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<strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. </strong>— As Americans head to church this Sunday morning, hundreds of pastors from 40 states are urging President Trump to preserve Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and work with Congress to pass bipartisan legislation to protect Dreamers.<br />
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More than 300 pastors and evangelical leaders have signed on to the letters to the president, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) that leaders of the Evangelical Immigration Table <a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hU%2Fd8LOkLPstlFNpu4vmSiGVXXGS1wrx" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">released</a> late last week.<br />
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The following are quotes from pastors and evangelical leaders across the country who signed on to the letters:<br />
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<strong>Bethany Anderson, Initiative Director, Solidarity, Fullerton, California:</strong>“I signed on to the Evangelical Immigration Table’s letters for Dreamers because I believe Dreamers represent the very best of us. As a community, they embody resilience, courage and hard work, and without Dreamers, my family and community would not be what it is today. If DACA is rescinded and we don't have a legislative solution in place, we would be abandoning a valuable part of our community, and my faith in Jesus does not allow me to sit by and let that happen. My faith compels me to stand with and amplify the voice of the vulnerable, and I am committed to do that alongside Dreamers.”<br />
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<strong>Félix Cabrera, Co-Founder, Hispanic Baptist Pastors Alliance, and Lead Pastor, Iglesia Bautista Central, Oklahoma City:</strong>“To end the DACA program now would be immoral, violating the trust of young immigrants, including those within my congregation and many other Hispanic Southern Baptists throughout the country, who trusted the federal government when it asked them to register and provide their personal information. It would also be economically disastrous, forcing the laying off of hundreds of thousands of trained employees, leaving both their employers and the employees in an incredibly difficult spot. It could trigger a domino effect that harms many citizens — as well as the Dreamers and their families — when those who have lost their jobs would struggle to pay rent or a mortgage payment, miss car payments, be forced to withdraw from college or graduate school, and have trouble providing basic food and clothing for their families. Rather than taking another step that will exacerbate ethnic and political divisions in our nation, I pray that President Trump and congressional leaders from both parties will work together to pass legislation to protect Dreamers, and, in the process, help to unify our nation.”<br />
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<strong>Alan Cross, Missional Strategist, Montgomery Baptist Association, and Executive Director, Community Development Initiatives, Montgomery, Alabama:</strong>“I signed the Evangelical Immigration Table letters to President Trump and congressional leaders because I believe that Dreamers are victims of our broken immigration system, and that biblical justice requires us to speak on behalf of those who are vulnerable and in need of protection. Immigrant Dreamers were brought here at a young age through no fault of their own and have grown up here, graduated from our high schools, work alongside of us and are part of our communities and churches. Many do not even remember their home countries. It would be unjust and immoral to remove their protection and make them subject to deportation. Jesus commands us to love our neighbor sacrificially. Young Dreamers are our neighbors. I call upon Congress to pass legislation that protects Dreamers and provides them an earned pathway to citizenship.”<br />
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<strong>Micah Fries, Senior Pastor, Brainerd Baptist Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee:</strong>“I am glad to stand in support of Dreamers. As believers in Christ, Scripture calls us to advocate on behalf of the vulnerable and marginalized. Few are more marginalized than children who did not decide to live here, but now call this their home, and yet are powerless with respect to their citizenship and fearful of being deported to a place they have likely never known as home. We certainly need a better immigration policy in the U.S., but it must begin with a commitment to protect the children who are most vulnerable and who are already among us.”<br />
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<strong>Jim Hollandsworth, Executive Director, The Path Project, Loganville, Georgia:</strong>“I’m a white, southern, evangelical Christian, and I support keeping DACA and working toward a permanent legislative solution for Dreamers. I have many friends who are Dreamers, and they make my community a better place. All they want is the opportunity to go to college and achieve their dreams — just like I did. All they know is America as their home — just like me. I signed the letter to President Trump urging him to keep DACA because I believe it’s important to let our leaders know that most Americans think Dreamers should be able to stay. Our political leaders need to make this happen.”<br />
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<strong>Joel Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland Church, Casselberry, Florida:</strong>“I've been among many evangelical pastors urging Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform — and especially a bill such as the DREAM Act that would resolve the situation of those who came to the U.S. as children — for many years. Now there is greater urgency than ever as hundreds of thousands of young people, including many here in Central Florida, are apparently at risk of losing their employment authorization and their protection from deportation. Congress needs to pass legislation to protect these Dreamers as soon as possible, and I'd urge the president to refrain from taking any action on DACA until they do so.”<br />
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<strong>Lynne Hybels, Advocate for Global Engagement, Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington, Illinois:</strong>“Our church is deeply invested in serving the immigrant community in the Chicagoland area. We’ve hosted workshops helping dozens of brave young people to apply for the DACA program. We’ve witnessed firsthand the hope that the DACA program has brought to individuals who have wanted nothing more than the chance to pursue an education and lead a productive life, just as our own children have done. To end the program now, without action from Congress first, would be devastating — for them and for the communities that benefit from their work, ingenuity and courage.”<br />
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<strong>Tyler Johnson, Lead Pastor, Redemption Church, Gilbert, Arizona:</strong>“Followers of Jesus are called to do justly and love mercy. We are to open our mouths for the mute and destitute. Signing these Evangelical Immigration Table letters is saying that we are standing on the side of justice with DACA kids.”<br />
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<strong>Jason Lee, Baptist Minister and Director of the Acts 17 Initiative, Atlanta:</strong>“As a Bible-believing Christian who seeks to obey the call of Christ to love my neighbor, to do justice and love mercy, and stand for the vulnerable, it is clear to me that we must find a way to protect our Dreamer neighbors and find a workable solution so that they may stay in the U.S.<br />
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“Dreamers were brought to the U.S. illegally at young ages and are victims of a broken system through no fault of their own. Dreamers need to stay as they are American in every way but the paperwork. Most Dreamers stepped forward in good faith as they became DACA recipients, and we must keep our promise to them, and we must speak and work on their behalf to find a workable solution. I signed the statement for these reasons and am compelled as we cannot act unjustly and deport the American promise that so many Dreamers represent.”<br />
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<strong>Rich Nathan, Senior Pastor, Vineyard Columbus, Columbus, Ohio:</strong>“Vineyard Columbus has helped hundreds of amazing young people to have a shot at the American Dream because of DACA. Ending DACA would destroy Dreamers’ futures, split their families and tell the world that America no longer strives to be ‘the last best hope’ of the earth.”<br />
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<strong>Tim Moore, Senior Pastor, Walk Worthy Baptist Church, Austin, Texas:</strong>“Dreamers deserve citizenship, but permanent legal status would be a good start for this Republican Congress. If they can't do that, they're likely to default to their historical nativist tendency where good and deserving people were once considered to be ‘mongrelizing’ America with ‘bad genes’ or were too foreign, too Jewish, too Catholic or Orthodox ever to be worthy to assimilate to the American way. Congress, allow these deserving Dreamers to be Americans!”<br />
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<strong>Matthew Soerens, U.S. Director of Church Mobilization, World Relief, Aurora, Illinois:</strong>“At World Relief, we partner with more than 1,000 local churches across the U.S. to serve immigrants. Many of these local churches have Dreamers who are members of their congregations. We have seen the hope that the DACA program has provided them, allowing them to work lawfully, help support their families, and also serve their churches and communities. To withdraw that status now, before Congress has passed long overdue legislation, would be devastating — for these brave young people and their families, but also for the churches of which they are an integral part. My prayer and my plea to President Trump and to leaders in Congress is that they would work together to find a legislative solution, rather than prematurely terminating the DACA program.”<br />
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<strong>Joel Tooley, Executive Director, Nazarene Centro de Refugio, Melbourne, Florida:</strong>“As a follower of Jesus, I cannot imagine standing in any other position but that of advocating for those who have been caught up in the fray of an immigration system that holds the vulnerable hostage, gives way for cheaters and lawbreakers to move freely and perpetuates racist, xenophobic rhetoric every time an election draws near. For the cause of Christ, I stand with Dreamers.”<br />
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<strong>Rondell Treviño, Director, Memphis Immigration Project, and Director of Youth Ministries, Woodland Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee:</strong>“The recipients of DACA bring great determination and accomplishments, further making the United States a better and more vibrant country. Not only that, but they are a part of churches bringing a faith in Jesus that is refreshing and needed today. Therefore, as a follower of Christ, I felt obligated to sign the Evangelical Immigration Table letters because Dreamers deserve to be protected and viewed as people to love, not problems to solve.”</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The nation’s foreign-born population is projected to reach 78 million by 2060, making up 18.8% of the total U.S. population, according to new Census Bureau <a href="http://www.census.gov/population/projections/data/national/2014/summarytables.html">population projections</a>. That would be a new record for the foreign-born share, with the bureau projecting that the previous record high of 14.8% in 1890 will be passed as soon as 2025. Yet while Asian and Hispanic immigrants are projected to continue to be the main sources of U.S. immigrant population growth, the new projections show that the share of the foreign born is expected to fall among these two groups. Today, 66.0% of U.S. Asians are immigrants, but that share is predicted to fall to 55.4% by 2060. And while about a third of U.S. Hispanics (34.9%) are now foreign-born, the Census Bureau projects that this share too will fall, to 27.4% in 2060. These declines are due to the growing importance of births as drivers of each group’s population growth. Already, for Hispanics, <a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/26/u-s-hispanic-and-asian-populations-growing-but-for-different-reasons/">U.S. births drive</a> 78% of population growth.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Meanwhile, foreign-born shares among whites and blacks are expected to rise. Today, 8.9% of those who identify as black were born in another country, but that number is projected to almost double – to 16.5% – by 2060. Among whites, 4.1% are foreign-born today, but that share is projected to double to 8.1% in 2060. <br /><br />The U.S. today has more immigrants than any other nation. As the nation’s immigrant population grows, so too will the number of children who have at least one immigrant parent. As of 2012, these <a href="http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/02/07/second-generation-americans/">second generation Americans</a> made up 11.5% of the population, and that share is expected to rise to 18.4% by 2050, according to Pew Research Center projections. <br /><br />This is the first time in 14 years the Census Bureau has made projections of the foreign-born population. Predicting future immigration and birth trends is a tricky process, and the bureau has substantially <a href="http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/12/14/census-bureau-lowers-u-s-growth-forecast-mainly-due-to-reduced-immigration-and-births/">changed its projections</a> from year to year in light of <a href="http://www.pewhispanic.org/2012/04/23/net-migration-from-mexico-falls-to-zero-and-perhaps-less/">reduced immigration</a> and <a href="http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/11/29/u-s-birth-rate-falls-to-a-record-low-decline-is-greatest-among-immigrants/">birth rates</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>WASHINGTON D.C. -- <span style="font-size: large;">T</span></b>he majority of elderly blacks and Hispanics are economically vulnerable, at 63.5 percent and 70.1, respectively, a new Economic Policy Institute briefing paper finds. In <a href="http://www.epi.org/publication/economic-security-elderly-americans-risk/">Financial security of elderly Americans at risk: Proposed changes to Social Security and Medicare could make the majority of seniors ‘economically vulnerable,’</a> Elise Gould, EPI director of health policy research, and David Cooper, EPI economic analyst, explain that because official poverty statistics do not account for seniors’ increased health costs, they mask the true vulnerability of the elderly population. Using a more comprehensive assessment of seniors’ living expenses, they find that nearly half of America’s seniors, especially minorities and women, are just one bad economic shock away from falling into poverty. As such, any proposed changes to Social Security and Medicare must be evaluated not just for their impact on future budget deficits, but for their impact on living standards of the elderly. <br /><br />“After working hard their entire lives, millions of our elderly are struggling to pay for basic needs like food, medicine and housing, even with Social Security and Medicare,” said the report’s co-author Elise Gould. “As such, policymakers should consider the dire consequences proposals to restructure these programs would have on our parents and grandparents, shifting more costs unto them when many are already barely making ends meet.” <br /><br />Researchers and public officials have long recognized that the official federal poverty line does not reflect families’ real living expenses. Because of this, the Census Bureau developed the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), a poverty metric that takes a more comprehensive appraisal of both a family’s expenses—accounting for regional differences in prices— and available resources, including government assistance programs. However, even this improved measure still only calculates income necessary for the most basic level of subsistence, and because it is designed to reflect the needs of the average American, it does not address the unique needs of elderly Americans. As such, the authors use the Elder Economic Security Standard Index (Elder Index), an income standard developed specifically for the elderly by Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) to determine what level of income represents actual economic security for elderly Americans. They find that elderly “economic vulnerability” can be defined by having an income less than 2.0 times the SPM threshold. Under this more appropriate threshold of economic security, the authors find that 48.0 percent of the seniors live with dangerously low levels of income, varying considerably across different groups of elderly Americans. <br /><br />Comparing the elderly by age group—65 to 79 years old versus 80 years old and older—shows that the older elderly have a far higher rate of economic vulnerability (58.1 percent) than people age 65 to 79 (44.4 percent). At 52.6 percent, elderly women are more likely to be economically insecure than men (41.9 percent). Meanwhile, though blacks and Hispanics constitute just 15.4 percent of the elderly population, they comprise over one-fifth (21.9 percent) of the vulnerable elderly, at 63.5 percent and 70.1 percent, respectively. Lastly, the share of vulnerable elderly varies across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, from a low of 35.4 percent in North Dakota to a high of 59 percent in the District of Columbia. Not surprisingly, states with large minority populations—like the District of Columbia and California (55.8 percent)—tend to have the highest levels of elderly vulnerability. Hawaii, Georgia, Tennessee, and New York each have at least 52 percent of seniors living below two times the supplemental poverty line. North Dakota (35.4 percent), South Dakota (37.2 percent), Nebraska (40.5 percent), and Wisconsin (40.6 percent) have the lowest shares of vulnerable elderly. <br /><br />Because lower-income elderly households depend heavily on social programs such as Social Security and Medicare, changes to these programs should be viewed through the lens of how they would affect economically vulnerable seniors. From 2009 to 2011, medical out-of-pocket costs equaled 30.1 percent of elderly families total cash income, on average, or about 14 percent of total family income. Proposals to shift additional health costs onto seniors, such as House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s plan to convert Medicare into a voucher system, would drive more seniors into poverty. Under Ryan’s proposed changes to Medicare, the predicted increase in seniors’ out-of-pocket health costs would raise the share of economically vulnerable elderly from 48.0 percent to 56.4 percent, an increase of almost 3.5 million more vulnerable seniors. Similarly, proposals to change the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to Social Security to a chained consumer price index (CPI) would result in 132,000 more economically vulnerable seniors. <br /><br />“We can dispel the myth that most seniors are ‘greedy geezers’ with lavish retirements. Almost half are either in poverty or close to it,” said Cooper. “We shouldn’t be cutting the benefits that are barely adequate as is, effectively legislating more of them into poverty.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>H</b></span>ector Barajas, served the US Army 82nd Airborne Spc. He was a legal permanent resident at the <br />
time and proudly served from November 1995 to November 2001. During his service, he received two honorable discharges and two AAM´s (Army Achievement Medal), a Good Conduct Medal, a National Defense Army Service Medal and Humanitarian Medal. He proudly served with the 407th Golden Griffins C Co, ·307th FSB Renegades C Co., WBAMC.<br />
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Shortly after his discharge from the military he got in trouble with the law, served time, but during his incarceration he received multiple diplomas and most of all, a rehabilitation.<br />
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Upon his release Hector had an immigration hold, a legal process to deport him. He could not believe the country he had proudly served would turn his back on him.<br />
