‘Qué Pasa’ in Immigration: White House Action; Spread of 1070?; Enforcement Programs

America's Voice Blog

Posted 06/30/10 at 02:57pm

The Spanish-language press leads with yesterday’s meeting between President Obama and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in the White House, and the address the President will give tomorrow on immigration reform. In the rest of the country, DHS enforcement programs expand -- at cost to kids -- while activists and Democrats try to keep Arizona's SB 1070 from spreading to their states.

White House action. AOL Latino runs a blog post by Maribel Hastings of America’s Voice, “Obama to promote immigration reform in Thursday speech,” on the topic. La Opinión (Los Angeles), AFP, EFE, La Crónica, and ANSA have more on the story.

Spread of 1070? Al Día (Dallas) writes that the Democratic Party of Texas has condemned Arizona SB 1070. EFE reports on the efforts of community activists in Florida to prevent a similar law from going into effect in that state.

Enforcement programs. An EFE dispatch covers the state-by-state expansion of the Secure Communities enforcement program, while Mundo Hispánico writes a feature on the effects of the related 287(g) program on children. AOL Latino and Al Día (Philadelphia) reprint a column by Rafael Prieto of America’s Voice, “Against the worst of the worst,” on these enforcement and deportation programs.

In other news... La Opinión reports on Evangelical activity to promote immigration reform; La Raza (Chicago) reports that the attorney general of Illinois and the sheriff of the state’s most populous county both support reform; America’s Voice en Español posts a blog post by Maria Ponce about the suspension of the hunger strike North Carolina students had undertaken to advocate for the legalization of undocumented students under the DREAM Act, which quotes an article from La Conexión (Raleigh) reporting that one of the students on hunger strike has been hospitalized.

America's Voice has started a new series, “‘Qué Pasa’ in Immigration,” to bring Spanish-language coverage of immigration and politics to a wider audience. Look for daily roundups (in English) of some of the best Spanish-language news.

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