HispanicTips » Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com Essential Hispanic & Latino News :: Relevant, Trusted, Comprehensive and Useful Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:49:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en E-Verify faces added scrutiny in the wake of Mississippi raid - Postville’s Agriprocessors raid now second largest in U.S. history http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/28/e-verify-faces-added-scrutiny-in-the-wake-of-mississippi-raid-postvilles-agriprocessors-raid-now-second-largest-in-us-history/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/28/e-verify-faces-added-scrutiny-in-the-wake-of-mississippi-raid-postvilles-agriprocessors-raid-now-second-largest-in-us-history/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:19:59 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/28/e-verify-faces-added-scrutiny-in-the-wake-of-mississippi-raid-postvilles-agriprocessors-raid-now-second-largest-in-us-history/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/28/e-verify-faces-added-scrutiny-in-the-wake-of-mississippi-raid-postvilles-agriprocessors-raid-now-second-largest-in-us-history/feed/ ICE gambles that Democrats and progressive bloggers are too distracted to call them out on latest immigration raid http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/26/ice-gambles-that-democrats-and-progressive-bloggers-are-too-distracted-to-call-them-out-on-latest-immigration-raid/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/26/ice-gambles-that-democrats-and-progressive-bloggers-are-too-distracted-to-call-them-out-on-latest-immigration-raid/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:46:48 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/26/ice-gambles-that-democrats-and-progressive-bloggers-are-too-distracted-to-call-them-out-on-latest-immigration-raid/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/26/ice-gambles-that-democrats-and-progressive-bloggers-are-too-distracted-to-call-them-out-on-latest-immigration-raid/feed/ When Reality is Ignored by the Political Theorists : Mississippi Raids Ignored http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/26/when-reality-is-ignored-by-the-political-theorists-mississippi-raids-ignored/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/26/when-reality-is-ignored-by-the-political-theorists-mississippi-raids-ignored/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:46:18 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/26/when-reality-is-ignored-by-the-political-theorists-mississippi-raids-ignored/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/26/when-reality-is-ignored-by-the-political-theorists-mississippi-raids-ignored/feed/ Howard Industries is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of electronic transformers and transportation equipment. Early Monday morning, the Laurel facility was swarming with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. After hours of interviewing all the employees on site, 350 illegal immigrants were identified. - Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/26/howard-industries-is-one-of-the-worlds-largest-manufacturers-of-electronic-transformers-and-transportation-equipment-early-monday-morning-the-laurel-facility-was-swarming-with-us-immigration-and/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/26/howard-industries-is-one-of-the-worlds-largest-manufacturers-of-electronic-transformers-and-transportation-equipment-early-monday-morning-the-laurel-facility-was-swarming-with-us-immigration-and/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:49:28 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/26/howard-industries-is-one-of-the-worlds-largest-manufacturers-of-electronic-transformers-and-transportation-equipment-early-monday-morning-the-laurel-facility-was-swarming-with-us-immigration-and/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/26/howard-industries-is-one-of-the-worlds-largest-manufacturers-of-electronic-transformers-and-transportation-equipment-early-monday-morning-the-laurel-facility-was-swarming-with-us-immigration-and/feed/ Coastwide, census figures through July 1, 2007, show the Hispanic population in Harrison, Jackson and Hancock counties grew from 11,538 in 2005 to 12,094 - an increase of 4.8%. Growth between 2000 and July of last year was much stronger, at 42.4%. - Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/coastwide-census-figures-through-july-1-2007-show-the-hispanic-population-in-harrison-jackson-and-hancock-counties-grew-from-11538-in-2005-to-12094-an-increase-of-48-growth-between-2000-and/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/coastwide-census-figures-through-july-1-2007-show-the-hispanic-population-in-harrison-jackson-and-hancock-counties-grew-from-11538-in-2005-to-12094-an-increase-of-48-growth-between-2000-and/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:27:46 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/coastwide-census-figures-through-july-1-2007-show-the-hispanic-population-in-harrison-jackson-and-hancock-counties-grew-from-11538-in-2005-to-12094-an-increase-of-48-growth-between-2000-and/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/coastwide-census-figures-through-july-1-2007-show-the-hispanic-population-in-harrison-jackson-and-hancock-counties-grew-from-11538-in-2005-to-12094-an-increase-of-48-growth-between-2000-and/feed/ The Immigration Fight Gets Ugly - A law making it a felony to be an undocumented worker is sowing conflict in Mississippi, as states take action in the absence of federal immigration reform http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/28/the-immigration-fight-gets-ugly-a-law-making-it-a-felony-to-be-an-undocumented-worker-is-sowing-conflict-in-mississippi-as-states-take-action-in-the-absence-of-federal-immigration-reform/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/28/the-immigration-fight-gets-ugly-a-law-making-it-a-felony-to-be-an-undocumented-worker-is-sowing-conflict-in-mississippi-as-states-take-action-in-the-absence-of-federal-immigration-reform/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:15:43 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/28/the-immigration-fight-gets-ugly-a-law-making-it-a-felony-to-be-an-undocumented-worker-is-sowing-conflict-in-mississippi-as-states-take-action-in-the-absence-of-federal-immigration-reform/ Blogante News from HispanicTips.com - The Most Relevant Hispanic y Latino News :: Trusted, Comprehensive & Useful]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/28/the-immigration-fight-gets-ugly-a-law-making-it-a-felony-to-be-an-undocumented-worker-is-sowing-conflict-in-mississippi-as-states-take-action-in-the-absence-of-federal-immigration-reform/feed/ Hispanic population on the rise in DeSoto - Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/hispanic-population-on-the-rise-in-desoto-mississippi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/hispanic-population-on-the-rise-in-desoto-mississippi/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:11:21 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/hispanic-population-on-the-rise-in-desoto-mississippi/ "The face of DeSoto County is ever-changing as people continue to make it their home. But one group of newcomers is making more of an impact than others.

