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Principal bans U.S. flag T-shirts on Mexican holiday Principal bans U.S. flag T-shirts on Mexican holiday Students sent home for wearing 'incendiary' stars and stripes on Cinco de Mayo

Powerless in Arizona | The American Prospect Indeed, in the past decade the state has taken an increasingly stringent approach to immigration enforcement. In 2004, Arizona voters approved Proposition 200, which requires proof of citizenship at voting booths and in applying for social services. Legislators passed an "English only" law in 2006 and have also barred non-citizens – and even recent citizens – from receiving financial aid for higher education. Phoenix is also home to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has gained notoriety for random immigration raids on businesses and immigrant-detainee abuses.

15 protesters arrested in ethnic studies sit-in - KGUN 9 On Your Side, Tucson News, Weather & Sports University of Arizona professor and member of the Mexican-American Studies Advisory Board, Roberto Rodriquez, was one of 37 people who stayed behind as the protestors were cleared from the courtyard. He told KGUN 9 the bill is another attack on Chicanos. "SB1070 is the physical, that is somebody doesn't want us here, the other, HB 2281 is about our spirits. They want our spirits, they want our souls."

HB 2281 prohibits a school district or charter school from including courses or classes that either promote the overthrow of the United States government or promote resentment toward a race or class of people. Format Document Provisions · States that the Legislature finds and declares that public school pupils should be taught to treat and value each other as individuals and not be taught to resent or hate other races or classes of people. · Prohibits a school district or charter school from including in its program of instruction any courses or classes that: Ø Promote the overthrow of the United States government. Ø Promote resentment toward a race or class of people. Ø Are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group. Ø Advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.

Citing Individualism, Arizona Tries to Rein in Ethnic Studies in School - NYTimes.com “They are teaching a radical ideology in Raza, including that Arizona and other states were stolen from Mexico and should be given back,” he continued, referring to the Mexican-American studies classes. “My point of view is that these kids’ parents and grandparents came, mostly legally, because this is the land of opportunity, and we should teach them that if they work hard, they can accomplish anything.”

Arizona Law - Ethnic Studies - Anderson Cooper | Mediaite The most exemplary exchange in the debate for the general attitude of both sides comes late in the segment, when Dyson argues that “Martin Luther King [he comes up often in this clip] cannot by used to justify xenophobic and racist passions that are dressed up as desires to reform the curriculum.” Horne replies, “I think the xenophobia and racism is on your side.”

Arizona's immigration crackdown: The backlash begins | The Economist The Latino movement usually grows by spurts in response to xenophobic overreactions by conservative America, and the Arizona law may be the biggest overreaction yet, according to Mr Gonzalez. It has “done more to organise our community than we could have done” and made it “the most vibrant social movement in America today, 100 times larger than the tea-party movement.”

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Testimony of Douglas Massey - Google Search Apr 20, 2007 ... Testimony of Douglas S. Massey before the. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees,. Border Security, and International Law

ILW.COM - immigration news: Five Myths About Immigration: Common Misconceptions Underlying US Border-Enforcement Policy The current crisis of undocumented immigration to the United States has its roots in fundamental misunderstandings about the causes of immigration and the motivations of immigrants. A growing body of evidence indicates that current border enforcement policies are based on mistaken assumptions and have failed. Undocumented migrants continue to come to the United States, rates of apprehension are at all-time lows, and migrants are settling in the United States at higher rates than ever before. Developing effective and realistic immigration policies requires overcoming five basic myths about immigration:

Data and Resources: Country of Origin Profiles - Pew Hispanic Center Country of Origin Profiles

Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, 2008 - Pew Hispanic Center Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, 2008

Hispanics and Arizona’s New Immigration Law - Pew Hispanic Center Hispanics and Arizona’s New Immigration Law

Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects - Pew Social & Demographic Trends Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects A Year After Obama's Election

Mexican Immigrants: How Many Come? How Many Leave? - Pew Hispanic Center The flow of immigrants from Mexico to the United States has declined sharply since mid-decade, but there is no evidence of an increase during this period in the number of Mexican-born migrants returning home from the U.S., according to a new analysis by the Pew Hispanic Center of government data from both countries.

Mexico's remittances down 12 pct in 1st quarter - BusinessWeek Mexico's central bank says the amount of money sent home by Mexicans working abroad dropped 12 percent in the first quarter of the year compared to 2009. The Bank of Mexico says the country received $4.8 billion in remittances in the first three months of the year, compared to $5.5 billion during the same period in 2009. Mexico's remittances have been falling for more than a year amid an economic crisis making it difficult for migrants to find jobs in the U.S. However, a statement from the bank Wednesday says the pace of the decline is slowing. Remittances are Mexico's No. 2 source of foreign income after oil exports. Almost 12 million Mexicans live in the United States.

Explaining the Increase in Remittances to Mexico - Southwest Economy, July/August 2007 - FRB Dallas Banco de México has good data on where remittances go within Mexico (Table 1). The central–western states attract most of these financial flows, with Michoacán at the top with almost $2.5 billion, 16.1 percent of gross state product (GSP). Guanajuato follows at $2.1 billion (14.8 percent), then Jalisco at $2 billion (2.4 percent) and Estado de México at $1.9 billion (6.3 percent). As a share of GSP, remittances are also significant in Guerrero, Zacatecas, Oaxaca and Nayarit.

Remittances to Mexico down sharply - Los Angeles Times MEXICO CITY — Mexico's reeling economy received another jolt of bad news Monday with reports of the largest monthly decline yet in the amount of money Mexicans working abroad send home. Remittances for the month of April totaled about $1.7 billion, 18.6% less than the $2.1 billion recorded in April 2008, Mexico's central bank said.