Social Security Benefits Remain a Vital Source of Retirement Income for Latinos

A smart article with numbers and the "reality" of many Latinos expectations about recovering some of all the hard work they gave to this country. Read on...

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¡Hola, amigos! A Plan for Latino Outreach

Latinos are the fastest growing population in the United States, and are creating a large bilingual market. Librarians are often eager to attract, serve and retain Latino patrons, and library services are sorely needed by the Latino community; but it takes more than adding a few Spanish-language books to the collection to meet those needs. Besides the cultural and language barriers library personnel encounter when interacting with this community, libraries generally have neither the funding to engage in multicultural advertising nor the time and specialized personnel to do it. This practical, step-by-step guide is designed to help libraries attract Spanish-speaking patrons to their collections and services, with proven strategies, effective program and event planning.

The book offers users a systematic, orderly plan that will guide outreach activity with worksheets, discussion reports and easy-to-follow schedules, and more than 100 marketing ideas, tips, and examples from libraries around the country that can easily be incorporated into day-to-day activities. (Many of the strategies can be applied to outreach of other minorities as well.)

Immigration Agency Ends Some Deportations

Finally some good news from the Obama administration deciding to do the right thing!The feared ICE will take a new approach to undocumented immigrants detained in detention centers due to the "backlog" in the justice system of thousands waiting to be deported. The new approach especially contemplates those who already have active applications in the immigration system and are waiting for their cases to be resolved.

Sorry for Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa who affirmed that “Actions like this demoralize ICE agents who are trying to do their job and enforce the law.” How do you think those immigrants' families feel about their loved ones been detained after years of working hard, paying taxes and sustaining the economy of this country? Please read on and comment!

Judge Blocks Arizona’s Immigration Law

Two articles caught my attention this morning, both related to Arizona State. One is related to Federal Judge Susan Bolton ruling that blocks "sections of the law, scheduled to take effect on Thursday that called for police officers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws and required immigrants to prove that they were authorized to be in the country or risk state charges." The article states that the injunction was issued in response to a legal challenge brought by the Obama administration.

The other stating the number of deaths in the Arizona Valley since the first of the year, -more than 150 people trying to cross the border have been found dead, well above the numbers in the same period in each of the last two years- according to this article in the New York Times.(see below)

The immigration debate is showing to be as a pressing issue as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or financial reform. However, we keep waiting for the President to give the GO! In the meantime, two questions come to mind:

1. Do we need to stimulate the anti-immigrant sentiment by letting this type of actions be taken by other states? If this matter reaches the Supreme Court, it will have a very thin chance to be ruled in favor of immigrants.
2. What is the Mexican government involvement and responsibility in this matter? We have started wars with countries for personal and political revenge, we have started wars to slam other countries economic resources, we have pictured ourselves as champions of human rights. However, we are unable to set political boundaries with the Mexican government regarding their expel of national citizens? What is wrong with this picture?
I look forward to your comments!

Desert Deaths Soar, a Morgue Grows Crowded

The Wooden Bowl – El bol de madera wins the following book awards!

Congratulations to the writer for this magnificent work for generations to come!