A coalition of New York immigration groups, district attorney officers, and the Consulate General of Mexico announced preparation plans and monitoring for fraud for when President Obama announces relief remedies for immigrants on Thursday night.
New Yorkers are poised for the Obama Administration Immigration Reform relief announcement. New York state and city agencies along with grassroots groups are making preparations to help all eligible New Yorkers have access to information and assistance, and avoid becoming victims of fraud.
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) will head the House Intelligence Committee in 114th Congress. Nunes called the Obama Administration's foreign policy a "complete disaster," supports torture, voted repeatedly for surveillance and intelligence gathering without oversight or warrant, and extended the Patriot Act.
Members of The National Institute for Latino Policy (NiLP) spoke out on Monday at New York City Hall about the de Blasio Administration's abysmal record hiring Latinos for his government, saying it is the most underrepresented group. With the Latino population at 29 percent citywide, the de Blasio Administration has hired only 11 percent for his administration appointments.
The Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has not slowed down. President Obama is seeking billions in funding from Congress before it ends it session. Health professionals are dying from the disease, but thousands more are badly needed if the disease is going to stop killing people.
New York City has passed new laws to limit cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement when it comes to arrests. Under the Secure Communities Program, people were being held for 48 hours without a warrant while ICE checked its records whether to deport or detain the person. Civil rights group complained the program violated constitutional rights and were beginning to mount lawsuits alleging police departments violated constitutional rights of those people held.
Oregon voters were asked if they would support a measure that would have given undocumented residents driving licenses - 66 percent of voters voted against the measure despite a state law to approve the measure.
The New York City Right to Know Act is being introduced, with local residents and civil rights advocates hoping it will help police officers and residents communicate with each other more effectively in the hopes of defusing conflict before it escalates.
President Obama Friday announced that Michael Greco has been nominated to be the next United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York. Greco currently serves as a lieutenant in the state police and would be the first Latino to hold the post.
New disclosures show the Justice Department is engaged in dragnet surveillance when it uses aircraft equipped with a device that mimics a cellphone tower and scoops up data from thousands of mobile phone users to hunt for criminal suspects.
Protests in Mexico have escalated after the government seems unable to provide an answer to what happened to the 43 students who went missing on Sept. 26 when they were ambushed by police in Guerrero. Mass graves in the area keep being discovered but so far none of the bodies match those of the missing students. A National Information Caravan will leave Chilpancingo on Thursday and head to Mexico's north to demand answers.
Nurses in California and Washington, DC began a two-day strike Wednesday over staff and equipment shortfalls, particularly when treating Ebola patients. Thousands of registered nurses in 14 other US states held rallies in solidarity.
The United States and China, two super powers long at loggerheads over greenhouse emissions, announced a historic climate change deal on Wednesday. While the pact is largely symbolic, climate watchers think it could loosen up dialogue for the 200 nations who have to make an agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions for a meeting in Paris in 2015.
President Barack Obama while he is in Asia for eight days is pushing to finalize a trans-Pacific trade deal between 12 countries that would eradicate tariffs and regulations--a pact that critics believe will only benefit corporations.
In an interview on CBS 'Face the Nation' President Barack Obama said he would a immigration reform bill from the Republican-led Congress because it would offer permanent reform but he won't wait and will use his executive action to implement some reforms.
Mexicans in New York held a rally on Sunday in solidarity in Mexico for the 43 students who were kidnapped by police and allegedly murdered afterwards in the southwestern town of Iguala, Mexico on Sept. 26.
President Barack Obama has nominated Loretta Lynch to be the next Attorney General of the United States succeeding Eric Holder on Saturday. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Lynch would be the first black woman to be the nation's top prosecutor.
American employers continue to hire more people, adding 214,000 back to the economy, and revised figures for August and September show there have been steady hiring for nine months.
Latinos made history Election Night, picking up 12 statewide executive office seats and sending back to the 114th Congress the largest number of elected Latinos in history. The election also saw several firsts with two Latina occupying executive office positions and a state voting for the first time to have a Latino represent them in Congress.
Republicans might have scored more seats in the Senate and the House but American voters expressed their concerns over the economy by raising minimum wage in ballot in four states, over their concern about healthcare by voting for paid sick leave, and concern over gun violence by passing a measure for more background checks.
Environmental activists have been protesting at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission all week. On Thursday veteran's protested the military's use of energy. On Monday 35 people were arrested after blocking entrances to the offices. The agency routinely approves permits for natural gas processing facilities, pipelines and compressors. Many of the projects are cutting through pristine forests and suburb/rural communities.
NASA spacecraft images capture the golden reflection of the sun on the polar sea of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. It is the latest image from a collaborative multi-year mission studying the Saturnian system. Titan is the other land mass that is watery like planet Earth and therefore of deep interest to scientists. It might provide answer to how life on Earth began.
Legislation seeking labeling foods if they contain genetically modified organism has been sought in a number of US states with little success because the issue is fiercely fought against by seed and chemical companies like Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences. Voters in Colorado and Washington State disapproved of a labeling measure where the chemical companies had spent million of dollars in campaign advertisement telling voters the measure would increase food prices. But Maui County in Hawaii went further than a labeling ballot initiative but petitioned for an outright ban, and voters approved the measure. It is the first ban victory in the fight against GMOs in the U.S.
Latino voter turnout during the 2014 midterm elections increased by one percent, as predicted by NALEO. Exit polls shows immigration reform is Latino voters' top priority, followed by jobs and the economy and then heath care. While the midterm elections looked like a referendum on the Obama Administration, election watchers say don't underestimate Latino voters who aren't taken in by campaign rhetoric and will vote on issues in 2016.
