Love’s Mayor Lost

(posted by Prof. Montejano)

Love’s Mayor Lost: A match made in San Angelo.

by Forrest Wilder

When the popular mayor of San Angelo abruptly announced after his landslide election to a fourth term that he was stepping down to be with his gay lover, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, the story quickly became a media sensation.

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Driver's License Standards

Senators introduce Legislation to Weaken Secure Driver's License Standards

Last week, Senator Daniel Akaka introduced legislation entitled PASS ID (S. 1261), a bill that would gut the REAL ID Act.

By Annie Kim

http://www.fairus.org/site/News2/1929724780?page=NewsArticle&id=20785&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1012#4

NY Times Watch

(posted by Carlos Sanchez)

Obama has begun meeting with bipartisan leaders to start figuring out a comprehensive immigration reform read more...

Republicans look at guest worker program in debate and Mccain even called on Obama to lead the unions to accepting a guest worker program read more...

an Editorial calls on Obama and congress to pass this immigration reform otherwise politicians will be too afraid to back another one read more...

Bill for Agricultural Guest Worker Program Re-Introduced

Posted by Nicki Nario

Senator Feinstein, in introducing the bill, laid out a persuasive case for saving American farms by fixing the untenable situation that the agricultural workforce is in today.

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Obama hints at amnesty for illegal immigrants

President Barack Obama stayed away from hot-button words in remarks Thursday on immigration reform, but hinted that his immigration push will include some kind of “amnesty” or “legal path” for illegal immigrants already in the United States.

He also praised U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who was at a White House meeting on the issue and has supported a legal path for undocumented immigrants and a guest worker program.

Posted by Weiting Wu

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Time to end Sen. Pearce's reckless misstatements

by Phil Gordon - Jun. 27, 2009 12:00 AM
My Turn

Enough is enough. State Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, should listen to his own words. In a column last Thursday ("Let's put an end to illegal-migrant catch and release"), Pearce said "enough is enough" with the blind eye he claims Phoenix is turning toward illegal immigration.

But the senator's own vision is distorted and myopic. Enough of his reckless misstatements.

Posted by Weiting Wu

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Latino students could learn better with bilingual ed

What's best for Latino students who struggle with English? Should they be taught through bilingual education or are English-only programs the way to go? The answer for a school district in Charlotte, N.C., seems to be a strong combination of both.

At the Collinswood Language Academy (kindergarten through sixth grade) students spend half their day learning subjects like math and science in Spanish and the other half being taught history and social studies in English. The program has been around for a decade and in Charlotte, home to a huge influx of Latinos, it is in great demand.

Posted by Weiting Wu

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