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In a very short time, Hector was chained and flown to Arizona by the US Marshals, without any legal help and no one to turn to. During his quick hearing, Hector represented himself to no avail. He was deported in 2003 to a land he didn't know, speaking a language he felt was foreign.<br />
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For six months Hector appealed his case, arguing he was a US National and that he could not be deported because of his military oath and permanent allegiance to the United States. The judge thanked Hector for his service, explained that if the country was in conflict status or if Hector was a combat veteran, things would be different, but that was not the case and ordered him to be deported.<br />
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Today, Hector writes about his life in a foreign land on his facebook page and shares his torment and tears of missing his daughter and his country.<br />
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Regardless of status, many US military veterans, including combat veterans, are facing what Hector Barajas has been fighting over the last decade, the unjust deportation of someone who was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for his country.<br />
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To many veterans, the US government denies their claims of being a National or an American, even though they have proudly worn a uniform of the United States military.<br />
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Today, Hector knows that while he served in the military, there was never a distinction of where he was born and where his heart was at. He still believes in this country and proudly states he is a US Veteran. No matter where he goes he shares "I will always be a United States Veteran."<br />
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<b>DAVIS, CA</b> – Close to 500 elementary, middle and high school students will converge on the Cesar E. Chavez Youth Leadership Conference on Saturday, April 13, 2013 in Freeborn Hall at University of California, Davis in Davis, California. The conference will include an Arts, Education, Health and Job Fair. For over a decade, this event has provided guidance to youth seeking to pursue higher education and grant information. <br /> <br /> This unique educational forum allows 6th to 12th grade students and their parents an opportunity to learn how to pursue secondary educational and grant opportunities. College recruiters will be available to answer student questions. There will also be information designed to empower families to become stronger advocates for their children's education. <br /> <br /> The conference is open to people of all ages. It is scheduled from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the UC Davis – Freeborn Hall located at 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616. Approximately 700 students and 200 parents attended the 2012 conference. The event kicks off with registration and a chorizo burrito breakfast, pan dulce and hot chocolate. <br />
<br />From 12:30 pm to 2:55 pm, there will be a special program, “Embrace the Legacy of Cesar Chavez” lunchtime celebration and talent show. Performers include folkloric dancers, Aztec dancers, and trick roping cowboy and whip master James Barrera. There will also be carnita and vegetarian burritos for conference attendees to feast upon. There will also be a live theater presentation, "Nightmare on Puberty St." by the Kaiser Educational Theater Program. That presentation begins at 9:30 am. <br /> <br />The conference is free and pre-registration is not required but strongly recommended. Pre-registration is available by downloading conference information at <a href="http://www.hear2000.org/">http://www.hear2000.org</a>. The conference was founded 11 years ago by Rene Aguilera, a Roseville City School District Board Trustee. Aguilera and his family continue to organize promote this free event to youth throughout Northern California, the Central Valley and the Bay Area. <br /> <br />The conference traditionally kicks off a series of Sacramento-area events related to California’s Cesar Chavez Holiday. Cesar Chavez was co-founder and president of the United Farm Workers (UFW) union. He led the union from the 1960s to his death at age 66 in 1993. The UFW was instrumental in organizing farm workers in several states. In 2000, Governor Gray Davis signed SB 984, asking that school districts give an hour of instruction in all schools around Chavez's March 31 birthday. <br /> <br />The youth conference continues to recognize the UFW founder's lessons on non-violence, self-sacrifice and social justice. Students are encouraged to engage in some form of public service appropriate for their age and grade as part of the Cesar Chavez Day of Service of Learning. <br /> <br />“In times of recession, education is the key to building a road to a career,” said Aguilera. “That is why we provide this conference so that students and their families can discover scholarship, college and other educational services that are available to them. The Cesar E. Chavez Youth Leadership Conference supplements what most school districts do on or around March 31 – his birthday and acts as a primer for learning. We ask parents, students, educators and business and community leaders to come out and volunteer their time to teach and learn from each other on both days. <br /> <br />“The overall goal of the conference is to help youths learn how to be community leaders; how to become involved; how to learn about social and political issues; and how to pursue educational opportunities beyond high school. Topics will include student financial aid, scholarships and career information including law, journalism, military, teaching, social welfare, art, music and dance, medicine, law enforcement and professional athletics and many others.” <br /> <br />Hosts include: the University of California, Davis; the Hispanic Empowerment Association of Roseville; and the California Latino School Boards Association. <br /> <br /> For more information on the Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference, call Rene Aguilera at (916) 532-5998, or fax registration applications to H.E.A.R. at (916) 782-2040. Or students can take their completed application to their counselor and ask them to fax it. Visit the conference web site at <a href="http://www.hear2000.org/">www.hear2000.org</a>.<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><!-- smartlook includes -->
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<span><b>WASHINGTON D.C.</b> -- Latinos
own smartphones, go online from a mobile device and use social
networking sites at similar, and sometimes higher, rates than do other
groups of Americans, according to a new analysis of three Pew Research
Center surveys.</span></div>
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<span>The <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BxT64KJNaDj5dYsgMxxMaX87Gjz5YQfVvhZq8BWgdA6oEU2i1FpqW7PLVq3Wb8tPxBgK3RuAVNhsLn0apVnrs39HeZI9_DgFeqqFO7g0ysC42VGxUCgYqX1YvRqvYn4viv684G4AtgGKlDPu27AauTy3molLsmwwxg3-qQNUkuFdCl3fx6sEUt2wey0COgkEtJcd25CJa1Ihw1056gVBTf0-Y8Mf_SQc" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">analysis</a>
also finds that when it comes to using the internet, the digital divide
between Latinos and whites is smaller than what it had been just a few
years ago. Between 2009 and 2012, the share of Latino adults who say
they go online at least occasionally increased from 64% to 78%. Among
whites, internet use rates also increased, but only by half as much (80%
in 2009 to 87% in 2012).</span></div>
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the same period, the gap in cellphone ownership between Latinos and
other groups either diminished or disappeared. In 2012, 86% of Latinos
said they owned a cellphone, up from 76% in 2009.</span></div>
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the biggest drivers of these increases are spikes in technology
adoption among foreign-born Latinos and Spanish-dominant Latinos. Both
groups' rates of going online and of owning cellphones increased sharply
since 2009, helping to reduce the digital divide between Latinos and
whites and also reducing gaps within the Latino community itself.</span></div>
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analysis, based on three national Pew Research Center surveys of more
than 7,500 adults combined conducted between May and October of 2012,
also finds:</span></div>
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<strong>Cellphone Ownership:</strong><span>
Fully 86% of Latinos say they own a cellphone, a share similar to that
of whites (84%) and blacks (90%). Among Latinos who do not own
cellphones, 76% are foreign born and 24% are native born.</span></div>
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<strong>Smartphone Ownership:</strong><span> Among adults, Latinos (49%) are just as likely as whites (46%) or blac</span><span>ks (50%) to own a smartphone.</span></div>
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<strong>Going Online from a Mobile Device:</strong><span>
Latino internet users are more likely than white internet users to say
they go online using a mobile device (76% versus 60%). Black internet
users are equally as likely as Latinos to access the internet from a mob</span><span>ile device.</span></div>
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<strong>Social Networking:</strong><span>
Among internet users, similar shares of Latinos (68%), whites (66%) and
blacks (69%) say they use social networking sites like Twitter and
Facebook at least occasionally. Among Latinos who use social networking
sites, 60% say they do so mostly or only in English, 29% say they do so
mostly or only in Spanish and 11% say they use English and Spanish
equally.</span></div>
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<strong>Computer Ownership: </strong><span>Some
72% of Latinos say they own a desktop or laptop computer, compared with
83% of whites. Among blacks, 70% are computer owners. Half of Hispanic
computer owners are foreign born. By comparison, 73% of Hispanics who do
not own a computer are foreign born.</span></div>
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<strong>Internet Use:</strong><span>
Nearly eight-in-ten (78%) Latino adults go online at least
occasionally, compared with 87% of whites and 78% of blacks. Half (50%)
of Hispanic internet users are native born and half are foreign born.</span></div>
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<span>The report, "<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BxT64KJNaDj5dYsgMxxMaX87Gjz5YQfVvhZq8BWgdA6oEU2i1FpqW7PLVq3Wb8tPxBgK3RuAVNhsLn0apVnrs39HeZI9_DgFeqqFO7g0ysC42VGxUCgYqX1YvRqvYn4viv684G4AtgGKlDPu27AauTy3molLsmwwxg3-qQNUkuFdCl3fx6sEUt2wey0COgkEtJcd25CJa1Ihw1056gVBTf0-Y8Mf_SQc" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption</a>,"
was written by Mark Hugo Lopez, associate director of the Pew Hispanic
Center; Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, research associate with the Pew Hispanic
Center; and Eileen Patten, research assistant with the Pew Research
Center's Social & Demographic Trends Project. It is available at the
Pew Research Center's website,<span> <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BxT64KJNaDhz4lEZ03dWctMA55Tux88hMDnsVMLAxiq8c8PxcpUUfB5c345m1ScpIOkbch4q59MPmFY7D37v5LFr6A0UnvyghfwUEaTqUwmUlRr4g8LdMw==" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">www.pewresearch.org</a></span></span><span>.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Edith Ramirez would be the first appointment of Latin decent to chair the FTC</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Adrian Perez, Journal On Latino Americans</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Edith Ramirez has been named as Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the White House said on Thursday. Once President Barack Obama’s colleague at the Harvard Law Review, Ramirez, 44, is a lawyer specializing in business litigation and intellectual property in Los Angeles. <br /><br />Fluent in Spanish and from Southern California, Ramirez’ appointment comes at the heals of national criticism of Obama by Latino groups for his lack of appointment of Latinos, especially after losing prominent Hispanic appointees Hilda Ortiz (Labor) and Ken Salazar (Interior). She was appointed as a Commissioner on the FTC in 2010. <br /><br />Obama started his second term by appointing three White males in succession, which drew the criticism of several civil rights groups across the nation including the NAACP and several Democratic legislators. <br /><br />“He still has several more appointments, and we expect that we’ll see at least the same diversity that we saw the first time around,” said Ben Jealous, President of the NAACP. “What we’re hoping to see is a black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.” <br /><br />Ramirez is considered a moderate Democrat an indicator the White House would rather have a centrist running the FTC to appease corporate concerns. <br /><br />“We see this as a positive appointment,” says David Wales, an attorney and former antitrust official. “ We have heard and experienced her taking a very measured approach to enforcement.” <br /><br />There are several key decisions the FTC will be making with Ramirez as Chair, like the proposed high-profile mergers of Office Depot Inc. with OfficeMax, Tesoro Corp's purchase of a BP refinery in gas-price sensitive California, and Tempur-Pedic's proposed purchase of mattress rival Scaley Corp.<br /><br />Ramirez replaces Jon Leibowitz as the head of the FTC, which works to protect consumers from unfair business practices and maintain competition in the marketplace. <br /><br />Senator Amy Klobuchar, the new chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee, praised Ramirez as a "highly respected FTC commissioner." <br /><br />"I look forward to working with Commissioner Ramirez to protect consumers and promote competition, and I am confident she will be a great partner in these efforts," she said in a statement. <br /><br />Ramirez’ appointment does not require Senate confirmation. </span><br /><br /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><!-- smartlook includes -->
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<b>Geraldo Rivera says he may challenge Cory Booker or Frank Lautenberg for U.S. Senate </b><br />By Brent Johnson, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00126JdUVOxCxuwLSMYuCtKOW-24Rz_oGF2nPhJe0tIx3v0M7aU3V2-opTobwEPOxabZ9S064hxEY0e1zTrOqAC2jcTmHsKtnW2biHhFish3mJjLJJ6f63hEY7RUTh5Ja529f6IKrotUEVhX_TQbsYaf1JsSJamWRM3dSfalAA3HtsU1xm-2gx0ElLcs9phgvJRwkDmq1tFG0WWTxACMcw1fxjHy4uhPXSjb4VFBwRIav4=">The Star-Ledger</a></div>
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<b>TRENTON, NJ </b>- Cory Booker apparently isn't the only notable name considering a run at Frank Lautenberg's U.S. Senate seat. <br /><br />The longtime Fox News media personality said on his syndicated radio show today that he is seriously considering running for the New Jersey seat in 2014 as a Republican. <br /><br />"Fasten your seatbelt," Rivera said on the show. "I've been in touch with some people in the Republican Party in New Jersey. I am truly contemplating running for Senate against Frank Lautenberg or Cory Booker in New Jersey." <br /><br />Public records list Rivera as a resident of Edgewater, a Bergen County borough on the Hudson River across from New York City. He previously lived in Middletown Township in Monmouth County and was once the owner and publisher of weekly newspaper the Two River Times in Red Bank. <br /><br />"I'm not going to drill this out, because obviously I've got commitments to Fox and here to the radio program, and I'm really having a great time," Rivera, 69, said on his show. "But I figure at my age, if I'm going to do it, I've got to do it. <br /><br />"And there doesn't seem to be any Republicans ready to run against Cory Booker, the popular Newark mayor, or Frank Lautenberg." <br /><br />Rivera also called Booker "a great guy." <br /><br />Fox News deferred comments to Rivera's radio show. Cumulus Media, the company that syndicates the show, has not returned a message seeking comment. <br /><br />Bergen County Republican Chairman Bob Yudin said today's comments are the first he's heard about Rivera's potential run. <br /><br />"He's certainly a well-known personality. I've been watching him on TV for years," Yudin said. "He certainly brings name recognition. Other than that, it's much too early to tell." <br /><br />Michael DuHaime, Gov. Chris Christie's top strategist, said Rivera "hasn't called me." <br /><br />But after the show today, Rivera asked his followers on Twitter: "Wondering how folks feel about me running in N.J. under GOP banner against either Lautenberg or Booker for U.S. Senate?" <br /><br />If Rivera does secure the Republican nomination, it's unclear which Democrat he would face. Lautenberg is up for re-election in 2014, but the 89-year-old hasn't said if he will retire. <br /><br />Fellow Democrat Booker, the high-profile Newark mayor, has announced he intends to run for the seat. But Booker had dodged questions about whether he would challenge Lautenberg in a primary if the senator chooses to run again. <br /><br />Asked today in Washington about a possible primary battle with Booker, Lautenberg said, "I don't think that ought to be a matter of principle interest for me." <br /><br />In recent weeks, Lautenberg has chided Booker - first joking that the mayor needs "a spanking" for considering a run and noting that Booker still "has a lot of work to do" in Newark. <br /><br />Booker adviser Mark Matzen has not returned a message seeking comment. <br /><i><br />Star-Ledger staff writers Matt Friedman in Trenton and Christopher Baxter in Washington contributed to this report.</i></div>
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<b>WASHINGTON D.C. -- </b>The
nation's immigrant population reached a record 40.4 million in 2011,
including an estimated 11.1 million who are unauthorized, according to
a <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWbSXH4rYiJ9Fm3GUlxHXXdfBxvAhdG-fzZIGXPtJSh8KlT8IJ52Dq-jAGYzHcGGZFzWFvMYd8AoxGJ_4IAgri3NT8XjAMza-gff_-sagpp70NfCfoIKhhISPasmuGyZEe0gPfSMZPJSJ_TKI-LXFgM5Ns-HMfqxMzE=" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">new analysis</a> of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.</div>
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overall number of immigrants in the U.S. continues to grow steadily; it
is up by more than 9 million since 2000. By contrast, the number of
unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. grew for decades before
peaking at 12 million in 2007. It was 11.1 million as of 2011, the last
year for which an estimate is available. </div>
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The
40.4 million total, which includes legal as well as unauthorized
immigrants, made up 13% of the total U.S. population in 2011. While the
40.4 million is a record, immigrants' share of the total population is
below the U.S. peak of just under 15% during the period from 1890 to
1920 — a high-immigration era dominated by
arrivals from Europe. The modern wave, which began with the passage of
border-opening legislation in 1965, has been led by arrivals from Latin
America (about 50%) and Asia (27%). </div>
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Besides this new analysis of the nation's immigrant population, the Pew Hispanic Center also is publishing today a <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWbO20xwsOflMCkDStB1-gLK0YRgzu15qygHJd1sFZGC-m6YQM4F_Em2dcGtcTuPZ0gBCYuE2DpS14IHqJY8N4pqUUrI3dyGUIBeCxH32FBjlDS_Gd4-abn5S5-PlJfLF2p0k4c4pGoRd5t7oX8fc30vTMwIVIr1HC__VOE9u8B720j0xmpIicLj3j0DoLa838uGVd0WapWZ82tVnrBij09MX-Nqew4VeLWMp3KJfTUa9g==" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">statistical portrait</a></span>
of the nation's foreign-born population. It is based on the Census
Bureau's 2011 American Community Survey and features detailed
characteristics of the U.S. foreign-born population at the national
level, as well as state population totals. Topics covered include age,
nativity, citizenship, origin, language proficiency, living
arrangements, marital status, fertility, schooling, health insurance
coverage, earnings, poverty and employment. </div>
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The
Pew Research Center also has published a number of reports on the size
and characteristics of the nation's unauthorized immigrant population
and on the public's attitudes towards immigrants and immigration policy.
