Tag: Immigrants: Page 26

Latinx

Hispanic Laborers Die at Higher Rates on Job Sites

Hispanic workers die at higher rates than other laborers, with 1 in 3 of these deaths occurring in the construction industry, a government study reported on June 5.

June 10, 2008

Latinx

Closing the Culture Gap Can Help Latino Students Learn, Professor Says

With the increase in the nation’s Hispanic population, policymakers must address the “opportunity gap” as an education challenge, says Dr. Pedro A. Noguera, a professor at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at New York University.

June 3, 2008

Latinx

Latino Job Growth Slowing Down to a Slump, Says Labor Report

The slump in the U.S. real estate market and the subprime mortgage crisis has had its effect on Latino workers, according to a report released June 4 by the Pew Hispanic Center.

June 3, 2008

Latinx

Spanish Is the Language of Commerce in Miami

Melissa Green’s mother spoke Spanish, but she never learned because her father forbid it.

June 3, 2008

Community Colleges

N.C. Bill Aims To Keep Undocumented Students Enrolled in Two-Year Colleges

Several House members want to keep undocumented immigrants in North Carolina’s community colleges and public universities by barring officials from asking potential students about their immigration status.

May 28, 2008

Latinx

Arkansas Governor Says Law Bars In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students

By law, colleges and universities do not have the option of allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition, Gov. Mike Beebe warned over the weekend.

May 27, 2008

Latinx

Immigrants Are Assimilating Quickly, but Mexicans Lag Most, Report Says

Despite rapid growth in the immigrant population, newcomers of the past quarter-century have assimilated more rapidly than their counterparts of a century ago, according to a conservative think tank.

May 20, 2008

Community Colleges

N.C. Community College System Halts Undocumented Student Admissions

North Carolina’s community college system reversed itself Tuesday and said it will no longer admit undocumented immigrants until federal officials formally weigh in on whether it is legal.

May 14, 2008

Students

NC System Reverses Itself, Won’t Admit Undocumented

North Carolina community colleges will have to wait longer for a resolution to a controversy over admitting undocumented students that has been brewing since the system issued a directive last December to do so as part of the prevailing open-admissions policy

May 13, 2008

Latinx

Arkansas Organization Moves to Deny Benefits to Undocumented

The Arkansas attorney general’s office cleared the way on last Wednesday for supporters of a ballot measure requiring government agencies to verify all those seeking public benefits in the state are legal U.S. residents to begin gathering signatures.

May 13, 2008

Community Colleges

Undocumented Students To Be Denied Admission To N.C. Community Colleges

Upon the advice of the state attorney general’s office, the North Carolina Community College system will no longer admit undocumented students into degree-granting programs.

May 13, 2008

Home

Arkansas Organization Moves Forward With Measure to Deny Undocumented Immigrants Public Benefits

The Arkansas attorney general’s office cleared the way on Wednesday for supporters of a ballot measure requiring government agencies to verify all those seeking public benefits in the state are legal U.S. residents to begin gathering signatures.

May 8, 2008