Short term memory is what we all suffer from. More than three months after the raids in Postville some of us are starting to forget the devastation and struggles of a small community in Iowa. Read More
“The wave of foreclosures spreading around the country is hitting Latino communities especially hard.” John Ydstie of All Things Considered reports for NPR. Read More
One month after the largest, single-site workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, hundreds of residents of Postville, Iowa are unable to work or feed their families as they await deportation orders that could take months. Read More at the One World News Web site
An overview of facts and figures in this succinct report.
If the 8.1 million undocumented immigrants who cut lawns, bus tables and perform other jobs disappeared overnight, the nation's economy would lose nearly $1.8 trillion in annual spending.
Texas, the second-hardest-hit state after California, would lose 1.2 million undocumented workers and $220.7 billion in expenditures.
BENEFITS AND COSTS
The impact of illegal immigration on the U.S. Read More
On Monday, May 12, Postville, a tiny town in Northeastern Iowa experienced the largest ICE raid in US history. 390 workers at North America’s largest Kosher meat processing plant were loaded into buses and taken away for a different kind of processing. Read More
Roberto Lovato, a New York-based writer for New America Media, writes about the complex intersection of race and immigration politics in the American South. For example, the Southeast is home to the
fastest-growing Latino population in the United States, but he points out that although this story takes place in Georgia, it is perhaps not much different than the stories of immigrants and African Americans in other parts of this country.
"Documented and undocumented Latinos dealing with the economic and
political effects of Juan Crow in Georgia (and across the country) find
themselves unwitting actors in a centuries-old racial drama, which they
must alter if Juan Crow is to be defeated. Read More
There are 30.1 million Hispanic adults in the United States and 14.4 million of them--or 48%--are women, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau estimates. This fact sheet describes the demographic, employment and income characteristics of Hispanic women in the U.S. using data from the 2007 Current Population Survey and the 2006 American Community Survey. The findings reveal striking differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic women, and native-born and immigrant Hispanic women from different countries of origin.
Tags: Pew Hispanic Center, US Census Bureau
Topics: Economics, Education, Health Care, Immigrants, Language
Topics: Economics, Education, Health Care, Immigrants, Language
The Haitian government and the international community contributed significantly to the dire situation that sparked the early April food riots in the Caribbean nation, writes anthropologist Mark Schuller. Read More at the One World News Web site
Tomas R. Jimenez, assistant professor of sociology at UC San Diego and Irving Fellow at the New American Foundation writes that "Assimilation is a multigenerational process that unfolds as individuals pursue their economic aspirations. Read More


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