jewish Radio host Michael Savage accused illegal immigrants of being the carriers of the swine flu and The fact that this new flu is just an excuse to spread racism is not a surprise , they will and are always looking  for an opportunity to exploit immigrants for their political gain.,

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 The other day i was home reading the news on the web concerning the swine flu and how it is effecting Americans , and then i found a video that shocked me. “Jay Severin” let his racist views explode live on air Read the rest of this entry »

American cases were found to be made up of genetic elements from four different flu viruses ” North American swine influenza, North American avian influenza, human influenza A virus subtype H1N1, and swine influenza virus typically found in “Asia and Europe” – “an unusually mongrelised mix of genetic sequences.”

and most people infected were from Cancun Mexico that were on spring break , someone from another country could have easily infected travelers with the swine flu while on vacation in Mexico.

racist people will always blame people of different color for all there ills and so I’m not the bit surprised fox-news is pushing this kind of anti Mexican hate.

Rosario Marin ,Carrie Lopez get their lives turned upside down after an article depicting them as two government official  swindling tax payers for personal gain.

By Adrian Perez, Publisher, Latino Journal

The Los Angeles Times is one of the most widely read and respected publications in the west coast, serving the second largest city in the nation, and the largest Latino population. Read the rest of this entry »

Unions and new American Immigrants go hand in hand , great article talking about such a thing was sent to me from a reader. – excerpts from article at “blog.aflcio.org”

by Seth Michaels,

To get a stake in America’s economy and a better life for themselves and their families, Latinos need the freedom to form unions and bargain.

• which means they need the Employee Free Choice Act. Read the rest of this entry »

LULAC -League of United Latin American Citizens

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS

It’s the country’s oldest U.S. Latino civil rights group. Its members were behind key Supreme Court battles

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WASHINGTON, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke will make opening remarks at a press briefing on the ya es hora HAGASE CONTAR! (It’s Time, Make Yourself Count!) Campaign Read the rest of this entry »