The key findings are:</div>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Trends in unauthorized immigration: The most recent Pew Hispanic Center <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWajJiOUU0pT3uGkgVX1tk0o0LvWM7HriAYgiTsJXmYs4cxN130Po_rW6LtJCgtrgZRRbnR5OdWQmsBwrW5Uw0O9yItYBvbgi64fPUhaoPLkDkySOMl1VjJWxvH6F3Hl8c1jezbYUBZRIaMYYy_Hw1OWr6iQzriKtUw4lf9TSmMfuRTY1UIkHpkcKpzglnweRV8=" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">estimate</a>
is that 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants lived in the U.S. in 2011.
Unauthorized immigration peaked at 12.0 million in 2007, and fell since
then mainly because of less immigration from Mexico, the largest source
of U.S. immigration. In 2010, unauthorized immigrants from Mexico <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWY-uud5KNwZduMcoLU7CJT6ld3zaz8QBeRzTCMb4AaPckkjIWvwtyJXhMkBeyzX3tVHxFCvMJPPHBY4mlii-5_lCk3bYCDbiIaYCLtmVzlLGLZEh8PHBdEiKxmz6VmIp0JqliYNKpIln9bXaYcDD9OOafDsd8OnNR87Pk75tIe9gm4jE1dRJjng4wsKqsONaelmpOMNR5lNpKFq1ZNUBjwJGsaPyXRuF_s=" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">made up</a> 58% of all unauthorized immigrants.<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></li>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Unauthorized immigration and children: In 2010, there were 1 million <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWY-uud5KNwZduMcoLU7CJT6ld3zaz8QBeRzTCMb4AaPckkjIWvwtyJXhMkBeyzX3tVHxFCvMJPPHBY4mlii-5_lCk3bYCDbiIaYCLtmVzlLGLZEh8PHBdEiKxmz6VmIp0JqliYNKpIln9bXaYcDD9OOafDsd8OnNR87Pk75tIe9gm4jE1dRJjng4wsKqsONaelmpOMNR5lNpKFq1ZNUBjwJGsaPyXRuF_s=" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">unauthorized immigrants</a>
under age 18 in the U.S., as well as 4.5 million U.S.-born children
whose parents were unauthorized. These details are included in a report
based on 2010 data that also estimates births to unauthorized
immigrants; region of origin for unauthorized immigrants; state
populations of unauthorized immigrants and unauthorized workers; and
overall labor force participation.<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></li>
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<li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Characteristics of unauthorized immigrants:
In 2010, nearly two-thirds of unauthorized immigrants had lived in the
U.S. for at least a decade and nearly half (46%) were parents of minor
children. This Census Bureau data-based <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWYggKITkNr_lWWVZO2NALcMNZdh4P-ik-I8bn4OMXdpQU0xN70KpW6ZDpGqvT0aCFDaklISt0WlQXRNKgbqBqxgKOV1HISw4ptGLHrnre9g4T5iTU3CFDC3Pbg5P5QZ1rORqNfpCh0PUNHsj37PKqLRQ2sp_h8CKo8jfQ69zZ9i9qBS8wYfR3yWWjD5iDoRwIIquf4cyj4WXkkkDHPGHWeUqP8CTFz_0GM=" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">report</a>
also includes data comparing the length of U.S. residence for
unauthorized immigrants in 2000, 2005 and 2010. It estimates that 9
million people lived in "mixed-status" families.<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></li>
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<li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Migration from Mexico:
Immigration from Mexico has declined since 2007, largely because of the
first decrease in unauthorized immigration in at least two decades.
This <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWa6PxYxmn0bH3vJFdeOxi6LEwZTmXhXijpzeTrJLkAjVAAxP-cCTqersD65MI6lLDaoo61VKFGTWeA4FazYdnqtxFvWGl18u1uDeBmqA_Qk9v7IMO1Ek8zCK89866V9GGwY3GMe6ORYxusB_sYr-b7phkxJ60y-08Xz-mclr_Za95ShVWvlZGP4RK7Ff_GJvXPxj-uC65mt2y0pWVfYD8Vg" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">report</a>
includes Mexican data about the characteristics, experience and future
intentions of Mexican migrants handed over to Mexican authorities by
U.S. law enforcement agencies; and U.S. data on border enforcement as
well as characteristics of Mexican-born immigrants in the U.S.<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></li>
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<li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Unauthorized immigrant worker characteristics: Unauthorized
immigrants make up 25% of farm workers (not including temporary
workers), according to 2008 data in a Pew Hispanic Center <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWbBV6ujWGSTIN4Kwpz35FuFr6ptYzLHNTtyS2q_7aZXigzruIpCvbuxleK1Zc_02F6Br1Cq2neyXdzsenVDu_AWihCO3At0sbeW0REZ5h3atYVrJMehSA4LYqjGPMgm-2XHQWnVsTVzl_wRXmM3tFctGDQ2UHNa4nhv0oKW_xa1ArjxeU69GyZuOe5ah0cZLsNjyzEejy_hcOZr5L-f28YJ" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">report</a>
that also includes estimates of unauthorized immigrant shares of other
occupations and industries. This report includes details on school
enrollment by unauthorized immigrant children and by U.S.-born children
of unauthorized immigrants; and estimates of educational attainment,
income, poverty rates and health insurance status of unauthorized
immigrants. </li>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: underline;">Attitudes about Immigrants and Immigration Reform</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div>
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<li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Public attitudes about immigration: Immigration policy is not a top priority for the U.S. general public or for Hispanics. According to a recent <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWax1my4du0HbSwx1znh6Imluwq3dZiCqLKx6OjL1b4vqL7uFx2Mn1oYTyLwHv5rW-YuxZ10qliopb55lO7CDVqpo1JgZ5S-vQC_GisQHZlcbPJaCG_zc0qK6e1xtJnnHXiy5tztIuzrN5dXEaJqD0FGTFIWn6AfeB9P-9PU-yl9UcSGEtt8HWriSOQeajBst_jpfW5cHQWNLtBM73EcMivY" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">survey</a>
of U.S. adults, 39% said that dealing with the issue of illegal
immigration should be a top priority for the president and the Congress,
placing 17th on a list of policy priorities. For Hispanics, one-third
said the issue of immigration was <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWYyI6E-VkHDsw88NV_fyW03EqbxTgBxQWhiyLFQBjB-ZTnk7of3gWWbKNbfQ9TYPT55-3PbWMyJBF3lYH-NHyLPWUQro34AU2YYyGgeDyxTkbi6myQ-MBiAwIulwhTIvlPiXr-qskKPmYu-m3wcCOW6OFFqiM2EsZq8sTD2hsOp9L8SBDdBP28Uwqrnx1TWrGrE1shRhhPUnxNKUclL87cy4p5YWI8wGIpWb73RebenycHkrNyYI9qmHcjooGjoCgs=" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">extremely important</a> to them personally, behind issues like the economy and jobs, education and health care.<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></li>
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<li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Attitudes about immigration policy priorities: Among U.S. adults, 28% say the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWYBCL3TFJUDoImDvKi7rB9fzmxd9Ub1C-xJoV3SqH-9kTtcH3Bz9LjEiq8e55BJak5k9U8VjC0butPLzrhTSuPJ6LxmBAQZzlj_thvN7yh2Ih568WQ142AFfXSgUzme_1RxezIzc91NNXN2ZvZl-UvPWt_oNQK26l0blz0Z3E2Zk4Y6Q4J8G9Mo_lhy89doyHOZkQFJ16cdbA==" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">priority</a>
for dealing with illegal immigration should be given to tighter
restrictions on illegal immigration while 27% say creating a path to
citizenship should be the priority. A plurality (42%) says both tactics
should be given equal priority. Latinos are more likely than the general
public (42% versus 27%) to say the priority should be a path to
citizenship for immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. Just 10% of
Latinos say <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWYEqjbPf5pIC2VVTweSpVnXMxUzavG0RCWYmZepVsdr_QFV7FaFTRV52bSj8-3ridW1z1Ko2kvLsmDbnRTJFCb2FPJPomZcYr_e9KzXUmtUwPLs_RuaqhA4ds5z5cBJoWOZLwyweQaRWRBXY-q8tAYSW8qAB7oWOugXJbNm_4hGJKhh3bKFXvsYI0DcoWPI90FaHBZLnzmEnNs4pojyIwxLdOXVR3dy3-if7Qkzfoxvvg==" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">priority</a>
should be given to better border security and enforcement. Latinos
(46%) and the general public (42%) are about equally likely to say
priority should be given to enforcement and legalization.</li>
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<li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hispanic Views of Obama's Deportation Policy: In a 2011 <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWYEqjbPf5pIC2VVTweSpVnXMxUzavG0RCWYmZepVsdr_QFV7FaFTRV52bSj8-3ridW1z1Ko2kvLsmDbnRTJFCb2FPJPomZcYr_e9KzXUmtUwPLs_RuaqhA4ds5z5cBJoWOZLwyweQaRWRBXY-q8tAYSW8qAB7oWOugXJbNm_4hGJKhh3bKFXvsYI0DcoWPI90FaHBZLnzmEnNs4pojyIwxLdOXVR3dy3-if7Qkzfoxvvg==" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">survey</a>
of Hispanic adults, by a ratio of more than two-to-one (59% versus
27%), Latinos disapproved of the way the Obama administration was
handling deportations of unauthorized immigrants. Nearly 400,000
unauthorized immigrants were deported annually since 2009.</li>
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One-in-four (26%) Hispanic adults, and one third (32%) of Hispanic
immigrant adults who are not a U.S. citizen or a legal resident, say
they personally know someone who has been <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWYyI6E-VkHDsw88NV_fyW03EqbxTgBxQWhiyLFQBjB-ZTnk7of3gWWbKNbfQ9TYPT55-3PbWMyJBF3lYH-NHyLPWUQro34AU2YYyGgeDyxTkbi6myQ-MBiAwIulwhTIvlPiXr-qskKPmYu-m3wcCOW6OFFqiM2EsZq8sTD2hsOp9L8SBDdBP28Uwqrnx1TWrGrE1shRhhPUnxNKUclL87cy4p5YWI8wGIpWb73RebenycHkrNyYI9qmHcjooGjoCgs=" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">deported</a>
or detained by the federal government for immigration reasons in the
past 12 months. Among Hispanic registered voters, 22% say the same.</li>
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Mexican public opinion: According to a 2012 <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWYbwgYokk-MWtR5BTIRl3oizRJbZmbUZOX5rOJDmszbjRhlnAQVVQCSkHJcgVi2vsLrq1IOl38uxmIYX74T3CQ8yExYiuul3ZT_zpN2JfWnXVSZveLk_q2mGYCoHA3cY0hB8g22BQ1IMi97V9eVjbOEM8Iti2kGWHtc3NLkrpxhcd8VVxJ-LNcjPPWuzBO_lyU=" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">survey</a> of
Mexican adults, more than half (53%) believed that Mexicans who move to
the U.S. have a better life there. And among Mexican adults, 38% said
they would move to the U.S. if they had the means or opportunity to do
so — 8% would come with authorization while 19% would come to the U.S. without authorization.</div>
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The analysis, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWZKjAPefiotMjXmOlUUlNdMBdI-LYwTvoZzJC_-wV2P8XmuyArvs8WjLkPhePyTidAfw43xnuFz_XtESApf_k84gEaG0hyxf1KxvQbshDdWbvYrzZ2GVsrtyBB9vZ6NWQOXvPT0RdQFJRNwtGdBZrV_fyYbMd5a43bESM-LZE7TaA==" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">"A Nation of Immigrants,"</a> and the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWaBjYzXD2_rau0pO1hZ7cdIvPjb-4uz-T2DwyA4ZrI5A84Q3dmmcnEZ_XagasulwSP1hy4YfOvHx_g2N38U4RwzxFgsUdC1tz9j-XGm_snLASKgWgSH4K0lbyz1Gti5Ei6e5VReEX3aKvEWqSfi8emUi6lr1Bd7eQIEgYBBvyFQPs-KwcZ1eMxbZFmvaYBcSZai1tmX8sLlD6hwgLcKuieXWBnCM8WZwmBDxnIJIOwAsw==" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2011"</a> are available at the Pew Hispanic Center's website, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k0UBbxebHWaqWB4SDJPFVDus222D5ff0_lBlj5UXDNEjmIsVZqd5nh2pkJO0diK6AVrF2SZ8iwc1l73eAYLs7eDz5ielQboNpuT0SW0akH72wLrAMP7mQQ==" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">www.pewhispanic.org</a>.</div>
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SACRAMENTO, CA</b> – Reaffirming her long-standing goal to increase the presence of Assembly Republicans in every California community, Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway, of Tulare, today announced the formation of a new Diversity Outreach Team, who will be focused specifically on helping strengthen Republican ties with women, ethnic communities and young people. <br />
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<span id="goog_101339942"></span><span id="goog_101339943"></span>“It has long been a top priority of mine as Republican Leader to ensure our caucus reflects every community in our state, and I’m pleased to see our caucus increase its ranks of female and Latino members this year,” said Conway. “We know that most Californians share our common-sense ideas, but we need to do a better job communicating that message. To become the majority party again, we must not only talk to diverse communities but also listen and that’s what our Diversity Outreach Team is all about.” <br />
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With her election in 2010, Conway became the first female Assembly Republican Leader in 30 years. This year, Assembly Republicans welcomed two new women to the Caucus, Marie Waldron and Melissa Melendez. There are now seven GOP women serving in the Assembly. Additionally, with the election of Eric Linder and Rocky Chavez, there are now two Republican Latinos serving in the Caucus. <br />
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Conway today appointed her communications director, Sabrina Demayo Lockhart, to chair the Assembly Republican Diversity Outreach Team. As communications director, Lockhart shapes the messaging for the Caucus and serves as a spokesperson. She has more than a decade of experience working in the Capitol community, including her tenure as Assistant Associate Secretary for Multicultural Outreach for the California Health and Human Services Agency, where she cultivated relationships with ethnic media to highlight programs within the agency. In 2007, Lockhart was nominated as one of the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the United States . <br />
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“We are forming a new Diversity Outreach Team to perform the important groundwork necessary for our Members in their communities and gain new supporters among women, Latinos, African Americans Asian Americans, young people and other diverse communities.” said Conway. “The effort by Sabrina and our hard-working Diversity Outreach Team will be critically important as we seek to open new doors for our Members. Working together, we will show all Californians that Republicans are the party of grow, not the party of no.” <br />
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Also appointed by Conway to serve on the Diversity Outreach Team were the following staff members:<br />
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Ivette Barajas will oversee Caucus outreach efforts to California ’s Latino communities. She presently serves as Spanish press secretary for Assembly Republicans, serving as a spokesperson for the Caucus and helping to get the GOP message out to Spanish-language media outlets across the state. She also helps members with outreach to Latino communities in their districts. Barajas brings 13 years of experience in Republican Latino outreach, both in California and nationally, including serving as Southwest Regional Communications Director for the 2008 McCain Presidential campaign. She was also Spanish Communications Director for the New Mexico Republican Party. <br />
