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The Economic State of Latinos in the U.S.
Keys to Building a Better Economy after COVID-19
In recent decades, the Latino community has experienced a great deal of economic progress while facing daunting challenges. However, Latinos have been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, which has taken approximately 40,000 Latino lives to date and had a disproportionate economic impact on the Latino community. The crisis has revealed stark inequalities that must be addressed as part of federal efforts to contain the virus and spur a robust economic recovery.
To learn more, please read the following report by the Joint Economic Committee Democrats.
FULL REPORT
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Trump’s immigration policies will affect California long after he’s gone
By MOLLY O’TOOLE, LOS ANGELES TIMES – OCT. 18, 2020
WASHINGTON — It was a Monday morning in Washington three weeks from the November presidential election and on the first day of Senate hearings for his Supreme Court pick, with more than 210,000 Americans having died from COVID-19, President Trump tweeted: “California is going to hell. Vote Trump!”
For nearly four years, California has been among Trump’s favorite punching bags, in large part due to clashes over his central 2016 campaign promise: To restrict immigration.
It’s a pledge he’s made good on in ways that will be felt in the state long after his tenure ends. Trump’s more than 400 executive actions to restrict immigration have had an outsize impact on the Golden State.
He has targeted the Silicon-Valley based tech industry by squeezing high-skilled foreign labor, and has restricted immigration based on family reunification even as he’s separated thousands of migrant families at the border... Read Full Article
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As jobs vanish, immigrants leave California
By LAURENCE DARMIENTO, LOS ANGELES TIMES – OCT. 16, 2020
The elderly couple could no longer hold on, so they picked up and left Los Angeles in July — returning to Mexico, a country they had not visited for years. The husband, Dante, did landscaping and gardening, but work had dried up since the start of the pandemic. Typically, he earned about $120 a week, while his wife, beset with health problems, had been too ill to hold a job.
“His truck was packed up. He literally stopped by my house before he left. He said, ‘Maybe if things get better I will come back,’” recalled Maegan Ortiz, executive director of IDEPSCA, an L.A.-based nonprofit that assists low-income Latino workers, including running area job centers.
The decision by the Boyle Heights couple to return to Mexico is a testament to how severely the coronavirus has upended the economy, and in particular the lives of immigrants, who often work in low-paying jobs, have little savings and might not be eligible for all the assistance doled out to citizens, even if they have... Read Full Article
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Celebrating the 1st Anniversary of the Founding of Chicano Studies Conference at COLEF
A year ago, on October 8-12, 2019, the California-Mexico Studies Center, Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef), San Diego State University and Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), organized at El Colef and CECUT the first International Conference Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of Chicano Studies, and the CMSC launched the Initiative to Teach Chicano Studies and the Mexican Diaspora in Mexico.
Please take a moment to watch the highlights video and the program to learn more about this historic event.
PROGRAM (English) | PROGRAMA (Español)
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ADVANCE PAROLE VOICES
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REYNALDO, a DACA recipient from Illinois, shares how approval of his Advance Parole permit will make an impact in his life and help advance his academic career.
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LARIZA, a teacher from Houston, Texas shares about her academic journey as a teacher, and her hopes of having her Advance Parole travel permit approved so that she can study in Mexico and reconnect with her family.
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If given the opportunity to travel with Advance Parole OSVALDO, a Spanish assistant professor from Hamilton, New York, hopes to better understand diplomatic relationships between Mexico and the U.S., to reconnect with his roots, and to engage in a meaningful experience that will advance his academic and professional journey.
Advance Parole Voices is a 1-2 minute video series that educates about, and advocates for the reinstatement of the Advance Parole travel authorization for DACA recipients. The series features stories and testimonies from participants of the Winter 2020 California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program, and also Dreamers who have been denied the travel authorization since the Trump Administration suspended the provision on September 5, 2017.
Please share this video and donate to our National Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole.
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SCOTUS grants Trump appeal to stop the Census early
By DAVID G. SAVAGE, LOS ANGELES TIMES – OCT. 13, 2020
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled for the Trump administration on Tuesday, upholding its decision to halt the collection of census data now rather than continue until the end of this month as originally planned.
With only one dissent, the justices set aside an order handed down by a federal judge in San Jose, who said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had abruptly and arbitrarily changed the plans of the Census Bureau when he called a halt to field operations at the end of September rather than on Oct. 31.
The decision is a setback for communities including the city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County, which had joined with civil rights leaders in suing to block the administration’s plan to end the count early.... Read Full Article
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LATEST NEWS
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Racial equality back on the ballot in Proposition 16 (Los Angeles Times)
Under Proposition 16, public universities, including the University of California and California State systems, would be allowed to consider race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin to address diversity in admissions and other programs. Both state and local governments would be allowed to consider those same factors when hiring government employees and awarding government contracts... Read More
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The Supreme Court is taking up two border cases we hope the election makes moot
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up two cases that arise from marquee immigration policies of the Trump administration. Here’s hoping that the policies will be in the dustbin of history before the court has the chance to rule on them. The cases center on Trump’s efforts to replace and extend the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a central promise in his 2016 campaign... Read More
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The long history of blaming immigrants in times of sickness (Smithsonian Magazine)
On a chilly morning in February, about a thousand Chinese immigrants, Chinese Americans and others filled the streets of San Francisco’s historic Chinatown. They marched down Grant Avenue led by a bright red banner emblazoned with the words “Fight the Virus, NOT the People,” followed by Chinese text encouraging global collaboration to fight Covid-19 and condemning discrimination... Read More
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50th Anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium (Cerritos College)
The "50th Anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium" a presentation by Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos at Cerritos College on October 6, 2020... Watch Video
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La vida en México de una familia después de la deportación (La Opinión)
Cuando a Candice @Laguerita70, una estadounidense nacida en el estado de Utah, le presentaron a Fidel, un inmigrante mexicano, nunca imaginó que por ese hombre dejaría todo para irse a vivir con él a México cuando fue deportado. “México me ha desafiado en maneras que nunca imaginé, pero no me arrepiento de estar en este país con mi esposo y.... Leer Más
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SCOTUS to Consider if Census will Count Illegal Immigrants for House Seats (WSJ)
The Supreme Court said Friday it would decide whether President Trump can exclude illegal immigrants from the census count used to determine congressional representation, setting an expedited schedule with arguments on Nov. 30.... Read More
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Las economías de América Latina que tardarán más para recuperarse (La Opinión)
Todos los informes económicos que publican los organismos internacionales repiten la advertencia: América Latina será la región más golpeada por la pandemia de coronavirus. Para la Comisión Económica de América Latina y el Caribe (Cepal) se trata de la mayor crisis económica en un siglo... Leer Más
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A conversation with La Raza’s Luis Garza (The Runner)
The Latino/a Faculty and Staff Association (LFSA) at CSU Bakersfield hosted an event with guest speaker Luis C. Garza, photographer for La Raza Magazine, in honor of the 50-year anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium on Sept. 23... Read More
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