"ignorant of the harsh conditions of the Sonoran Desert, more than 2000 men, women, and children have died trying to cross the Mexican border into the United States since 1998. Most of the deaths occurred in the brutal heat of the summer months. With another summer of...
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"Chicano"."The term seems to have come into first use in the fields of California in derision of the inability of native Nahuatl speakers from Morelos state to refer to themselves as "Mexicanos," and instead spoke of themselves as...
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"The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. was established in 1983 as a private non-profit organization to create a network of non-commercial telecommunications facilities to advance the educational, social, cultural, and economic aspirations of...
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"Since its establishment in 1980, the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS) has maintained the primary mission of developing and sustaining a coordinated, Universitywide approach to Mexico-related studies."
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"The Pew Hispanic Center conducts and commissions studies on a wide range of topics with the aim of presenting research that at once meets the most rigorous scientific standards and is accessible to the interested public. The Center also regularly conducts public opinion...
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"As part of its efforts to combat illegal alien employment schemes through criminal prosecutions, Department of Homeland Security officials on Friday announced the results of three separate investigations that resulted in criminal charges against businesses employing...
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"But Bernal is an illegal immigrant from Mexico City. Without access to financial aid, grants and most scholarships, he had to push aside the Ivy League brochures and prepare to attend California State University in Fresno, where he can live with family and pay tuition...
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"Julieta Franco-Beltran, twice convicted of smuggling humans, stood before a federal judge in Phoenix last month, wearing a gray-and-white striped jail uniform, wiping away tears."
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"In some ways, the traveling taco stand has become a symbol of the rise of Hispanics in the US. Here in Gwinnett County, Ga., it wasn't any different - until lawmakers outlawed the $1 street-corner taco...
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