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Ronald Ongtoaboc will focus on outreach to California ’s Asian American communities. An active member of the Asian Pacific Islander Capitol Association, Ongtoaboc is currently a communications consultant for the Assembly Republican Caucus Office of Member Support and Outreach, responsible for written communications product. He has experience with outreach to community groups as an executive writer for Governor Schwarzenegger. <br />
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Roleeda Statham will focus on outreach to California ’s African American communities. She presently serves as the Community Outreach Consultant for the Assembly Republican Caucus Office of Member Support and Outreach, helping members to devise and implement tailored district outreach plans and assisting with outreach events, such as the Community Renewal Summit, “Stuff the Bus” school supply drives, regional job fairs and the Assemblywoman Beth Gaines Northern California Women’s Conference. Statham has more than twenty years of experience in community affairs, outreach and media relations both in state government and in the corporate world. <br />
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Michele Kane will focus on outreach to California ’s women. She presently serves as Deputy Director for News Videos for the Assembly Republican Caucus Office of Member Support and Outreach, where one of her most recent projects was assisting with media relations for the Assemblywoman Beth Gaines Northern California Women’s Conference. Kane has more than twenty years of experience in broadcast journalism, including creating a series for mothers called, “Mom’s World.” She was also previously the spokesperson for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for various areas, with a focus on women’s issues. <br />
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John Bockweg will focus on outreach to young voters. He is presently a student intern with the Assembly Republican Caucus Office of Member Support and Outreach, and a junior at the University of California , Davis . He is a past member of Junior Statesmen of America, and received numerous awards for his contributions to his high school newspaper. <br />
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<b>WASHINGTON D.C.</b> -- There were 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. in March 2011, unchanged from the previous two years and a continuation of the sharp decline in this population since its peak in 2007, according to estimates by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.<br /><br />The estimate for 2011 is not statistically different from totals for 2010 (11.2 million) or 2009 (11.1 million). The number of unauthorized immigrants peaked in 2007 at 12 million, and the decline since then has been the first significant decrease following two decades of growth.<br /><br />The falloff in the stock of unauthorized immigrants has been driven mainly by a decrease in the number of new immigrants from Mexico, the single largest source of U.S. migrants. As the Pew Hispanic Center reported earlier this year, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BnV8ZMuVWEKHREcawnJneOHA2n592kBHOqSxW1UEY_KZ7OFYQlEeocZWSmM865-Nx6mAw7851H3ToF2d8pu61POhuOFDlAfouPKID3jlDxCVEjm9Exn3AHLz--BrEV88LvvfoO9FBfWV0Bb57NY50PlVkb2ow4EKLxd8fzZkImjU0Hq66_cnrxaj0bYHsaXZo0tixAbiu5VGiGEdKO4d-PeKeX85Q8VJ">net immigration from Mexico to the United States has stopped and possibly reversed</a> through 2010. At its peak in 2000, about 770,000 immigrants arrived annually from Mexico; the majority arrived illegally. By 2010, the inflow had dropped to about 140,000 - a majority of whom arrived as legal immigrants, according to Pew Hispanic Center estimates.<br /><br />In addition, the number of Mexicans and their children who moved from the U.S. to Mexico between 2005 and 2010 roughly doubled from the number who had done so in the five-year period a decade before.<br />
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<br />These Pew Hispanic Center estimates use data mainly from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly survey of about 55,000 households conducted jointly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau. It is best known as a source for monthly employment statistics. The March 2011 CPS data upon which the 2011 estimate is based were released in September 2011.<br />
<br />In early 2013, the Pew Hispanic Center plans to release an estimate of the 2012 U.S. unauthorized immigrant population.<br /><br />The analysis, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BnV8ZMuVWEL-beNPK1gzfjBAwbPTew7N2pZ90csTandg0JviDzKqJ6-IwwiOWsMPkYx3G0DgUUw1nuaRpFNOh9Ddnm41GKENFB36NBKU_-vIWJta3D6UouKsvFWsf3LJ2cVSDQ_WRBrgcEiBrcMZlKK92ghgyaqArpVNO_lMI5zFMuBq_RUuuhmePDmA_0YILu9UmvDztcI=">"Unauthorized Immigrants: 11.1 Million in 2011,"</a> authored by Jeffrey Passel, senior demographer, and D'Vera Cohn, senior writer, is available at the Pew Hispanic Center's website, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BnV8ZMuVWEJm5oarVAZss79udeOPoJs9tWYYTGb6BHOWsm7n115HNBPMKLtq9EyfWgf56QxDkqqS1ov5PcQEMd5umYkRAdyLbLO6OLwCuCjywTim4L4jhg==">www.pewhispanic.org</a>.<br /><br />The <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BnV8ZMuVWEJm5oarVAZss79udeOPoJs9tWYYTGb6BHOWsm7n115HNBPMKLtq9EyfWgf56QxDkqqS1ov5PcQEMd5umYkRAdyLbLO6OLwCuCjywTim4L4jhg==">Pew Hispanic Center</a>, a project of the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BnV8ZMuVWEITWAP3oWkq-mzJNyghBZxKCykQKttE-ye9TfFU53vVtJnDBRhmRXjb4AfSaIVN11vaME-deKJ5CbNAbCVZbp54eBXF-Z6QIslOLUAiapmoZQ==">Pew Research Center</a>, is a nonpartisan, non-advocacy research organization based in Washington, D.C. and is funded by <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BnV8ZMuVWEKAv7TT9xy0Nvzfn1Fz7AIhURCvw5q-jgvhkIG7tQu384ux0EEogt4UkkDkaY7edHNmWIJXx9kVAT9o0_R-31nPqQiitwTkBLudxcvwIqww0Q==">The Pew Charitable Trusts</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><!-- smartlook includes -->
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Rep. Ruben Hinojosa has been elected chairman of the Congressional
Hispanic Caucus, a group that will take a central role in upcoming
discussions about comprehensive immigration reform.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 10pt;">Brownsville,
Texas --- U.S. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa has been elected chairman of the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus, a group that will take a central role in
upcoming discussions about comprehensive immigration reform.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 10pt;">Hinojosa,
D-Mercedes, was chosen by his peers to serve as chairman for the
congressional Hispanics, who will be part of the largest delegation of
Latinos at the U.S. Capitol in the nation's history. Hinojosa, the
voting bloc's vice chairman in the past Congress, said the caucus will
be a leading voice at the national level for passage of comprehensive
immigration reform during the next two years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 10pt;">"Our
existing national policies are broken and they need to be improved,"
Hinojosa said Friday. "I have visited with a few friends on the other
side of the aisle, and they have told me they're ready to find ways to
strike a compromise and make it happen."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 10pt;">The
caucus, comprised solely of Hispanic Democrats, is dedicated to voicing
and advancing issues affecting Hispanics nationwide. Hinojosa rose to
the top of its leadership ranks after winning a ninth term in office
last week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 10pt;">Hinojosa
will succeed former chairman U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, the San
Antonio Democrat who chose last year to not seek re-election. Hinojosa's
experience as a legislator and advocate for Hispanic issues will
benefit the caucus, Gonzalez said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 10pt;">"Congressman
Hinojosa's passion for extending opportunities to Hispanic youth was
demonstrated by his tireless efforts on the CHC's Education Task Force
and as first vice chair," Gonzalez said in a statement. "I look forward
to seeing how his abilities as a strong leader and advocate, combined
with the largest delegation of Latinos to ever serve in Congress, will
advance the issues most vital to our community."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 10pt;">A
record total of 30 Hispanics will be in Congress beginning in January,
up from 22 for the past two years. Although the caucus will lose
Gonzalez and three other members, its numbers were boosted by additions
from November's elections.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 10pt;">Three
freshmen Democrats from Texas will join the caucus next year.
Brownsville attorney Filemon Vela was elected to the newly formed
congressional district in Cameron County, and state lawmakers Joaquin
Castro and Pete Gallego both won South Texas seats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 10pt;">The
Hispanic congressmen will serve at a time when there is growing
momentum behind a push for immigration reform. Fresh off an election
where he won more than 70 percent of the Latino vote, President Barack
Obama has said he wants a major immigration bill introduced soon after
his January inauguration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 10pt;">House Speaker John Boehner has also indicated his desire to take up the issue next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 10pt;">Hinojosa
said the caucus will "bring new ideas and new vigor" to discussions
about immigration reform and other legislative priorities affecting
Hispanics.</span></div>
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<b>National Hispanic educational association welcomes five board members and announces officers</b></div>
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<strong>San Antonio, TX</strong> – The <a href="http://www.hacu.net/hacu/HACU_101.asp" target="_blank">Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities</a>
(HACU) has announced the election of five new members to the HACU
Governing Board and of new officers, enhancing its board and its mission
to champion Hispanic higher education.</div>
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<span>“We are pleased to welcome Dr. Dennis A. Ahlburg, Dr. Robert
G. Frank, Mr. Jerry Gattegno, Dr. Sharon Hahs and Dr. Félix V. Matos
Rodríguez to HACU’s Governing Board,” said HACU President and CEO
Antonio R. Flores. “These accomplished leaders have been involved with
HACU efforts and their insight in higher education and philanthropy will
benefit the association in helping to ensure Hispanic success in
higher education at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and emerging
HSIs.” </span></div>
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<strong>Dennis A. Ahlburg</strong>, Ph.D., became the 18th
president of Trinity University (TX) in January 2010. Dr. Ahlburg has
an impressive background as an internationally respected authority on
the impact of population growth on development and the economics of
higher education.</div>
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<strong>Robert G. Frank</strong>, Ph.D., became the president of
the University of New Mexico on June 1, 2012. Dr. Frank has held
leadership positions which include serving as provost and senior vice
president for academic affairs, dean, assistant to the dean and
professor.</div>
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<strong><span>Jerry Gattegno </span></strong><span>is a senior
multistate tax partner in the New York Office of Deloitte Tax LLP.
Gattegno is the founding partner of Deloitte’s leading multistate tax
practice and has 40 years of experience serving the sophisticated tax
needs of Deloitte’s largest and most complex clients.</span></div>
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<strong><span>Sharon K. Hahs</span></strong><span>, Ph.D., became the president of <span>Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) on</span> February 1, 2007</span><span>. Dr. Hahs <span>has more than 30 years experience in higher education.</span></span></div>
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<strong><span>Félix V. Matos Rodríguez</span></strong><span>,
Ph.D., became the 6th President of Eugenio María de Hostos Community
College of The City University of New York (CUNY) on July 1, 2009.
Trained as a social scientist, Dr. Matos Rodríguez previously held
leadership positions in foundations, universities, policy centers, and
branches of government, including service as Secretary of the
Department of the Family for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</span></div>
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<span>“HACU is fortunate to have visionaries on its board to guide
the association in fulfilling its mission. We are looking forward to
working with board members and those who will serve as officers of
HACU’s Governing Board, and will always be grateful to the members that
have completed their terms,” said Flores.</span></div>
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<span>New officers of the board are</span><span>: Dr. Jorge Iván
Vélez-Arocho, chair, President of Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Puerto Rico; Dr. Tomás Morales, vice chair, President of California
State University-San Bernardino; Dr. Rita Cepeda, secretary, Chancellor
of San José/Evergreen Community College District; Dr. William Flores,
treasurer, President of University Houston, Downtown; and Dr. Sandra
Serrano, immediate past chair, Chancellor of Kern Community College
District.</span></div>
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<span>Board members who recently completed their terms are: Dr.
Milton Gordon, former President of California State
University-Fullerton; Dr. Roy Flores, former Chancellor of Pima
Community College; Dr. David Schmidly, former President of University of
New Mexico; Dr. Leslie Navarro, former President of Morton College;
and Mr. Angel Herrera, Regional Vice President of ARAMARK.</span></div>
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<span>HACU governing board members serve three-year terms with the
opportunity to be re-elected to a second term. A complete listing of
current board members can be found at the HACU’s website, or by </span><a href="http://www.hacu.net/hacu/Governing_Board.asp" target="_blank"><span>clicking here</span></a><span>.</span></div>
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<strong>About HACU</strong></div>
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The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) was
established in 1986 with a founding membership of 18 institutions.
