America Ferrera's New Website, Fingerprinting Immigrants and Lack of Diversity on Magazine Covers

Thursday, May 31, 2012 America Ferrera to Latino Voters: 'Don't let anyone scare you. You are an American.' In 1994, America Ferrera was 9-years-old and living with her family in Los Angles when her mother took her aside for a conversation adults who are not Latino may find shocking. A wave of anti-immigrant sentiment and complaints about draining public resources aimed at the state's then-growing undocumented immigrant population had inspired a ballot initiative and new law, Proposition 187. The measure -– passed by a wide margin of California voters but later deemed unconstitutional by a federal court –- sought to create a state-run citizenship screening program. Dolores Huerta To Receive Presidential Medal Of Freedom The Hollywood Reporter: Emmy Roundtable Cover Lacks Diversity (PHOTO) Fingerprinting Of Immigrants Raises Privacy Concerns Fall TV Preview: 35 New And Returning Shows Starring Latinos (PHOTOS) Pablo Escobar's Life Hits The Small Screen In New TV Series (VIDEO) BLOG POSTS Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas: Latinas At The Intersections: Immigration, Health Care, And The Supreme Court As Latinas are increasingly cut off from health care, educational and economic opportunities, and reproductive rights, we must use a gender lens to reexamine priorities and solutions across movements. Fernando Romero: Operation Cross Check And The Detention Of Martin Berrospe Yepez I am not arguing for, or trying to prevent ICE from removing batterers, gang members or actual violent criminal offenders. I argue that we allow people like Martin to have the opportunity to legalize their status in this country so that he's able to get up on a Saturday morning and go to work without the fear of being torn apart from our community. Frank Sharry: Romney's Latino Strategy Comes Into Focus Undoubtedly, Romney will have to engage on the topic at some point during the next five months of the general election. What will he say when he does? El Chanclaso: Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman Gets A Chanclaso Congressional members are refusing to believe in facts, and instead rely on rumors and hearsay. I'm sending Rep. Coffman a chanclaso.

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