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Posts tagged "Illinois"

Blagojevich sentenced: An American Dream squandered

Blagojevich sentenced: An American Dream squandered
The ex-governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is going to jail. To me, what is most tragic is how the son and grandson of immigrants deceived his constituents and squandered his American Dream. He came from humble roots. His father was Serbian and survived a Nazi prison camp during WWII. His mother was the child of... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
December 7, 2011 at 2:21 pm
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Lost in Detention: Illinois immigrants in documentary by Maria Hinojosa

Lost in Detention: Illinois immigrants in documentary by Maria Hinojosa
Last night I watched the PBS FRONTLINE documentary “Lost in Detention” an investigation reported by award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa in conjunction with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University’s School of Communication. Everybody should watch this to gain a fuller understanding of President Obama’s immigration enforcement policy. More than one million undocumented immigrants have been... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
October 19, 2011 at 11:22 am
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Chicago's new Mayor Rahm Emanuel supports the DREAM Act

Rahm Emanuel is Chicago’s new mayor. The mayor has made a move that should please many Latino voters. He appeared at a press conference Friday with immigration advocates from the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights who support the DREAM Act. This is federal legislation that would help undocumented youth who came before the... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 17, 2011 at 12:06 pm
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IL Sen. Dick Durbin not giving up on the DREAM Act

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin reintroduced the DREAM Act in the U.S. Senate Wednesday, just a day after President Barack Obama delivered a speech on immigration in El Paso. He held a press conference to announce this and you can see the video below. “We’re not giving up,” Durbin said about the DREAM Act. It would... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 11, 2011 at 4:27 pm
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Illinois supports pro-immigrant initiatives

States across the nation are proposing anti-immigration legislation. But Illinois went against the grain this week and put forth two pro-immigration initiatives. Gov. Pat Quinn Gov. Pat Quinn sent a letter to Homeland Security to withdraw the state from a controversial immigration program called Secure Communities, and the state Senate passed a version of the... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 5, 2011 at 5:48 pm
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Court ruling against Arizona immigration law is a warning to Illinois and other states

Jan Brewer An appeals court this week upheld a lower court ruling blocking some of the most strict parts of Arizona’s anti-immigration law. This is a blow to politicians like Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer, who vowed to keep fighting. The court’s rationale is that immigration law is federal, not state or local. “That 50 individual... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
April 14, 2011 at 12:20 pm
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Convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich defends himself in Spanish

Rod Blagojevich As he turned to the cameras, something he likes to do, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich told Spanish-lanuage reporters, “No culpable.” That means not guilty. But he was found guilty of one count of lying to the FBI and could face a $250,000 fine and up to five years in jail. Only one... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
August 18, 2010 at 2:06 pm
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Republican candidate for Illinois governor, Bill Brady, to share stage with local Tea Party and Minuteman leaders

Chicago immigrant rights activists and religious leaders are upset that the Republican candidate for Illinois governor, state Sen. Bill Brady, and other Republican politicians are scheduled to share the stage Saturday with a woman who is the founder of the Illinois Minuteman Project and has made controversial comments about immigrants, Catholics and Muslims. Rosanna Pulido... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
August 14, 2010 at 1:15 pm
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Arizona Gov. Brewer distorts truth by calling most undocumented immigrants "drug mules"

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has resorted to lying about immigration. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer She has made public claims that a majority of undocumented immigrants are drug mules and we know this is simply not true. It has no basis in fact and only serves to inflame the immigration debate. “Well, we all know that... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
June 26, 2010 at 12:57 pm
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Illinois has nearly the same number of Hispanics and undocumented as Arizona.

The Pew Hispanic Center recently updated its interactive maps on the Hispanic population in the United States. They reveal fascinating data state by state and county by county. So I decided to compare Illinois with Arizona, where the governor recently signed a controversial immigration law that opponents fear will result in racial profiling. In Illinois... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 3, 2010 at 10:12 pm
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