Today, HACU represents more than 400 colleges and universities committed
to Hispanic higher education success in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin
America and Spain. HACU is the only national association representing
existing and emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).</div>
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<b>California Governor signs legislation to support veterans with needs instead of jail time.</b></div>
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SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed several bipartisan bills
that improve services and opportunities for veterans in California.<br />
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“Yesterday, a bill to invest in job training for veterans was blocked because
of Washington political infighting,” said Governor Brown. “Here in California,
Republicans and Democrats joined together to support our veterans. These bills
respect the honor and dignity of those who serve.”<br />
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“This comprehensive package of legislation signed by Governor Brown continues
to demonstrate that California is fulfilling its obligation to our veterans and
their families who have sacrificed so much,” said Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin,
California National Guard Adjutant General.<br />
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“Veterans issues should never be partisan,” said California Department of
Veterans Affairs Secretary Peter J. Gravett. “These bills show our commitment
to serving those who served.”<br />
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The Governor signed the following bills:<br />
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• AB 2462 by Assemblymember Marty Block (D-San Diego) – Public postsecondary
education: academic credit for prior military academic experience: <br />
- Requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to determine
which courses should be awarded credit for prior military academic experience
using standards of the American Council on Education. <br />
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• AB 2133 by Assemblymember Robert Blumenfield (D-Van Nuys) – Veterans:
priority registration: <br />
- Increases, from 4 to 15, the number of years after leaving active duty that a
veteran, who is a resident of California, is eligible for priority registration
for enrolling in classes at the CCC, the CSU and the UC.<br />
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• AB 2478 by Assemblymember Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward) – Student residency
requirements: veterans: <br />
- Expands the current exemption given to veterans from paying non-resident
tuition at California Community Colleges by one year, as specified.<br />
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• AB 1904 by Assemblymember Marty Block (D-San Diego) – Professions and
vocations: military spouses: expedited licensure: <br />
- Requires boards under the Department of Consumer Affairs to expedite the
licensure process for military spouses and domestic partners of military
members on active duty in California.<br />
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• SB 1405 by Senator Kevin De León (D-Los Angeles) – Accountancy: military
service: practice privilege: <br />
- Authorizes accountants to have their licenses placed on a military inactive
status while engaged in active duty in the National Guard or armed forces.<br />
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• AB 2659 by Assemblymember Robert Blumenfield (D-Van Nuys) – Vehicles:
driver's licenses: <br />
- Allows licensed drivers of military commercial vehicles to qualify for a
California commercial driver's license without additional California driving
tests.<br />
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• SB 1413 by Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Chino) – Adjutant General:
support programs: <br />
- Allows the Adjutant General to establish support programs, acquire facilities
and solicit and accept donations for the benefit of military personnel and
their families. <br />
<br />
• AB 2371 by Assemblymember Betsy Butler (D-Marina Del Rey) – Veterans:
criminal defendants: mental health issues and restorative relief: <br />
- Provides restorative relief to a veteran defendant who acquires a criminal
record due to a mental disorder stemming from military service.<br />
<br />
• AB 1224 by the Committee on Veterans Affairs – Veterans: veterans’ farm and
home purchases: <br />
- Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to adopt implementing
regulations necessary to allow financing of cooperative dwelling units.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• AB 1505 by Assemblymember Richard
Pan (D-Sacramento) – Department of Veterans Affairs: veterans’ benefits:
reinstatement: <br />
- Reinstates state veterans benefits that were denied solely on the basis of
sexual orientation when the federal government first reinstates those benefits.
<br />
<br />
• SB 1287 by Senator Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach) – Sport fishing licenses: <br />
- Requires the Department of Fish and Game to issue a reduced fee sport fishing
license to active military personnel who are recovering service members. <br />
<br />
• SB 1288 by Senator Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach) – Hunting licenses: <br />
- Requires the Department of Fish and Game to issue a reduced hunting fee
license to military personnel who are recovering service members.<br />
<br />
• AB 2490 by Assemblymember Betsy Butler (D-Marina Del Rey) – Veterans:
correctional counselors: <br />
- Requires the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to
develop policies to assist veteran inmates in pursuing veteran’s benefits.<br />
<br />
• AB 342 by Assemblymember Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) – Office of Planning and
Research: <br />
- Designates the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) to serve as
the state liaison with the United States Department of Defense.<br />
<br />
• AB 1550 by Assemblymember Susan Bonilla (D-Concord) – Vehicles: veterans'
organizations license plates fees: <br />
- Increases the fees required to issue, renew, and personalize specialized
veterans’ license plates to fund veterans' organizations.<br />
<br />
• AB 2202 by Assemblymember Marty Block (D-San Diego) – Interstate Compact on
Educational Opportunity for Military Children: State Council: <br />
- Extends the January 1, 2013 sunset to 2016 for the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to reconvene a task force to review and make recommendations
regarding the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military
Children. <br />
<br />
• AB 2198 by Assemblymember Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) – Department of Veterans
Affairs: reporting requirements: <br />
- Recalibrates reporting requirements in the annual county veterans service
officers’ report to ensure these programs are maximizing support to veterans.<br />
<br />
• SB 1198 by Senator Ronald Calderon (D-Montebello) – Department of Veterans
Affairs: publicity of benefit programs for homeless veterans: <br />
- Requires CalVet to provide veterans with information about federal veteran
pensions, federal housing vouchers, and CalFresh. <br />
<br />
For full text of the bills, visit: http://leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html.</span></div>
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By John Neri, <a href="http://theamericaschannel.blogspot.com/2012/09/latino-tid-bits-for-week-of-91720.html">America's Channel</a><br />
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA --As we launch into National Hispanic Heritage Month, there a numerous stories about Latino businesses and recognitions. Here's the week's summary:<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>BUSINESS</b></span><br />
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<b>Los Angeles, Ca</b> -- GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney will be addressing the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at their annual convention in hopes of gaining some level of support. At present, he has half of the support now enjoyed by President Barack Obama. CBS News featured the following video: <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57513859/romney-targets-hispanic-business-owners/">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57513859/romney-targets-hispanic-business-owners/</a><br />
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<b>Chicago, Ill</b> -- <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-09-11/business/ct-biz-0911-hispanic-business-20120911_1_business-owners-small-businesses-economy-survey">The Chicago Tribune</a> is reporting that a new survey says Hispanic Entrepreneurs are conserving their cash and cutting spending in fears of the health care changes, taxes, and federal deficit (someone's got to pay the bill.) The survey conducted by PNC Bank and Latino Decisions is the first of its kind. </div>
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"Hispanic business owners are taking a conservative
approach to managing their business as they hunker down in the current
economy," said Jesus Munoz, PNC business banking vice president. PNC,
the fifth-biggest bank in Chicago, released the findings as part of
Hispanic Heritage Month.<br />
Compared with the PNC economic outlook
survey of small- and midsize business owners in spring 2012, the survey
shows that fewer Hispanic business owners are <a class="itxtrst itxtrsta itxthook" href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-09-11/business/ct-biz-0911-hispanic-business-20120911_1_business-owners-small-businesses-economy-survey#" id="itxthook1" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen; color: darkgreen; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxthookspan" id="itxthook1w0" style="background: transparent; color: darkgreen; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">investing</span></a> in their businesses with new loans, lines of credit and capital spending than Chicago business owners overall.<br />
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<b>San Jose, Ca</b> -- <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mi-pueblo-20120917,0,6490226.story">The Los Angeles Times</a> has an article that "Mi Pueblo Food Center," which has 21 outlets in the San Francisco Bay area, was forced to use E-Verify by immigration officials. Even though the company were critical of the program, they allege DHS officials pressured the company to use it. The adoption of the program has angered employees and customers alike.<br />
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"He says he (company founder Juvenal Chavez, an immigrant) has suffered the pain of being an immigrant. I
don't believe it," said Rogelio Marquez, 37, who said he was laid off
from the Gilroy store after becoming active with a workers union. "We
support the economy of this country. Why is this man now checking
papers?"<br />
<br />
Now Mi Pueblo is facing boycotts from the very communities they serve. DHS denies forcing Mi Pueblo to use E-Verify.<br />
<br />
<b>Washington D.C.</b> -- The United States Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce announced the election of two future Chairmen of the
Board of Directors, who will serve consecutively after the term of
incoming Chairman Marc Rodriguez ends in 2014. Ignacio R. Veloz was elected to serve from 2014-2015, and Raymond J. Arroyo to follow from 2015-2016.<br />
<br />
Veloz is President of <i>Inmobiliaria Nuestro Servicio, Inc</i>.,
a company dedicated to administering and maintaining condominiums and
commercial properties and is also the president of the United Retailers
Association of Puerto Rico (CUD).<br />
<br />
Arroyo is the head
of Alternative Distribution at Aetna, where he is responsible for membership growth. He is the former Chief Diversity
Officer at Aetna.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>POLITICS </b></span><br />
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<b>New York, NY</b> -- No shocker here as a study by the National Hispanic Media Coalition finds that Fox News audiences are more likely to have a negative or misinformed opinion about Latinos and immigrants. The study, conducted in conjunction with Latino Decisions found that Fox News
audiences are "more likely to agree that Latinos are on welfare (56%),
take jobs from Americans (43%) and have too many children (42%)."<br />
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To see the study results, click <a href="http://www.nhmc.org/sites/default/files/LD%20NHMC%20Poll%20Results%20Sept.2012.pdf">found</a> .<br />
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<b> Washington D.C.</b> -- President Barack Obama has issued a proclamation for National
Hispanic Heritage Month in which he said that Hispanics “have shaped and
strengthened the fabric of our Union.”<br />
<br />
Latino voters are a goldmine during this Presidential election, so his statement also says “(Hispanics) have enriched every aspect of our national
identity with traditions that stretch across centuries and reflect the
many ancestries that comprise the Hispanic community.”<br />
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This is a no "shocker" statement.</div>
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<b>Washington D.C.</b> -- Not to be out done by the President, the Republican National Committee (RNC) also released a statement recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month.<br />
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“For generations, Hispanics have strengthened our society and our
country. We honor their many contributions during Hispanic Heritage
Month, a tradition begun in 1988 when President Ronald Reagan expanded
Hispanic Heritage Week into a month-long celebration,” said RNC Chairman
Reince Priebus. “But today, the economy isn’t working for far too many Hispanics.
These hard working Americans deserve a country that honors their values,
their work, and their sacrifice and an Administration that is committed
to restoring the American Dream.”<br />
<br />
“This month is a chance for all Americans to discover and rediscover
the richness and diversity of the Hispanic community,” said RNC Co-Chair
Sharon Day. “We honor their past, and recommit ourselves to fighting
for the future we will all share–one where everyone has a shot at the
American Dream. Republicans, led by Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, are
committed to leading us toward that future, where the opportunities that
drew generations to America are once again abundant.”<br />
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No question, Latinos are the focus of attention.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>PROFILES AND ACHIEVEMENTS</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">L-R: Frank Montes, Roy Perez, Christy Lancaster, Gloria Perez</span></td></tr>
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<b>Riverside, Ca</b> -- Immediate Past Chairman of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce Roy M. Perez continues to receive accolades and recognitions for his continued advocacy for businesses. On September 6, 2012, Perez was recognized by the Riverside Black Chamber of Commerce with the "2012 True Collaboration Award." Perez, whose small business advocacy has earned him awards from the California American GI Forum, the Latina Business Women's Association of San Diego, and numerous California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce.<br />
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"I want to thank the Riverside County Black Chamber of Commerce, especially Christy Lancaster for her kind words," said Perez in accepting the award. "I'm proud to have been a part of the collaborative leadership that has turned the region's economy around."<br />
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Perez is CEO of <a href="http://www.rmpstrategies.net/">RMP Strategies</a>, a small business advocacy company.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">L-R: Leslie Leal-Gauna, Gretel Perera</span></td></tr>
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<b>Austin, Tx</b> -- Q Communications Group is a Latina PR firm that was featured in the <a href="http://www.statesman.com/business/latina-led-austin-startup-focuses-on-reaching-hispanic-2459520.html">Austin American-Statesman newspaper</a> as a part of their new business column. Established by Gretel Perera and Leslie Leal-Gauna, the firm offers services to businesses trying to reach the Latino market, first locally, then nationally. In addition, they are partnering with general market agencies to maximize capacity.<br />
<br />
"We offer something that is pretty unique in the marketplace:
communications with a little spice," says Perera. "Our public relations agency is led
by two Latina PR and marketing professionals that have a personal
insight, knowledge and appreciation of the Latino market. One of our
goals is to partner with general market agencies and Hispanic
advertising companies in order to provide the Hispanic public relations
arm of a campaign. Together, we can help companies and organizations
reach their target audience through a concerted communications effort."<br />
<br />
Cool start.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Singer Christina Aguilera</td></tr>
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<b>Pasadena, Ca</b> -- The 2012 <a class="inline_link" href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/nclr-alma-awards/articles">NCLR ALMA Awards</a>
will be broadcast on NBC Television Network on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
(8-9 p.m. ET). The show, a star studded special kicking off Hispanic
Heritage Month, will once again be co-hosted by <a class="inline_link" href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/eva-longoria">Eva Longoria</a> and <a class="inline_link" href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/george-lopez">George Lopez</a>. Five-time Grammy Award winner <a class="inline_link" href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/christina-aguilera">Christina Aguilera</a>
(NBC’s “The Voice”) will receive the 2012 NCLR Special Achievement
Award, noted for her incredible career and exceptional work in
philanthropy.<br />
<br />
According to information from NBC, Aguilera has sold more than 30
million albums worldwide and won five Grammy Awards. She has released
seven albums, with pop hits that include “Beautiful,” “Genie in a
Bottle” and “Dirrty.” <br />
<br />
Over her career, Aguilera has been nominated for ten ALMA Awards and has taken home three ALMAS. <br />
<br />
The ALMA Awards is hosted by the National Council of La Raza. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>BLUNDER OF THE WEEK</b></span><br />
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<b>Washington D.C.</b> -- Who says government isn't sensitive to its people, unless your the Environmental Protection Agency, which wins our "Blunder of the Week" award for its insensitive effort in promoting Hispanic Heritage Month. In an email, the environmentally conscious demonstrated its unconscious sensitivity to Latinos by using a plagiarized picture of Che Guevara (yes, a promoter of communism).<br />
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Here is the email:<br />
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From: Susie Goldring/DC/USEPA/US<br />
Date: 09/13/2012 02:51PM<br />
Subject: Hispanic Heritage Month<br />
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Hispanic news you can use!</div>
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Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September
15, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American
countries—Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
In addition, Mexico declared its independence on September 16, and
Chile on September 18. </div>
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Over the past decades, the Hispanic population in
the USA has shown tremendous rise. For the uninitiated, Hispanics are
people who have origins related to the country Spain. In the recent
years, the term Hispanics is also used to categorize a larger group of
population in the US who originally belonged to the nations ruled by
Spain.</div>
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Being Latino doesn't mean we can relate to just any image of Latinos.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia';"><b>Hispanic Heritage Month 2012: Sept. 15 - Oct. 15</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><i>In
September 1968, Congress authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to
proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week, which was observed during the
week that included Sept. 15 and Sept. 16. The observance was expanded in
1988 by Congress to a monthlong celebration (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15),
effective the following year. America celebrates the culture and
traditions of those who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico and the
Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America and the
Caribbean.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><i>Sept.
