Oct 29, 2006: Initiative Urges Latinos To Vote (The Tampa Tribune)
Caesar Gonzmart is the first Hispanic community liaison for Hillsborough County's supervisor of elections - an acknowledgement of a Latino population that has more than doubled since 1990 in the county.
Oct 24, 2006: Immigrants flocking to GOP districts (Associated Press )
It's a slice of Americana: children playing soccer on a sunny Saturday morning, their parents cheering them on. But at these soccer fields, the dominant language is Spanish, the food truck sells authentic Mexican and few of the adults are eligible to vote.
Oct 24, 2006: Wake up, the environment is a personal issue (Orlando Sentinel)
Is the link between poorly regulated pesticides and Parkinson's relevant to you? Or is it relevant to you that Florida doesn't have enough agency staff to keep up with development in coastal wetlands -- even when there is evidence that sea-level rise will make the equity in those investments vanish like sand poured on a beach by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?
Oct 24, 2006: Calif. candidate brushes immigration uproar aside (USA Today)
A Republican congressional candidate whose campaign is being investigated for sending intimidating letters to Hispanic voters lashed out at his Democratic rival, saying she was fueling the uproar over the mailings.
Oct 23, 2006: County G.O.P. Asks Candidate to Withdraw Over Letter Threat (The New York Times)
The Orange County Republican Party asked one of its Congressional candidates on Thursday to withdraw from the November election after a campaign worker from his office sent a letter threatening Hispanic voters with jail if they went to the polls.
Oct 20, 2006: Democracia USA registers 105,000 voters (USA Today)
Democracia USA, a Hispanic civic engagement program, said it has registered more than 105,000 Hispanics in Arizona, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Executive Director Jorge Mursuli declined to give the party breakdown, saying the group's goal was participation and not partisanship
Oct 20, 2006: Group registers more than 105,000 Hispanics in NJ, PA, AZ & FL (AP)
In the last year, more than 105,000 Hispanics have registered to vote in Arizona, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania thanks to a national nonpartisan organization that on Thursday predicted the work could influence close midterm races in those states.
Oct 20, 2006: GOP Worker Fired for Role in Latino Voter Intimidation (www.latimes.com)
Republican congressional candidate Tan Nguyen acknowledged today that an employee in his campaign was involved in sending out a letter intended to suppress Latino voter turnout in Orange County in next month's election, but said he had no knowledge of it and that the employee has been fired.
Oct 18, 2006: Over 100,000 new Hispanic voters registered (DUSA)
Over 100,000 new Hispanic voters registered in 4 key electoral states, Details to be presented at press conference
Oct 16, 2006: Samaniego will reinstate controversial checkpoints (El Paso Times)
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is resuming traffic checkpoints halted this summer after allegations that deputies used them to target undocumented immigrants.
Oct 16, 2006: Minutemen rally against illegal immigration (www.desmoinesregister.com)
About 50 people rallied against illegal immigration on Saturday at an event in Des Moines sponsored by the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, a citizen-watchdog group that favors tighter controls on the nation’s borders.
Oct 11, 2006: Immigration law addressed at Borough Council meeting (gmnews.com)
Freehold Borough in New Jersey is among the towns that are struggling with overcrowded housing, increasing and/or changing school demographics and strained social services due in part to a new wave of immigrants
Oct 11, 2006: Illegal immigration proposal meets Hispanic group's countermove (www.timesleader.com)
Instead of an ordinance calling for more active enforcement of immigration laws, a Hispanic group proposes one that would declare the city an illegal immigration sanctuary
Oct 10, 2006: Voter-registration drive targets Hispanic citizens (Sentinel)
As today's registration deadline approached, voter-registration efforts were going full-tilt across Central Florida. And that doesn't even tell the story of getting those newly signed up to the polls on Election Day.
Oct 10, 2006: Minuteman Founder Forced From N.Y. Stage (www.latimes.com)
Referring to immigration enforcement, he said the students "simply do not want to accept that this is about being in a country that respects the rule of law."
Oct 9, 2006: Push for 'official' English heats up (USA TODAY)
A ballot measure is pending in Arizona. Related bills have passed houses of representatives in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Michigan; the state senates have not taken them up. At least five cities and towns have approved ordinances; eight are considering them. The U.S. Senate included a provision in a pending immigration bill. Gubernatorial candidates in Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arizona and Idaho have debated the idea.
Oct 6, 2006: In Border Fence's Path, Congressional Roadblocks (Washington Post )
No sooner did Congress authorize construction of a 700-mile fence on the U.S.-Mexico border last week than lawmakers rushed to approve separate legislation that ensures it will never be built, at least not as advertised, according to Republican lawmakers and immigration experts
Oct 5, 2006: Border Security, Job Market Leave Farms Short of Workers (Washington Post )
Bins of Granny Smith apples towered over two conveyor belts at P-R Farms' packing plant. But only one belt moved. P-R Farms, like farms up and down California and across the nation, does not have enough workers to process its fruit
Oct 5, 2006: Crackdown on immigrants empties a town and hardens views (The Christian Science Monitor )
As Department of Homeland Security agents in black SUVs tooled up and down the dirt avenues of Stillmore, Ga., hundreds of undocumented people scattered into the woods like "flushed quail," one witness said
Oct 5, 2006: US border fence signed into law (news.bbc.co.uk)
US President George W Bush has signed a controversial bill into law that will pay for a 700-mile fence (1,125km) fence along the border with Mexico
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