Tag: Immigration: Page 44

Latinx

Female Immigrants Mistreated in Detention, Research Suggests

Some female immigrants in detention awaiting decisions on deportation have been mistreated or neglected, according to University of Arizona researchers.

November 25, 2008

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Change of Heart?

The news comes a day after Gannet News Service reported that President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., reached an agreement that will make way for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration legislation.

November 24, 2008

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Bush Touts Immigration Policy as Legacy, Hispanic Advocates Don’t All Agree

As the Bush administration winds down and the Obama administration ramps up, immigration policy is right where it was at the start of the Bush administration: an unfulfilled promise, many Hispanic advocacy groups and immigration policy researchers say.

November 18, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Hispanics Flex Political Muscle for Choice Obama Appointments

Hispanic advocacy groups are pressing hard to get President-elect Barack Obama to name unprecedented numbers of Hispanics to his administration.

November 10, 2008

African-American

Democrats Gain in Dixie, but Racial Divide Remains

Barack Obama hardly marched across the South like General William T. Sherman, who accepted the surrender of the Conferedate armies in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida in 1865. But he certainly made some inroads.

November 5, 2008

Asian American Pacific Islander

Multiracial Survey To Tap Voter Attitudes

The pollsters have been out en force this presidential election season.

November 3, 2008

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Hispanics to Press New President on Immigration, No Matter the Victor

If Hispanic voters turn out in the numbers predicted in next Tuesday�s presidential election, the winner may be pressured into tackling the politically prickly issue of immigration reform in his first year in office whether he wants to or not, an immigrant advocate predicted Wednesday.

October 29, 2008

Students

Arkansas Chancellor Could Support In-State Rates for the Undocumented

The head of Arkansas’ flagship university said the state must do everything possible to encourage more students to seek bachelor’s degrees – possibly even by offering undocumented immigrants the lower tuition rates given to in-state residents.

October 28, 2008

Latinx

An Obama Win Could Shift Balance in Cuba, Scholar Says

Electing Barack Obama president could significantly change the balance of power in Cuba and among Latinos in the United States because Cuba would be forced to deal with the first American administration in decades that is poised to strengthen ties with the country’s military government, a University at Buffalo scholar predicts.

October 28, 2008

Students

UA head wants in-state rates for illegals

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The head of Arkansas’ flagship university said the state must do everything it can to encourage more students to seek bachelor’s degrees – including possibly offering illegal immigrants the lower tuition rates given to residents. University of Arkansas Chancellor G. David Gearhart stopped just short of endorsing a possible measure […]

October 23, 2008

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‘Hispanic Baby Boom’ Likely To Have Positive, Long-term Effects in Educational Attainment

Hispanics accounted for more than half the nation’s population growth since 2000, the Pew Hispanic Center reported Thursday, and with most of that growth coming from births rather than from immigration, higher educational attainment for Hispanics is expected in the long term.

October 23, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Zooming in on the Tar Heel State

In previous editions, we examined the state of higher education in Georgia, then New York, California, Texas and Illinois.

October 1, 2008