The number of Hispanics, as well as businesses and programs for them, has continually risen in recent years throughout the county.

From April 2000 to July 2006, the county saw its overall population grow by 35 percent to nearly 145,000, with the number of Hispanic residents more than doubling, according to U.S. Census statistics." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/hispanic-population-on-the-rise-in-desoto-mississippi/feed/ Work is Criminal for Mississippi Undocumented http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/28/work-is-criminal-for-mississippi-undocumented/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/28/work-is-criminal-for-mississippi-undocumented/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:19:35 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/28/work-is-criminal-for-mississippi-undocumented/ "The Mississippi bill, SB 2988, requires employers to use an electronic system to verify immigration status, called E-Verify. It will become a felony for an undocumented worker to hold a job. David Bacon is the author of "The Children of NAFTA" (University of California Press, 2004). He sits on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Committee of the Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/28/work-is-criminal-for-mississippi-undocumented/feed/ Facing South: How Mississippi passed the country’s biggest crackdown on immigrant workers http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/24/facing-south-how-mississippi-passed-the-countrys-biggest-crackdown-on-immigrant-workers/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/24/facing-south-how-mississippi-passed-the-countrys-biggest-crackdown-on-immigrant-workers/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:51:22 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/24/facing-south-how-mississippi-passed-the-countrys-biggest-crackdown-on-immigrant-workers/ "Over the last few years, a quiet but powerful alliance in Mississippi of African-American lawmakers, immigrant rights advocates and labor unions had successfully defeated a series of punitive bills aimed at the state's fast-growing Latino and new immigrant population.