15 was chosen as the starting point for the celebration because it is
the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries: Costa
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition,
Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on Sept. 16 and Sept.
18, respectively.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>52.0 million</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The
Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1, 2011, making
people of Hispanic origin the nation's largest ethnic or race minority.
Hispanics constituted 16.7 percent of the nation's total population. In
addition, there are 3.7 million residents of Puerto Rico, a U.S.
territory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: 2011 Population Estimates <<a href="http://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/2011/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/popest/<wbr></wbr>data/national/asrh/2011/index.<wbr></wbr>html</a>>.</i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>1.3 million</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Number
of Hispanics added to the nation's population between July 1, 2010, and
July 1, 2011. This number is more than half of the approximately 2.3
million added to the nation's population during this period.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: 2011 Population Estimates</i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>National Characteristics: Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic origin <<a href="http://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/2011/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/popest/<wbr></wbr>data/national/asrh/2011/index.<wbr></wbr>html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>2.5%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Percentage increase in the Hispanic population between 2010 and 2011.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: 2011 Population Estimates</i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>National Characteristics: Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic origin <<a href="http://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/2011/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/popest/<wbr></wbr>data/national/asrh/2011/index.<wbr></wbr>html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>132.8 million</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The
projected Hispanic population of the United States on July 1, 2050.
According to this projection, Hispanics will constitute 30 percent of
the nation's population by that date.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: Population Projections <<a href="http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb08-123.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/<wbr></wbr>newsroom/releases/archives/<wbr></wbr>population/cb08-123.html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>50.5 million</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The
number of Hispanics counted during the 2010 Census. This was about a 43
percent increase from the Hispanic population in the 2000 Census, which
was 35.3 million.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: The Hispanic Population: 2010 <<a href="http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/prod/<wbr></wbr>cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>2nd</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Ranking
of the size of the U.S. Hispanic population worldwide, as of 2010. Only
Mexico (112 million) had a larger Hispanic population than the United
States (50.5 million).</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: International Data Base <<a href="http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbsum.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/ipc/<wbr></wbr>www/idbsum.html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>63%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The
percentage of Hispanic-origin people in the United States who were of
Mexican background in 2010. Another 9.2 percent were of Puerto Rican
background, 3.5 percent Cuban, 3.3 percent Salvadoran and 2.8 percent
Dominican. The remainder was of some other Central American, South
American or other Hispanic/Latino origin.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: The Hispanic Population: 2010 <<a href="http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/prod/<wbr></wbr>cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf</a>></i></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 12pt;"><b>States and Counties</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Florida</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The state with the highest median age, 34, within the Hispanic population.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: 2011 Population Estimates</i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>State Characteristics: Median Age by Race and Hispanic Origin <<a href="http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/asrh/2011/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/popest/<wbr></wbr>data/state/asrh/2011/index.<wbr></wbr>html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>14.4 million</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The estimated population for those of Hispanic-origin in California as of July 1, 2011.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: 2011 Population Estimates State Characteristics: Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin <<a href="http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/asrh/2011/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/popest/<wbr></wbr>data/state/asrh/2011/index.<wbr></wbr>html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>8</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The
number of states that have a population of 1 million or more Hispanic
residents -- Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New
Jersey, New York and Texas.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: 2011 Population Estimates State Characteristics: Population by Race and Hispanic Origin</i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/asrh/2011/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/popest/<wbr></wbr>data/state/asrh/2011/index.<wbr></wbr>html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>More than 50%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The percent of all the Hispanic population that live in California, Florida, and Texas as of July 1, 2011.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: 2011 Population Estimates State Characteristics: Population by Race and Hispanic Origin </i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/asrh/2011/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/popest/<wbr></wbr>data/state/asrh/2011/index.<wbr></wbr>html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>46.7%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The percentage of New Mexico's population that was Hispanic as of July 1, 2011, the highest of any state.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: 2011 Population Estimates State Characteristics: Population by Race and Hispanic Origin </i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/asrh/2011/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/popest/<wbr></wbr>data/state/asrh/2011/index.<wbr></wbr>html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>147.9%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The
percentage increase in the Hispanic population in South Carolina
between April 1, 2000, and April 1, 2010, the highest of any state.
Alabama had the second highest increase, with 144.8 percent.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: The Hispanic Population: 2010 <<a href="http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/prod/<wbr></wbr>cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>4.7 million</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The Hispanic population of Los Angeles County, Calif., in 2010. This is the highest of any county.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: The Hispanic Population: 2010 <<a href="http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/prod/<wbr></wbr>cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>97%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Proportion
of the population of East Los Angeles, Calif., that was Hispanic as of
2010. This is the highest proportion for any place outside the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with 100,000 or more total population.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 9pt;"><i>Source: The Hispanic Population: 2010 <<a href="http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/prod/<wbr></wbr>cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>82</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Number of the nation's 3,143 counties that were majority-Hispanic.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: The Hispanic Population: 2010 <<a href="http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/prod/<wbr></wbr>cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>1 in 4</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The amount of counties in which Hispanics doubled their population since 2000.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: The Hispanic Population: 2010 <<a href="http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/prod/<wbr></wbr>cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>25</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Number
of states in which Hispanics were the largest minority group. These
states were Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho,
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode
Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: American FactFinder: United States DP-1 <<a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/" target="_blank">http://factfinder2.census.gov</a><wbr></wbr>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Businesses</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source
for statements in this section: Statistics for All U.S. Firms by
Industry, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race for the U.S., States, Metro Areas,
Counties, and Places: 2007, Table SB0700CSA01</i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=SBO_2007_00CSA01&prodType=table" target="_blank">http://factfinder2.census.<wbr></wbr>gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/<wbr></wbr>pages/productview.xhtml?pid=<wbr></wbr>SBO_2007_00CSA01&prodType=<wbr></wbr>table</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>2.3 million</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in 2007, up 43.6 percent from 2002.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>$350.7 billion</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Receipts generated by Hispanic-owned businesses in 2007, up 58.0 percent from 2002.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>23.7%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The
percentage of businesses in New Mexico in 2007 that were
Hispanic-owned, which led all states. Florida (22.4 percent) and Texas
(20.7 percent) were runners-up.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Families and Children</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>10.7 million</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The number of Hispanic family households in the United States in 2011.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: Families and Living Arrangements: Table F1 <<a href="http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/data/cps2011.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/hhes/<wbr></wbr>families/data/cps2011.html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>63.1%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The percentage of Hispanic family households that are married couple households in 2011.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: Families and Living Arrangements: Table F1 <<a href="http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/data/cps2011.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/hhes/<wbr></wbr>families/data/cps2011.html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>61.1%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The percentage of Hispanic married couple households that have children younger than 18 present in 2011.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: Families and Living Arrangements: Table F1 <<a href="http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/data/cps2011.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/hhes/<wbr></wbr>families/data/cps2011.html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>66.9%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Percentage of Hispanic children living with two parents in 2011.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: Families and Living Arrangements: Table C9 <<a href="http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/data/cps2011.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/hhes/<wbr></wbr>families/data/cps2011.html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>43.6%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Percentage of Hispanic married couples with children under 18 where both spouses were employed in 2011.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: Families and Living Arrangements: Table FG-1 <<a href="http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/data/cps2011.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/hhes/<wbr></wbr>families/data/cps2011.html</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Spanish Language</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>37.0 million</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The number of U.S. residents 5 and older who spoke Spanish at home in 2010. Those who <i>hablan español </i>constituted 12.8 percent of U.S. residents 5 and older. More than half of these Spanish speakers spoke English "very well."</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey: Table B16001 <<a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B16001&prodType=table" target="_blank">http://factfinder2.census.<wbr></wbr>gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/<wbr></wbr>pages/productview.xhtml?pid=<wbr></wbr>ACS_10_1YR_B16001&prodType=<wbr></wbr>table</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>17.3 million</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The number of U.S. residents 5 and older who spoke Spanish at home in 1990.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: Language Use in the United States: 2007 <<a href="http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/acs-12.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/prod/<wbr></wbr>2010pubs/acs-12.pdf</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>75.1%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Percentage of Hispanics 5 and older who spoke Spanish at home in 2010.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey: Table B16006 <<a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B16006&prodType=table" target="_blank">http://factfinder2.census.<wbr></wbr>gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/<wbr></wbr>pages/productview.xhtml?pid=<wbr></wbr>ACS_10_1YR_B16006&prodType=<wbr></wbr>table</a>></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Income, Poverty and Health Insurance</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>$37,759</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The median income of Hispanic households in 2010.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010, Table A <<a href="http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb11-157.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/<wbr></wbr>newsroom/releases/archives/<wbr></wbr>income_wealth/cb11-157.html</a>></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>26.6%</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The poverty rate among Hispanics in 2010, up from 25.3 percent in 2009.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010, Table B <<a href="http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb11-157.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/<wbr></wbr>newsroom/releases/archives/<wbr></wbr>income_wealth/cb11-157.html</a>></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>30.7%</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The percentage of Hispanics who lacked health insurance in 2010, which is down from 31.6 percent in 2009.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010, Table C <<a href="http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb11-157.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/<wbr></wbr>newsroom/releases/archives/<wbr></wbr>income_wealth/cb11-157.html</a>></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Education</b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>62.2%</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The percentage of Hispanics 25 and older that had at least a high school education in 2010.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: American Community Survey: 2010 Table B15002I</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B15002I&prodType=table" target="_blank">http://factfinder2.census.<wbr></wbr>gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/<wbr></wbr>pages/productview.xhtml?pid=<wbr></wbr>ACS_10_1YR_B15002I&prodType=<wbr></wbr>table</a>></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>13.0%</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The percentage of the Hispanic population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher in 2010.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: American Community Survey: 2010 Table B15002I</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B15002I&prodType=table" target="_blank">http://factfinder2.census.<wbr></wbr>gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/<wbr></wbr>pages/productview.xhtml?pid=<wbr></wbr>ACS_10_1YR_B15002I&prodType=<wbr></wbr>table</a>></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>3.6 million</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The number of Hispanics 25 and older who had at least a bachelor's degree in 2010.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Source: American Community Survey: 2010 Table B15002I </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B15002I&prodType=table" target="_blank">http://factfinder2.census.<wbr></wbr>gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/<wbr></wbr>pages/productview.xhtml?pid=<wbr></wbr>ACS_10_1YR_B15002I&prodType=<wbr></wbr>table</a>></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>1.1 million</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Number of Hispanics 25 and older with advanced degrees in 2010 (e.g., master's, professional, doctorate).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: American Community Survey: 2010 Table B15002I </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B15002I&prodType=table" target="_blank">http://factfinder2.census.<wbr></wbr>gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/<wbr></wbr>pages/productview.xhtml?pid=<wbr></wbr>ACS_10_1YR_B15002I&prodType=<wbr></wbr>table</a>></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>6.2%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Percentage of students (both undergraduate and graduate students) enrolled in college in 2010 who were Hispanic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: School Enrollment Data Current Population Survey: October 2010, Table 1</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2010/tables.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/hhes/<wbr></wbr>school/data/cps/2010/tables.<wbr></wbr>html</a>></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>23.2%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Percentage of elementary and high school students that were Hispanic in 2010. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: School Enrollment Data Current Population Survey: October 2010, Table 1</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2010/tables.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/hhes/<wbr></wbr>school/data/cps/2010/tables.<wbr></wbr>html</a>></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Foreign-Born</b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>47.1%</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Percent of the foreign-born population that was Hispanic in 2010.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey, Table: S0501</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_S0501&prodType=table" target="_blank">http://factfinder2.census.<wbr></wbr>gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/<wbr></wbr>pages/productview.xhtml?pid=<wbr></wbr>ACS_10_1YR_S0501&prodType=<wbr></wbr>table</a>></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Names</b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>4</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The
number of Hispanic surnames ranked among the 15 most common in 2000. It
was the first time that a Hispanic surname reached the top 15 during a
census. Garcia was the most frequent Hispanic surname, occurring 858,289
times and placing eighth on the list - up from 18th in 1990. Rodriguez
(ninth), Martinez (11th) and Hernandez (15th) were the next most common
Hispanic surnames.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: Census 2000 Genealogy <<a href="http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/freqnames2k.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/<wbr></wbr>genealogy/www/freqnames2k.html</a><wbr></wbr>></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Jobs</b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>67.8%</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">Percentage of Hispanics or Latinos 16 and older who were in the civilian labor force in 2010.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey, Table: S0201 (Hispanic)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_S0201&prodType=table" target="_blank">http://factfinder2.census.<wbr></wbr>gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/<wbr></wbr>pages/productview.xhtml?pid=<wbr></wbr>ACS_10_1YR_S0201&prodType=<wbr></wbr>table</a>></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>19.0%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The
percentage of civilian employed Hispanics or Latinos 16 and older who
worked in management, business, science, and arts occupations in 2010.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey, Table: S0201 (Hispanic)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_S0201&prodType=table" target="_blank">http://factfinder2.census.<wbr></wbr>gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/<wbr></wbr>pages/productview.xhtml?pid=<wbr></wbr>ACS_10_1YR_S0201&prodType=<wbr></wbr>table</a>></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Voting</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>7%</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The
percentage of Hispanic voters in the 2010 congressional election. This
is the highest percentage of Hispanics for a nonpresidential election.
Hispanics comprised 6 percent of voters in 2006.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: News Release: Census Bureau Reports Hispanic Voter Turnout Reaches Record High for Congressional Election</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i><<a href="http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/voting/cb11-164.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/<wbr></wbr>newsroom/releases/archives/<wbr></wbr>voting/cb11-164.html</a>></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Serving our Country</b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;"><b>1.2 million</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 10pt;">The number of Hispanics or Latinos 18 and older who are veterans of the U.S. armed forces.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'; font-size: 8pt;"><i>Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey: Table B21001I </i></span></div>
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<b>WASHINGTON D.C. --</b> Despite
two weeks of widespread political coverage in which both parties made
an effort to reach out to Latino voters, enthusiasm about November is
still very much in question. Wave 3 of the impreMedia/Latino Decisions
tracking poll did not find any noticeable increase in levels of
enthusiasm or certainty to vote, and to the contrary, the poll found a
small decrease compared with two weeks ago. While general election
campaigning is just getting started and enthusiasm may peak in late
October, as of today, more Latinos say they were more enthusiastic back
in 2008 than they are in 2012. <strong>Still, President Barack Obama
continues to maintain a large lead among Latinos following the DNC
Convention with 66% support to 29% for Mitt Romney</strong>. Turnout though will be the key in many swing states, as we have outlined on the <a href="http://www.latinovotemap.org/" style="color: #0088cc; color: #2585b2; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="America's Voice/Latino Decisions Vote Map">Latino Vote Map</a>. Latino
voter turnout is going to be critical in states like Colorado, Nevada,
Florida and Virginia, and while a majority of Latinos currently plan to
vote for Obama, the bigger question is just how many will come out to
vote? In 2008 we saw record turnout, but so far in 2012 enthusiasm
remains a question. [<a href="http://www.latinodecisions.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Tracker-toplines-week-3.pdf" style="color: #0088cc; color: #2585b2; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">View Full Wave 3 Results</a>]</div>
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Further,
after two weeks of national convention outreach, both parties have seen
decreases in their favorability ratings. In week 1 of our tracking poll
congressional Democrats registered 64% favorability and in week 3 they
stand at 53% (however, Obama continues to perform better than
congressional Democrats with 72% favorability). Likewise, when asked
about how good or bad a job they were doing at outreach to Hispanics the
Democrats fell from 59% approval in week 1 to 49% approval in week 3
following the DNC. The news for Republicans is far worse. GOP
favorability among Latinos was 32% before either convention and is now
just 26% (and Romney tracks quite similarly with 27% favorability). The
percent rating Republicans positive on outreach actually increased, but
from an anemic 14% to only 19% today who say Republicans are doing a
good job reaching out to Hispanics.</div>
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While
the conventions gave both parties a chance to shine, it also opened up
an opportunity to unleash attacks against one another on a national
stage. According to the impreMedia/Latino Decisions week 3 tracking
poll, Latino voters identify too much fighting and negative politics as a
major problem. A clear majority of Latinos say fighting by both parties
in Congress is the real reason the economy is not recovering faster.</div>
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At
their convention two weeks ago, the Republican Party attempted to push a
message of economy, economy, economy as their leading mantra in winning
Latino voters, but the polling data does not support them on this.
