Top Stories + Arizona Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 19, 2009
After a 3 year trial of producing regionalized news for several top 10 Hispanic market stations via the Telemundo Production Center in Dallas, the network is reverting to producing local news. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix and San Jose will once again have locally produced news.
November 18, 2009
Video report of Latina forced to give birth while in chains in Maricopa County, AZ courtesy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio (en Español)
November 13, 2009
ASU, ALRE release major study on Arizona’s Latino population – (direct link to report & powerpoint)
November 5, 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court has indicated it is interested in hearing an appeal from business groups that, for the past two years, have been trying to have Arizona’s controversial employer-sanctions law thrown out. – The sanctions law, which punishes companies for hiring illegal immigrants and requires all Arizona employers to use a federal electronic system to verify the work status of employees, has been upheld by two lower courts.
October 17, 2009
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched a sweep in Phoenix on Friday, a half day after officials in Washington limited his powers to make federal immigration arrests.
October 6, 2009
“Toughest Sheriff in America” Stripped of ICE Agent Status – According to a statement released by MCSO, the new 287(g) agreement has “stripped Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies of their ICE agent status to act as federal immigration authorities.”
September 29, 2009
The number of deaths of undocumented immigrants in the Arizona desert increased by 20% during the 2009 fiscal year, despite extreme vigilance and the efforts of humanitarian organizations.
August 24, 2009
Arizona State University’s freshman class of more than 9,200 will include a record 118 National Hispanic Scholars, bringing the total to around 335. ASU has perhaps the highest number of National Hispanic Scholars in the country, up from only 75 in 2002.
August 13, 2009
Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies early Thursday launched an employer’s sanctions raid at a Valley paper company and planned to detain more than 100 employees in connection with using false or stolen IDs.
July 1, 2009
The Arizona House has defeated a bill that would have made it the only state in the nation to criminalize the presence of illegal immigrants by expanding its trespassing law.
June 15, 2009
Jason Bush, Shawna Forde, and Albert Gaxiola of the Minutemen American Defense group have been charged with two counts each of first-degree murder and other charges. The three are said to have murdered Raul Junior Flores, his 9 year old daughter, Brisenia, and injured her mother during a home invasion attack on May 30th in the Arizona border town of Arivaca.
June 6, 2009
A recent legal review revealed a Mexican identification card issued to more than 231,000 people in the Valley fails to meet Arizona traffic law, leaving some immigrant motorists subject to arrest during routine stops. While the Mexican government billed the matricula consular card as a secure document for U.S. transplants, police agencies said the card is invalid
March 3, 2009
Activists Protest Immigration Raids In Phoenix – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has dispatched deputies into Hispanic communities in the Phoenix area.
February 11, 2009
In what officials caution is now a dangerous and even deadly crime wave, Phoenix, Arizona has become the kidnapping capital of America, with more incidents than any other city in the world outside of Mexico City and over 370 cases last year alone. – spurred by Mexico’s drug cartels
January 26, 2009
Some 300 women held at immigration detention centers in Arizona face dangerous delays in health care and widespread mistreatment, according to a new study by the University of Arizona, the latest report to criticize conditions at such centers throughout the United States.
January 21, 2009
Arizona’s only Latino governor reflects on career – Raul H. Castro
November 20, 2008
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano tapped as new Homeland Security chief – The vocal immigration reformer brings border-state experience to the post.
November 18, 2008
Gov. Janet Napolitano has tapped Brig. Gen. Hugo E. Salazar as the next adjutant general of the Arizona National Guard, making him the first Hispanic to hold the state’s top military post.
July 28, 2008
The Reign of ‘Sheriff Joe’ – In Arizona, the perils of driving while brown – (revealing read)
June 12, 2008
Sheriff Arpaio’s thugs threaten to arrest a New Times reporter for looking at public records – (wow, you have to read this one) – Phoenix, Arizona
June 4, 2008
Couple making dichos are smart cookies – Their idea: taco-shaped cookies with Mexican proverbs and English translations tucked inside. Their challenge: to bring it to market.
May 15, 2008
Feds grapple with backlog for citizenship – Arizona focus
May 8, 2008
Maricopa County OKs $1M for illegal-immigrant sweeps – Arizona
April 29, 2008
Napolitano vetoes bill on police role in immigration – Arizona – (may have cost as much as $100 million)
April 25, 2008
Joe’s worthless sweeps – Not only are they wrong, they’re not even making dent in illegal migration
Mesa on edge as it awaits promised Arpaio sweeps – Arizona
April 21, 2008
Arizona’s Immigration Two-Step – Traumatized by a tidal wave of illegal immigrants, Arizona last year enacted the nation’s most pitiless law to punish employers who hire undocumented workers. Now state lawmakers, having proved that they mean business — even if it means killing off businesses — are reconnecting with reality: They want to import Mexican workers.
