Record number of Latinos voted in midterms

More Latinos than ever voted in the 2010 midterm election as a relatively young population reached the voting age, a fresh sign that the nation's fastest growing minority stands as a formidable force in electoral politics.


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Record number of Latinos voted in US last year

WASHINGTON -- More Latinos than ever voted in the November 2010 election as a relatively young population reached the voting age, a fresh sign that the fastest growing U.S. minority stands as a formidable force in electoral politics.

A study by the Pew Hispanic Center found that 6.6 million Latinos, who mainly pick Democrats, voted in 2010, up from the 5.6 million who voted in the previous contests in 2006.

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Cutting off services to illegal immigrants easier said than done

SACRAMENTO – While Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers wrestle with the budget crisis, some Californians are adamant that much of the problem can be laid at the feet of people who are in the country illegally.

Their message is: Stop teaching the kids, cut off welfare checks and ship the prisoners back home.

That way, billions of dollars spent on services could be put to work cutting the deficit, paying for vital programs and keeping tax increases at bay.

But that's easier said than done.

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Students will rally for California Dream Act

A gathering with food, music and a torch-lighting to support two bills that would allow AB 540 college students to receive certain types of financial aid and fee waivers will take place from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, April 22 at Hillcrest Park, 1200 N. Harbor Blvd. in Fullerton.

(Note: The location was later changed to Pioneer Park in Anaheim, organizers said.)

The event is part of a 15-city tour of the torch, set to reach Sacramento in July. Speakers will call on state leaders to support the measures, and students will talk about how the bills, known as the California Dream Act, would affect them, said Ivan Ceja, an organizer and Fullerton College student.

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Posted by Izabel Pintor.

2010 Census Results Show Increasingly Hispanic Populations in Every State

The results are in and the face of America is changing. Recently released data collected by the United States Census Bureau shows that even in some surprising areas, such as Utah, Latinos are the driving force behind population growth.

“Four out of ten new Utah people from 2000 to 2010 are minorities,” Pamela Perlich, senior research economist at the University of Utah’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research, told USA Today. “There’s a wave of diversity sweeping across the state.”

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Arizona ethnic studies ban goes into effect

By Megan Gordon and Mary K. Reinhart
A new law aimed at ending ethnic-studies classes went into effect today.

For three years, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne pushed the bill in hopes of terminating the ethnic-studies curriculum in the Tucson Unified School District

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