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Fear of deportation makes immigrants spend less

19:34 H — Jennifer

The Houston Chronicle has a very interesting piece today about the economic impact of recent raids against undocumented immigrants in the Latino goods and services sector in Houston. Apparently people are leaving their houses less, some have left their jobs... Read more »

Topics: Houston - Immigration - Money - Texas

Latinos vs. Blacks for jobs, revisited

18:01 H — Jennifer

A while back we wrote about how it seemed that the media was making a whole lot more of the contention between Latinos and African-Americans with regard to a struggle for jobs than what reality really tells us. Before that,... Read more »

Topics: Immigration - Labor - Media - Race

Got Sofia?

11:15 H — Maegan la Mala

Sofia Vergara wants to know if you have your leche. She is the latest celeb to lend her face to the Milk Processors Education Program (MilkPEP)known to us as the Got Milk? campaign. Seems like someone wants more Latinos to... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Health - Marketing

Vigils of Defiance

08:53 H — Maegan la Mala

Some immigration activists are calling today National No Human Being is Illegal Day of Actions. Here in NYC that means a 4 pm vigil of defiance in front of the offices of New York Senators Hilary Clinton & Chuck Schumer... Read more »

Topics: Events - Immigration - New York City