April 14, 2008
Phoenix Mayor Asks FBI to Check Sheriff Joe Arpaio
March 11, 2008
Over 600 illegal immigrants arrested in Arizona in the last week
The Growing Nightmare for Immigrants in Arizona
February 12, 2008
Arizona Seeing Signs of Flight by Immigrants
January 31, 2008
Apartments going empty as hiring law hits migrants – Arizona
January 14, 2008
Program to Prosecute Illegal Immigrants to Expand in Arizona
Arizona ground zero for immigration
January 11, 2008
Sheriff Bans Illegals From Work Detail – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio pulls them because of Arizona’s employers sanctions law?
January 10, 2008
The ChamberPost: Economic Impact of Immigration – (Arizona studies)
January 8, 2008
Over 200 Arizona State University students couldn’t prove legal status – charged out-of-state tuition
December 9, 2007
Many work to be sure entrants know rights – The immigration raids are coming. It’s no longer a matter of if, but when. – Arizona
December 5, 2007
Arizona farm employers await judge’s ruling in sanctions law challenge
November 30, 2007
Kidnapping of illegal immigrants on the rise – Arizona
November 28, 2007
Immigrant who helped boy in US desert said he thought of own kids
Arizonans generally support the concept of local police officers enforcing federal immigration laws, but their support is fractured deeply along political and racial lines.
November 26, 2007
Mexican vanilla extract could cause liver failure – (the clear liquid form artifically flavored from Mexico)
November 25, 2007
Illegal immigrant rescues boy whose mother died in Arizona crash
November 19, 2007
Hispanic firms hurt by Arizona migrant crackdown
November 13, 2007
Latino purchasing power in AZ expected to surge – $3.6 billion in 2000 to $6.4 billion in 2006, and the number is expected to hit $9.8 billion in 2011
November 6, 2007
Arizona case on English learning approaching high-cost junction
November 4, 2007
Language barrier plagues Mesa police – Arizona
Hispanic sure to win seat on Phoenix City Council
October 17, 2007
Immigration law cited for enrollment decline – Mesa, Arizona – (1,295 fewer students could = $5 million less for district)
October 15, 2007
Police chiefs united in voice of reason (concerning immigration) – Phoenix
October 8, 2007
New exhibit shows the impact of Hispanics on Phoenix
October 2, 2007
Legal immigrant applications for citizenship up 86% in Southern Arizona
September 30, 2007
Taunts, threats as employer-sanctions law nears – against Hispanic in Arizona
September 25, 2007
Shrill mob would outlaw DWM (driving while Mexican) – Phoenix
September 16, 2007
Arizona sanctions law has migrants thinking of leaving
August 27, 2007
Migrants fleeing as hiring law nears – Immigration hard-liners cheer, but economic fallout begins – Ar
August 23, 2007
Sheriff: Suspected Illegal Immigrant Hotline Ringing Off the Hook – Arizona
August 9, 2007
Illegal immigrants banned from visiting people at county jails – Maricopa County, Arizona
July 19, 2007
Poor Copa PanAmericana turnout hard to pinpoint for organizers – Phoenix, Arizona
July 18, 2007
Business owner group says illegal-hire law will hurt Anglos, too – Arizona
July 16, 2007
Students learning English to spend 4 hours a day on language – Arizona
July 12, 2007
Migrantless Arizona economic output would drop 8.2%
Arizona urges VD test for pregnant Hispanics – Rate of syphilis higher in Latinas, AZ statistics say
June 24, 2007
Immigration Measure Changes Rules for Employers – Arizona
May 22, 2007
No bail for illegal immigrants? – A new Arizona law that denies bond to suspected illegal immigrants charged with crimes faces its first legal challenge Tuesday.
April 19, 2007
¡Viva Mariachi! – Teen musicians in training and thousands of spectators are drawn every year to the Tucson International Mariachi Conference
April 2, 2007
Diamondbacks courting Hispanic fans
March 14, 2007
Detective: Immigration debate drives white supremacist membership – Arizona
March 7, 2007
Business community calls immigration debate complex
February 23, 2007
Prison firm fined for pro-Hispanic hiring bias – Arizona
February 13, 2007
Financial institutions, immigrants face quandaries
January 31, 2007
Desert Schools Credit Union (Arizona’s largest) defends accounts for undocumented
January 10, 2007
Arizona Court Rules in Favor of Western Union on Money Transfers (supporting Hispanics sending money home to Mexico)
January 8, 2007
I have met this enemy and they really are us
December 21, 2006
University of Arizona student enjoys TV stardom – Bunny Uriarte