But last month, that string of victories came to an end. Gov. Haley Barbour signed into law a bill with the most far-reaching employer sanctions in the United States. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/24/facing-south-how-mississippi-passed-the-countrys-biggest-crackdown-on-immigrant-workers/feed/ Immigrant rights advocates urging Gov. to kill bill - Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/13/immigrant-rights-advocates-urging-gov-kill-bill-mississippi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/13/immigrant-rights-advocates-urging-gov-kill-bill-mississippi/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:55:12 +0000 tomasz http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/13/immigrant-rights-advocates-urging-gov-kill-bill-mississippi/ "More than 20 immigrants rights advocates urged Gov. Haley Barbour to veto a bill that would require companies to use a federal Internet-based database to make sure all of their employees meet citizenship or work visa regulations." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/03/13/immigrant-rights-advocates-urging-gov-kill-bill-mississippi/feed/ El Pueblo Ministry Now Helping Coast Hispanic Immigrants - Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/02/28/pueblo-ministry-helping-coast-hispanic-immigrants-mississippi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/02/28/pueblo-ministry-helping-coast-hispanic-immigrants-mississippi/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:31:43 +0000 tomasz http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/02/28/pueblo-ministry-helping-coast-hispanic-immigrants-mississippi/ "A new ministry is helping South Mississippi's Hispanic immigrants with the challenge of adapting to laws and customs of this country. Earlier this month, El Pueblo opened its doors in East Biloxi. The director says El Pueblo, which in Spanish means "the village," is committed to teaching immigrants their rights.

Margarita Rodriguez and Maria Avila tell horrifying stories of years of domestic abuse. Both say as Mexican immigrants, they felt they no choice but to stay with their husbands." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/02/28/pueblo-ministry-helping-coast-hispanic-immigrants-mississippi/feed/ Hispanic Population Growing In Pascagoula School District - Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/02/12/hispanic-population-growing-pascagoula-school-district-mississippi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/02/12/hispanic-population-growing-pascagoula-school-district-mississippi/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:01:52 +0000 tomasz http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/02/12/hispanic-population-growing-pascagoula-school-district-mississippi/ "Ramos is just one of many Spanish speaking students who now go to class in the Pascagoula School District. The numbers have grown dramatically since Katrina.

"We started with 196 in 2005, and we are up to 484 now," school official Dr. Susan McLaurin said.

Dr. McLaurin says the tremendous Hispanic growth has lead to special training tools, computers games, and hiring more bilingual teachers to help the students jump over the educational hurdles." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/02/12/hispanic-population-growing-pascagoula-school-district-mississippi/feed/ Senate Bill Toughens Immigration Laws - Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/02/04/senate-bill-toughens-immigration-laws-mississippi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/02/04/senate-bill-toughens-immigration-laws-mississippi/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:53:14 +0000 tomasz http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/02/04/senate-bill-toughens-immigration-laws-mississippi/ "Passing the Senate with only five dissenting votes, Senate Bill 2037 requires businesses under contract with the state of Mississippi to use only U.S. citizens or legal immigrants...or at least make an effort to verify their workers' eligibility.

An agreement couldn't be met last year in Congress on what to do with the possible twelve million illegal immigrants in the United States. Saying they've heard from constituents concerned about the illegal immigration problem, the Mississippi Senate took matters into their own hands." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/02/04/senate-bill-toughens-immigration-laws-mississippi/feed/ Schools react to rising Hispanic population - Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/12/06/schools-react-rising-hispanic-population-mississippi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/12/06/schools-react-rising-hispanic-population-mississippi/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:40:06 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/12/06/schools-react-rising-hispanic-population-mississippi/ "The number of students in the Pascagoula School District who primarily speak a language other than English has more than doubled since Hurricane Katrina, school officials said. The influx of mostly Spanish-speaking students has pushed the district to hire additional English-language staff.

The number of Spanish-speaking students inside the Jackson County and Moss Point school districts has also risen since the storm, which increased the Gulf Coast's Hispanic population as laborers moved here looking for work." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/12/06/schools-react-rising-hispanic-population-mississippi/feed/ Jones County auxiliary deputy accused of robbing Hispanic motorists - Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/11/28/jones-county-auxiliary-deputy-accused-robbing-hispanic-motorists-mississippi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/11/28/jones-county-auxiliary-deputy-accused-robbing-hispanic-motorists-mississippi/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:43:39 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/11/28/jones-county-auxiliary-deputy-accused-robbing-hispanic-motorists-mississippi/ "Robert Dreading of Ellisville was arrested at his home Tuesday afternoon by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. Dreading is accused of misusing his authority by pulling over Hispanic drivers, handcuffing them, and taking their money and other personal property." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/11/28/jones-county-auxiliary-deputy-accused-robbing-hispanic-motorists-mississippi/feed/ Ridgeland Firefighters Learn Spanish - Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/10/11/ridgeland-firefighters-learn-spanish-mississippi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/10/11/ridgeland-firefighters-learn-spanish-mississippi/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:44:12 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/10/11/ridgeland-firefighters-learn-spanish-mississippi/ Tomás
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The Hokey-Pokey in Spanish is just one way Holmes Community College Instructor Jana Rodriguez is teaching Ridgeland firefighters to help Spanish-speakers when they are involved in car accidents, fires, or abusive situations. The song helps firefighters learn Spanish terms for different body parts.