Overwhelmingly, Latino voters reject the idea that the slow recovery is
Obama's fault. <a href="http://www.latinodecisions.com/files/5613/4611/4431/Tracker_-_toplines_week_1.pdf" style="color: #0088cc; color: #2585b2; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="Week 1 tracking poll">Two weeks ago our tracking poll found</a>,
a large majority of Latino voters (68%) blamed the policies of the Bush
administration for creating the economic conditions we face today and
few blamed Obama policies (14%). <a href="http://www.latinodecisions.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Tracker-toplines-week-2.pdf" style="color: #0088cc; color: #2585b2; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Last week</a>,
Latinos said they trust Obama and the Democrats to fix the economy by a
2-to-1 margin over Romney and Republicans (59% to 30%). And now this
week, a majority of Latinos blame partisan fighting in Congress, not the
President, for the recovery being so slow.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">by <a href="http://www.latinodecisions.com/blog/?author=2" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Latino Decisions</a></span></div>
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<b>WASHINGTON D.C.</b> -- After
a week in the spotlight in many prominent Latinos took to the stage at
the RNC Convention, the impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll finds a
noticeable bump in support for Romney and Republicans among Latinos, <a href="http://www.laopinion.com/Republicanos,_fortalecidos_entre_latinos_tras_convenci%C3%B3n__" style="color: #0088cc; color: #2585b2; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">as reported by Pilar Marrero</a>.
The question will be can they sustain it, or will the new found support
erode after the Democrats get their turn in Charlotte. In the <a href="http://www.latinodecisions.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Tracker-toplines-week-2.pdf" style="color: #0088cc; color: #2585b2; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">second week of the impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll</a> Romney stands at 30%, up from 26% in <a href="http://www.latinodecisions.com/files/5613/4611/4431/Tracker_-_toplines_week_1.pdf" style="color: #0088cc; color: #2585b2; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">week 1</a>,
and also improved his favorability from 27/55 (net -28) to 31/54
(net-23). While the clear majority of Latino voters continue to support
Obama, this is the first time Romney has managed to climb to 30% of the
Latino vote in the 10 months that impreMedia/Latino Decisions has
polled on an Obama-Romney match-up. [<a href="http://www.latinodecisions.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Tracker-toplines-week-2.pdf" style="color: #0088cc; color: #2585b2; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Jump to full results</a>]</div>
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addition to Romney, the Republicans may have made some small in-roads
with their presentation of Latino elected officials such as Susana
Martinez, Brian Sandoval and Marco Rubio. The tracking poll asked,
"During the Republican National Convention Latino elected officials such
as Senator Marco Rubio and Governor Susana Martinez were given
prominent speaking roles. Does this give you a more favorable or
less favorable impression of the Republican Party, or does it have no
effect on how you feel about the Republican Party?" Overall, 21% said
they had a more favorable impression, 7% said less favorable and 62%
said it had no effect. Although a large majority said the Latino RNC
speakers had no effect on their view of Republicans, among those who did
take this into account, we found a 3-1 advantage for Republicans in
favorability.</div>
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<strong>Glass one-third full / Glass two-thirds empty?</strong></div>
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While
Romney made some gains following the RNC convention, the gains are
relatively small. After their best week of coverage in which Romney and
the RNC got to dictate the message, and President Obama struggled for
coverage, Romney still maintains a net negative favorability rating of
-23 while the President enjoys a net positive favorability rating of
+43. And while Romney is inching towards one-third of the Latino vote,
the data still suggest that close to two-thirds of Latinos (64%) plan to
vote against Romney.</div>
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In
looking at the question about perceptions of party outreach to
Hispanics, the impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll reveals almost
no movement in the larger images of either party. One week ago 14%
thought the Republican party was doing a good job of outreach to
Hispanics, and today that number is 17%. Combined, 72% of Latinos think
the Republican party either 'doesn't care' or is 'being hostile'
towards Hispanics, and that number that will take more than a 3-day
convention to move. As Governor Jeb Bush acknowledge during the RNC,
Republicans need to <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/08/28/v-fullstory/2973053/jeb-bush-republicans-need-to-stop.html" style="color: #0088cc; color: #2585b2; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">stop "acting stupid" and "to have a tone that is open and hospitable,</a>" if they want to win over Latino voters.</div>
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The Republicans believe their path to the Latino vote is through the troubled economy, a <a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/08/30/republican-convention-carlos-gutierrez-talks-economy-romneys-latinos/" style="color: #0088cc; color: #2585b2; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">message they reiterated during the RNC convention</a>. However Latino voters may not share their views of who is to blame, and who can fix things. <a href="http://www.latinodecisions.com/blog/2012/08/27/tracking-poll-wave-1-latino-vote-uphill-climb-for-romney/" style="color: #0088cc; color: #2585b2; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Last week, the impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll</a>
asked who was to blame for the current state of the economy and 68% of
Latinos said the policies of the Bush administration, compared to 14%
who blamed Obama. This week we asked, "<em>thinking about the future of
our economy, which party do you trust more to make the right decisions
and improve our economic conditions?</em>" Here, 59% of Latinos said
they trust Obama and the Democrats compared to 30% who said Romney and
the Republicans. In courting Latinos, the Republicans need to do more
than point the finger at Obama, they need to provide a clear policy
alternative that does not sound like "Bush tax cuts" that would seem to
benefit the Latino community. To this point, Latinos continue to give
the Democrats a 2-1 advantage on fixing the economy. Back in <a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/mbarreto/ld/Feb_banners.htm" style="color: #0088cc; color: #2585b2; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="See Q13 in Feb 2011 poll">February 2011 the impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll</a>
asked what strategy was best for turning around the economy, and 57%
said the federal government should invest in projects while 27% said we
should lower taxes, a number quite consistent with the 59-30 advantage
reported today, 19 month later on which party is best to fix the
economy.</div>
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<b><br />One-in-Four Public Elementary School Students is Hispanic </b><br />
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<b>WASHINGTON, D.C.</b> -- Hispanics now are the largest minority group on the nation's four-year college campuses, according to an <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0011qN3i9Wxx1FgvErxGAhLqRWKCFnARVkxIYjK5V-5fByFi8DbtQ_BdywZ4KTK94Jdnn6FjITT68EElq9JQhIuSfF7-Zj7Bbnmqd5x0Hd-tlwDHdLjSGqBVIzo7gkQn5zbPDvYsoiywr3La0j6RDOGVoC33RCZpCQj2adlsigfGECThldnlt8CapKIEyl15evDqJvolFth8PoPwMAUNwzi_Q==">analysis</a> of newly available U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. For the first time, the number of 18- to 24-year-old Hispanics enrolled in college exceeded 2 million and reached a record 16.5% share of all college enrollments. Hispanics are the largest minority group on the nation's college campuses----four-year and two-year combined----a milestone first achieved in 2010. <br />
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In the nation's public schools, Hispanics also reached new milestones. For the first time, one-in-four (24.7%) public elementary school students is Hispanic. Among all pre-K through 12th grade U.S. public school students, a record 23.9% were Hispanic in 2011. <br />
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In both cases, rapid Hispanic population growth has played a role in driving Hispanic student enrollment gains over the past four decades. However, population growth alone does not explain all the enrollment gains made by Hispanic students in recent years. Today, with record high school completion rates, more young Hispanics than ever are eligible to attend college. And among these high school completers, a record share----nearly half (46%)----is enrolled in a two-year or four-year college. <br />
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Hispanics are the nation's largest minority group, making up more than 50 million, or 16.5%, of the U.S. population. Among the 30 million young people ages 18 to 24, 6 million, or 20%, are Hispanic. <br />
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In addition to gains in enrollment, the number of degrees awarded to Hispanic college students has also reached new highs. In 2010, 140,000 bachelor's degrees and 112,000 associate degrees were awarded to Hispanics. In both cases, Hispanics are a growing share of all degree recipients----13.2% among those with an associate degree and 8.5% among those who received a bachelor's degree in 2010. Despite these gains, the Hispanic share among degree recipients significantly lagged their share among 18- to 24-year-old students enrolled in two-year colleges (21.7%) and four-year colleges and universities (11.7%) in 2010. <br />
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The report, "<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0011qN3i9Wxx1FgvErxGAhLqRWKCFnARVkxIYjK5V-5fByFi8DbtQ_BdywZ4KTK94Jdnn6FjITT68EElq9JQhIuSfF7-Zj7Bbnmqd5x0Hd-tlwDHdLjSGqBVIzo7gkQn5zbPDvYsoiywr3La0j6RDOGVoC33RCZpCQj2adlsigfGECThldnlt8CapKIEyl15evDqJvolFth8PoPwMAUNwzi_Q==">Hispanic Student Enrollments Reach New Highs in 2011</a>," written by Pew Hispanic Center Senior Research Associate Richard Fry and Associate Director Mark Hugo Lopez, is available at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001RsK9HpbfK4Zd4YKDKhgi6m2SYYpEO1Q-D2ojppaWVjhQjRF1STi6L6gXv1KTLZ5v2l0SEF6hh4GJ0nPXcBhptj62bN0h8suEQAUpJpH0I8tNiKQeELT0yQ==">www.pewhispanic.org</a>. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>SACRAMENTO, CA</b> -- California’s
Latino population will become the majority within a couple of years and their
growth can be seen in schools, businesses and local elected offices in nearly
every community across the state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
being 40 percent of the state’s population, Latinos have limited statewide
public policy influence due to comprising only one-fourth of all California’s
voters and having too few elected legislators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As a result, Latino organizations, public and private, have been leaning
on lobbyists and advocates to assist them in fighting or supporting public
policy being considered in the legislature, the governor’s office, the
constitutional offices, and among the dozens of boards, departments and
commissions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Among
the many lobbyists and advocates working in Sacramento, California’s State
Capitol, there are only a handful of successful Latino owned and operated firms
that are making a difference in representing the Latino communities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One such successful government advocacy firm
is <a href="http://www.rmpstrategies.net/">RMP Strategies</a>, whose CEO, Roy M. Perez, has been referred to as “perhaps
the most powerful non-elected Latino in California.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Born
in Madera, California and raised in San Jose, California, Roy grew up helping
his family, first as a farm worker and then as a newspaper delivery boy as a teenager.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After high school, he enlisted in the U.S.
