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Posted 06/18/10 at 11:35am

‘Qué Pasa’ in Immigration: Legal Action Against SB 1070?; CIR in Limbo; Father’s Day Postcard

The Spanish-Language media covers the statements made by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, suggesting that the Obama Administration will undertake legal action against Arizona state law SB 1070.  AP reports on Governor Jan Brewer’s reaction to what Clinton said at the beginning of the month in Ecuador during an interview with a Colombian international television service, NTN24.

CIR in Limbo.  EFE also reports on the private meeting yesterday between pro-immigrant leaders and advocates with Democratic Senators on the future of comprehensive immigration reform and the DREAM Act and AgJOBS initiatives.

Father’s Day Postcard to Obama. EFE and Notimex report on the Father’s Day postcard campaign organized by the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC), where children of undocumented parents will send postcards to President Obama asking the President for humane immigration reform, an end to the raids, and a halt to deportations.

In other news…

AOL Latino and America’s Voice en Español publish an article by Maribel Hastings, “Dream Act and AgJOBS Under Scrutiny”

La Jornada (Mexico City) highlights the story of Harvard student, Eric Balderas, and the DREAM Act movement. 

An EFE dispatch from Tucson, Arizona reports on the increase of Hispanic voter registrations in Arizona after the passage of law SB 1070.

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