\"If we get into a situation where we don\'t understand what a person is saying, then there\'s no way we could possibly help them,\" James Stokes, a Ridgeland firefighter said.]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/10/11/ridgeland-firefighters-learn-spanish-mississippi/feed/ Conference Aims to Unite Blacks and Hispanics - Black-Brown Unity Conference - Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/09/23/conference-aims-unite-blacks-hispanics-black-brown-unity-conference-mississippi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/09/23/conference-aims-unite-blacks-hispanics-black-brown-unity-conference-mississippi/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:59:52 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/09/23/conference-aims-unite-blacks-hispanics-black-brown-unity-conference-mississippi/ ""I think we have to re-educate ourselves, whites have to educate on black history and black history has to educate on white and Latino history," Leos said. That's the goal of a two-day conference in Canton this weekend. Around 30 people gathered at the United Auto Workers Justice Center for the 'Black-Brown Unity Conference.' The Southern Christian Leadership Conference teamed up with the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance to discuss ways to unite both races on issues like labor, immigration reform, and education." For source and translated source please visit the site.

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]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/09/23/conference-aims-unite-blacks-hispanics-black-brown-unity-conference-mississippi/feed/ Bilingual officers ‘busier than ever’ - Hattiesburg, Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/09/13/bilingual-officers-busier-than-ever-hattiesburg-mississippi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/09/13/bilingual-officers-busier-than-ever-hattiesburg-mississippi/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:36:21 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/09/13/bilingual-officers-busier-than-ever-hattiesburg-mississippi/ ""The Hispanic population has grown tremendously in this area," Kubiak said. "We're dealing with them more and more." The U.S. Census, in data released this week, indicates that the Hispanic population in the Pine Belt has grown significantly. The 2006 data show the number of Hispanics in Forrest County grew from 916 in 2000 to 1,250 last year. The increase was even more dramatic in Jones County, which saw the Hispanic population grow from 1,272 in 2000 to 2,678 in 2006."

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]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/09/13/bilingual-officers-busier-than-ever-hattiesburg-mississippi/feed/ Immigrants feel fallout on Coast - Mississippi http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/08/29/immigrants-feel-fallout-coast-mississippi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/08/29/immigrants-feel-fallout-coast-mississippi/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:15:10 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/08/29/immigrants-feel-fallout-coast-mississippi/ "They rebuilt casinos, poured concrete, repaired roofs, installed wallboard and took on jobs when the battered Mississippi Gulf Coast had no solid work force of its own. Now, two years after the storm, with much of the recovery work done, some of those immigrants - those who have put down roots with homes, schools and businesses - say they're stared at in public, singled out by law enforcement and targeted by politicians on the campaign trail. Gratitude, they say, has turned into spite."

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]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/08/29/immigrants-feel-fallout-coast-mississippi/feed/ Did You Know? Between 2000 and 2006, south Mississippi saw an 8% increase in the Hispanic population http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/08/09/did-know-between-2000-2006-south-mississippi-increase-hispanic-population/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/08/09/did-know-between-2000-2006-south-mississippi-increase-hispanic-population/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:28:44 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/08/09/did-know-between-2000-2006-south-mississippi-increase-hispanic-population/ So did you know this? If you didn't, perhaps you could send it to someone you know to help spread the knowledge and please tell them about HispanicTips.

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