Army and was a Vietnam era veteran from 1966 to 1969, where he completed his tour of duty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Upon his return, Roy focused on getting a
college education and enrolled at California State University, Sacramento where
he became politically and socially active, and provided counseling services for
inner-city Latino youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1980, Roy
married and moved with his spouse, Gloriamalia, to San Juan Bautista where they
both worked for the internationally renowned “<a href="http://www.elteatrocampesino.com/">Teatro Campesino</a>,” and became
parents to two children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it
wasn’t long before Sacramento came calling him back, this time to serve as
Special Assistant for Senate President Pro Tempore David Roberti.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As Special Assistant, Roy honed his diplomatic and community activism skills by
establishing collaborations among the state’s Democratic and Republican leaders
as well as between African American, Women, Asian, Latino and Native American
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But in 1987, tragedy struck
Roy’s family that left him and Gloriamalia to care for and raise his sister’s
five children along with their own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Together, they worked at building their own ranch house where the seven
children were raised, and where more recently, one of them married.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their success in raising the children was
recognized by the first ladies of the California governor and the President of
the United States, awarding them the distinguished “Hispanic Family of the
Year.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Through
his own company, RMP Strategies, Roy enjoys advocating for organizations like
the <a href="http://www.agif.org/">American GI Forum</a> and the <a href="http://www.cahcc.com/">California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce</a> (CaHCC).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was elected first as Vice Chair of the
CaHCC, then as its Chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was
recently bestowed an honorary Doctorate degree from San Jose State University
and recognized by the American GI Forum of California with their “Lifetime
Achievement Award.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Roy recently
resigned as Chairman of the CaHCC due to personal reasons, yet he was given the
“Lifetime Achievement Award” by the <a href="http://www.nlbwa-sd.com/default.asp?PageID=10009660">National Latina Business Women’sAssociation of San Diego</a> and by numerous individual Chambers at the CaHCC 2012
annual convention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His was recognized for
the continued devotion and commitment to advancement of Hispanic businesses in
California and the Latino community and ensuring California’s economic growth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Roy’s actions have made him a key Latino
leader and perhaps the most powerful non-elected Latino in the state.</span><br />
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Journal On Latino Americans (JOLA) had the pleasure of interviewing Roy and ask
his perspective on key issues facing California:</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">JOLA</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Roy, you were recently described by a couple
of key Latino leaders as being “Perhaps the most powerful non-elected Latino in
the State,” how do you react to that?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Roy</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I don’t know who said that, but I am
humbled by that distinction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
always seen my role as being a facilitator and have strived to connect people
or at least share information that would help someone connect with the person
that may be able to help them, and perhaps that’s what they are referring
to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have to admit I do know a lot of
people and enjoy being able to help our community as best I can.</span></div>
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advocate, your perspective on politics is unique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you think Latinos in California have made
any political gains?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or, have we lost
ground since we have decreased representation in the legislature?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Roy</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve made a lot of gains politically, particularly
with young politicians (referring to new Latino state legislators.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re ahead of us, thinking more global,
and are more articulate. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have you ever
heard Senator (Michael) Rubio speak? Ever hear (Felipe) Fuentes speak?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or heard (Alex) Padilla speak?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re incredible. I’ll match them up
against anybody.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re very
intellectual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They understand the issues
from a global perspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re very
analytical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, when we (Chicanos)
started out, we began as activists because we were in a civil rights mode, just
trying to open doors, to get an education or get a job or just to be accepted
as people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now we are in a position of
quality and able to hold each other accountable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By this next election, we’ll be between 28 to
30 (Latino state legislators) and now we find Latinos and Latinas competing
against one other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the question is
not are you Latino/Latina?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is ‘what
do you represent?’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you demonstrate
leadership on behalf of my district?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
want to know who will hold our school district together?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to know who is going to do some
economic development in my backyard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So,
it is wrong for us to hold the younger legislators to the same standards that we
did as to whether or not they’re Chicano or Latino enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have to look at them as leaders that
represent a state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we’re the largest
(Latino population), we need to start thinking and understanding the infrastructure
of education, transportation, water, agriculture, global marketing and understand
the value of a dollar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not the
civil rights issue, it’s not that we’re second-class and we’re trying to get
in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re in because of our numbers and
the number of qualified people we have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have made gains and we continue to make gains”</span></div>
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have stated, that Latinos are born Democrats?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Roy</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I have learned is that I don’t want to
give ‘blind loyalty.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the worst
thing a citizen can do, particularly a Latino who wants to be a leader, because
blind loyalty will destroy you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
destroys because you don’t question authority or question your colleagues who
are leading you down that path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the Republican far right and the Democrat far left have their own
agenda and their job is to recruit you to follow their agenda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me, it’s ok for the parties to have their
own agenda as long as we don’t get sucked into their agenda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A leader leads and doesn’t follow and we
should not get ourselves trapped into following someone else’s, or a political
party’s agenda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the Chicano
movement there were very liberal Marxist and socialist Democrats who were
pushing their ideological beliefs on Raza, which some followed and as a result,
we lost out since these were wealthy individuals that took us down this path and
when the movement was over, these people drove off on their luxury cars back to
Beverly Hills leaving us in the same position. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why I say we cannot to give blind
loyalty to any person or party.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">JOLA</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two years ago, there were 7 Latinos running
for statewide office, but none received their party’s endorsement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you believe the party’s are using our
vote, but don’t want to see us in office?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Roy</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, are we electing someone because they
are Latino or Latina?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or, are we
electing a super qualified individual that can articulate issues and be a
leader that happens to be a Latino or Latina?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve seen pretty bad candidates in both parties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we’re talking about the GOP party, it has
a very, very serious challenge within their own party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One we have the far right GOP that is a
demagogic arm that deals mainly with social issues, while we also have a more
moderate Republican that, to their credit, are trying to do what is best for
California that can work with the moderate Democrats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other, we have the far left in the
Democratic Party that is nearly identical to the far right of the GOP, but at
the complete opposite end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
the GOP has because of the right wings demagogic view is that when we talk
about Latinos they begin to talk about immigration and use it as a political
tool to whip their opponent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They stir frenzy
in their community that destroys a moderate opponent, and at the same time,
they throw gasoline in the entire field, burning everybody and now they have
lost the Latino voter and they burn themselves out, and now they have no power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, the Democrats do the same thing, using
immigration and social security as the political tools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What this does is make it difficult for
moderates on either party to gain traction, and most Latinos are moderate.</span></div>
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support like they once had under Ronald Reagan, or have they become irrelevant
among Latino voters?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Roy</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was invited to attend a private meeting in DC with House
Speaker John Boehner and several Congressional leaders, by U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce past Chairman David Lizarraga, to discuss Latino issues including immigration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I was asked to take the lead on the immigration issue. </span>We were asked by the GOP leadership on how they could resolve this issue. I explained to them that they
created their own situation by politicizing the immigration issue to get elected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that they see there is a
bigger calling and realize that they have a responsibility to our nation and the human
beings that live in this country, they can’t responsibly resolve the immigration issue because its so politicized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have created such a monster out there (with
immigration) that if they try to take the logical and humane position, a good
public policy position, their opponents will kill them in reelection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because
they created that monster and now they’re asking us to come and support them
and give them advice on gaining Latino voter support, with us risking taking a
bullet for them, there’s no way we can put ourselves in that position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s nothing we can do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I shared with them that they need to rectify, remedy
this within their own ranks because this already took off and has it’s own life
and I gave them the example of Governor Pete Wilson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I shared that Wilson was pro affirmative
action and had top Latinos around him when he was Mayor (of San Diego), but
when Proposition 187 came around and he was running for reelection as governor,
his campaign politicized the immigration issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
way they framed it (immigration) is what created the anti-republican attitude, especially among Latinos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, other Republican candidates took this as
a way they could win an election in other parts of the nation. As a result, the GOP is now in a real politically challenged position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, until they fix that, they
will not be able to elect moderate Republicans in their ranks that can relate to Latino
voters, especially in California.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">JOLA</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve been a leader in the Latino and
general business community for many years and have seen the demographic changes
in the state, should the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce build
coalitions?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Roy</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before we build coalitions, we need to build
ourselves first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t save the
world until you take care of your family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We shouldn’t worry about that until we take care of our own backyard and build a solid foundation to collaborate with others, like the African
American, Slavic American, Cambodian American and Vietnamese Americans chambers. Then we'll be in a position to share resources and expertise with others. Through collaboration we will turn the economy around in California.</span></div>
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to us Dr. Perez and look forward to your continued leadership.</span></div>
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By HENRY C. JACKSON, Associated Press <br /><br />WASHINGTON (AP) — Jose Hernandez worked in farm fields with his Mexican-immigrant parents before becoming an astronaut. Iraq War veteran Julius Melendez is the third generation of his Puerto Rican family to serve in the military. And Tony Cardenas, the youngest of 11 children of immigrant farmers from Jalisco, Mexico, has served in the California Assembly and on the Los Angeles City Council.<br /><br />Next year, all of them could be coming to Congress.<br /><br />The 2012 election is shaping up as a big one in the House for Hispanics. There are currently 29 in the House — including a Pacific islands delegate and Puerto Rico's resident commissioner — according to the Congressional Research Service. That number is virtually guaranteed to increase by at least three or four seats because of once-a-decade redistricting that's created new Hispanic-majority districts in California and Texas. On top of that, Hispanics could win more seats in New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and Florida.<br /><br />"It's a watershed election for the Latino community," said Rep. Raul Grivalja, D-Ariz. "Our ability to influence decisions is evident and present and our ability to motivate voters is critical."<br /><br />Hispanics are the fastest-growing group in the United States, increasing in population by more than 15 million between 2000 and 2010, according to U.S. Census data. They make up more than 16 percent of the U.S. population, far more than their share of roughly 5 percent of the seats in the House.<br /><br />In comparison, there are 44 blacks in the House, including two delegates, according to the CRS, a record number. Blacks comprise roughly 10 percent of the House, compared to about 12 percent of the U.S. population. There are 10 Asian-Americans in the House, according to the CRS, including two delegates, roughly 2 percent of the chamber compared to roughly 5 percent of the U.S. population.<br /><br />Both parties say Hispanic candidates are pivotal in this year's race for control of the House.<br /><br />Democrats, who need a net gain of 25 seats to take a majority, say Hispanic candidates could make up a fifth or more of that margin. Republicans, challenging in fewer districts because of their large current majority, have recruited strong Hispanic candidates for a handful of districts seen as opportunities to snatch Democratic seats.<br /><br />The competition for Hispanic votes in congressional races — whatever the backgrounds of the candidates they're voting for — mirrors the presidential contest. While Hispanics as a group have historically favored Democrats, Republican Mitt Romney has indicated he will compete vigorously with President Barack Obama for their support.<br /><br />Democrats say maximizing Hispanic turnout is a key to electoral success. Republicans, in turn, say chipping away at Democrats' margins with the group is crucial.<br /><br />Obama injected fresh energy into the competition when he announced he was easing enforcement of immigration laws for hundreds of thousands of younger illegal immigrants and offering them a chance to stay in the U.S. and work. That is expected to motivate more Hispanic voters to turn out for Democrats in November.<br /><br />California is expected to be the center of Hispanic increases in Congress. Democrats are running two Hispanic candidates likely to win in the fall: Cardenas, a Los Angeles City councilman, and Juan Vargas, a state senator and son of Mexican immigrants. Republican David Valadao, a state assemblyman and son of Portuguese immigrants, is likely to win a GOP-leaning district.<br /><br />In competitive seats in California, both parties are running Hispanic candidates against incumbents who are not.<br /><br />Hernandez, the former astronaut, is a Democrat challenging first-term GOP Rep. Jeff Denham in the newly drawn 10th Congressional District. As a child Hernandez helped his parents in the field and went on to study engineering in college. He makes his roots a big part of his appeal to voters, telling the story of how he watched the Apollo 17 launch on TV and his father laid out how he could become an astronaut himself.<br /><br />"I was able to rise from the fields of California and touch the sky on the space shuttle Discovery as an astronaut," he said when he announced his campaign last October.<br /><br />Democrats also have high hopes for Raul Ruiz, a medical doctor who grew up in a trailer with his Mexican farmworker parents and has received three graduate degrees from Harvard. Ruiz is running against GOP Rep. Mary Bono Mack, who has been in Congress since 1998. Democrats say the seat will be competitive this fall.<br /><br />For the GOP, a prominent Hispanic candidate, Abel Maldonado, California's former lieutenant governor, is one of its best chances to pick off an incumbent. Maldonado is running against endangered Democratic Rep. Lois Capps, who has seen her district turn more conservative with redistricting. Maldonado's campaign ads highlight his background — his parents are Mexican immigrant farmers who eventually built their own farming business — and show him standing in a strawberry field and talking about what he learned from his father.<br /><br />In one ad, as the camera pans over California farmland, Maldonado says: "It's time to teach Washington the lessons we've learned growing up."<br /><br />Hispanic candidates are figuring prominently in other states where the Hispanic population has grown quickly.<br /><br />In New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham is favored to take the state's 1st Congressional District, after Rep. Martin Heinrich decided to run for the Senate. In Nevada, State Assembly Speaker John Oceguera is taking on GOP Rep. Joe Heck in one of the Democrats' top targeted races. If she wins a crowded primary for Arizona's new 9th Congressional District, Leah Campos Schandlbauer, a former CIA agent, could give Republicans a prominent Hispanic on the ballot in what's likely to be a fiercely contested race.<br /><br />In Florida, which has an August primary, Democrats have two Hispanic candidates — businesswoman Gloria Romero Roses, who was born in Colombia, and lawyer Joe Garcia, a Cuban-American — in the race to take on Republican Rep. David Rivera, a Cuban-American whom Democrats see as vulnerable. Republicans have two prominent Puerto Rican candidates vying to take on former Rep. Alan Grayson in Florida's Orlando-area 9th Congressional District: John "Q'' Quinones, a county commissioner and former state representative, and Melendez, the Iraq War veteran and a member of the local school board. Both are appealing to the district's sizable Hispanic population.<br /><br />There has been one big disappointment for Hispanic growth in the House in 2012: Texas. It was poised to have the most new Hispanic members, with the state adding four new seats in 2012 thanks to large Hispanic growth. But at most two of the new seats will be represented by Hispanic lawmakers. The state is also losing two long-time Hispanic lawmakers, Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, who is retiring, and Rep. Silvestre Reyes, who lost a primary to a non-Hispanic opponent, though Gonzalez is likely to be replaced by Joaquin Castro, a state lawmaker, Harvard Law graduate and second-generation Mexican-American.<br /><br />Gonzalez, the chairman of the House Hispanic Caucus, said he still believes Hispanic influence is on the rise in the House, and he noted more Hispanic candidates running in competitive districts in 2012.<br /><br />"Our power will only increase as time goes on," said Gonzalez. "Because of demographics, as goes the future of the Latino family, so goes the future of the United States."<br />
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-- Texas Democrats elected the first Hispanic to the state chairman's
position Saturday, a move indicating that the party aims to play a
greater role in the Republican-dominated state.<br /><br />On the final day
of the state convention in Houston, delegates overwhelmingly chose
Gilberto Hinojosa to lead the party for the next two years. Hinojosa is a
former judge, county party leader and member of the Democratic National
Committee. He is replacing Boyd Richie, who has led the party since
2006.<br /><br />Fort Worth Democrat Wendy Davis, a state senator whose
district is considered vulnerable, was among the other party leaders who
addressed the convention Saturday. She challenged delegates to spread
the word that big changes are needed in Austin.<br /><br />"The agenda of those in control of the Texas Capitol today is one without vision," Davis declared.<br /><br />"They
are not concerned with the Texas of tomorrow -- whether our children
are prepared for college, whether our workforce is healthy, whether our
young people are equipped to compete for jobs, or whether employers will
stay in Texas or new employers will even want to bring jobs to Texas.<br /><br />"Instead,
for those in charge in Austin, theirs is an agenda driven by
ideological extremists who want to pull the ladder of opportunity and
prosperity up behind them," she added.<br /><br />"Theirs is an agenda that will bring this great state to its knees."<br /><br />Hinojosa,
a native of Mission in South Texas, takes over a party that has not won
a statewide election since 1994 and does not control either chamber of
the Legislature. But the state's evolving demographics favor Democrats,
with non-Hispanic whites now making up less than 50 percent of the
population.<br /><br />In the 2010 election, more than 85 percent of minorities voted Democratic.<br /><br />"We
as a party need to realize that there are more of us than there are of
them," Hinojosa said. "We believe that everyone in this great state
deserves an equal chance ... and we can only do that if we win
elections."<br /><br />Hinojosa, 59, said Democrats need to believe that
they can win elections and stop allowing Republicans to define them as
unpatriotic. He said Republicans were the ones who carried out
un-American policies by cutting funding for public education and women's
healthcare and by opposing civil-rights protections for all sexual
orientations.<br /><br />'Coalition builder'<br /><br />Fort Worth state Rep.
Marc Veasey, who is in a runoff for a Democratic nomination to Congress,
welcomed Hinojosa as someone who has experience working at the national
level and organizing the grass roots of the party.<br /><br />"His election
is historic and besides that, Gilberto is a good guy," Veasey said. "He
is a coalition builder; he gets along with a broad group of people."<br /><br />Hinojosa has promised to change the math on Texas elections.<br /><br />In
the May 29 primaries, twice as many Republicans cast ballots as
Democrats, but, overall, fewer than 20 percent of registered voters
showed up. Turnout among Texas Hispanics has never matched that in other
states with significant Latino populations.<br /><br />"There is no
independent issue out there that has caused this to happen," Hinojosa
said. "They are not going to go out and vote for anybody if they are not
engaged, no matter how dynamic of a leader you've got running. ... As a
party, we have to engage them and offer strong candidates."<br /><br />Hinojosa
was the first in his family to attend college, at the University of
Texas-Pan American, and graduated from Georgetown University Law School.<br /><br />Texas
Democrats also approved a platform that for the first time explicitly
calls for equal marriage rights. Same-sex marriage is banned by a state
constitutional amendment.<br /><br />Earlier in the convention, Democrats
representing Texas in Congress spoke and tried to rally the party base
ahead of the November elections.<br /><br />Rep. Al Green of Houston called
for equal rights based on sexual orientation, a $10-an-hour minimum wage
and equal pay for women.<br /><br />Staff writer John Gravois contributed to this report.<br />
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