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LAPD Halts Sharply Criticized Muslim Mapping Program

LOS ANGELES A police plan to map out Muslim communities that was sharply criticized and called religious profiling by civil rights groups has been shelved, a police spokeswoman said Wednesday.

November 14, 2007

In Iowa, Romney Assails Giuliani, Huckabee on Tuition Breaks for Illegal Immigrants

SIOUX CITY Iowa Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, seeking to protect his narrowing lead and fend off challenges from rivals in this early-voting state, assailed Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani over supporting tuition breaks and broader sanctuary for illegal immigrants or their children.

November 13, 2007

Districts Adopt Mexican Curriculum to Help Hispanic Students

Several school districts in the South and West that serve large populations of Spanish-speaking immigrant students are moving to align their middle- and high-school curriculae with what is being taught in Mexico.

November 4, 2007

Study: Kids of Immigration Raid Arrestees Face Mental Problems

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. Amid thousands of children around the country distraught over a parent arrested in immigration raids, federal officials, school officials and advocates for immigrants argued over who was to blame for leading kids to post-traumatic stress disorder, separation anxiety and depression, as a study released last Wednesday found.

November 4, 2007

Districts Adopt Mexican Curriculum to Help Hispanic Students

Several school districts in the South and West that serve large populations of Spanish-speaking immigrant students are moving to align their middle- and high-school curriculae with what is being taught in Mexico.

November 4, 2007

Kids of Illegal Immigrants Live in Fear But Pursue American Dream

SPOKANE Wash. A teenage girl studying entrepreneurship at Washington State University would be on her way to realizing the American Dream, except she is not American.

October 30, 2007

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University of St. Thomas Won’t Host Desmond Tutu, Citing His Criticism of Israel

ST. PAUL, Minn. A private Roman Catholic college in Minnesota has shelved plans to invite Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu to speak, fearing that his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will offend the Jewish community, a school official said.

October 3, 2007

DREAM Act Deferred — Again

Legislation to help illegal immigrant students access higher education suffered another setback in the Senate last week. But the Senate’s top Democrat has pledged an up-or-down vote on the measure by mid-November.

October 1, 2007

Keeping the DREAM Alive

A state reciprocity agreement facilitates in-state tuition for undocumented students in New Mexico and Colorado.

September 30, 2007

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A Historical Omission

Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and colleagues were puzzled to learn of a major World War II documentary to air without the voices of Latino veterans. And then the campaign began.

September 30, 2007

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Education for a Democracy: Money, Green Card Not Required

Today, in the midst of increasing political measures to deny basic rights and services to immigrants, we must remember that Latina/o students are part of a growing movement for social justice. The U.S. government and America’s schools are doing little to build on these students’ strengths, invest in their futures or ensure their place in institutions of higher education.

September 27, 2007

DREAM Act Effort Renewed

WASHINGTON Immigration groups are mounting a new effort on the long-debated DREAM Act by trying to attach the education and citizenship measure to a defense bill moving through the U.S. Senate this week.

September 25, 2007

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