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Arizona Latino advocates ready to fight anti-immigrant proposition

Nov 5, 2024 | mosaic.nj.com | Cora Cervantes |Carmen Marquez |Carmen Valencia

Editor’s note: “El Voto Latino 2024: In Search of the 36 Million” began as an exploration by three NAHJ Latina journalists to understand the people behind this rapidly growing voting bloc. In their own words: “We aim to examine what this vote means at the macro level and what it says about the enfranchisement and political influence asserted by this demographic.
Arizona Latino Advocates Ready to Fight Anti-immigrant Proposition — palabra.

Nov 1, 2024 | palabranahj.org | Carmen Marquez |Carmen Valencia |Cora Cervantes

With the bill gaining so much support, people like Ortega say the community is ready to fight back. “If passed, (Prop 314) will be challenged. There are plenty of groups, plenty of lawyers who are waiting in the wings. If it passes, lawsuits will be filed.”At the Phoenix Park ‘N Swap, a busy weekend spot for Latino families, many voters hadn’t heard of the measure and had their eyes on the Lake/Gallego U.S. Senate race.
Nevada Latino Voters: A House Divided — palabra.

Oct 29, 2024 | palabranahj.org | Carmen Marquez |Carmen Valencia |Cora Cervantes |Michelle Perez

According to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), approximately 280,000 Latino voters in Nevada will cast ballots this year, an increase of nearly 16% since 2020. UCLA’s Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI) says that about 450,000 Latinos are eligible to vote in Nevada, representing nearly 22% of the state’s electorate. Current polls show a split in support, and swing states like Nevada may determine who will be the next president.
Wildfire Archives - High Country News

Oct 8, 2024 | hcn.org | Kylie Mohr |Kiley Price |Cora Cervantes |Raksha Vasudevan

Skip to content Posted inArticles A new book from Obi Kaufmann illustrates the reciprocal connection between California ecosystems and fire.
Mexicans living in the U.S. vote early in their homeland's historic presidential election

May 22, 2024 | aol.com | Nicole Acevedo |Cora Cervantes |Kayla McCormick

May 22, 2024 at 10:18 AMDALLAS — Both of Mexico’s front-running presidential candidates are women — and voters like Diana Garcia of Dallas say they are excited and “proud” to elect the country’s first female president. Garcia is among the more than 675,000 Mexicans living abroad — the majority of them in the U.S. — who are registered to vote and have the voter identification needed to participate in the election, according to the National Electoral Institute.
Will changes at San Gabriel Mountains National Monument serve LA’s communities of color?

May 5, 2024 | hcn.org | Cora Cervantes |Raksha Vasudevan

Brenda Kyle, 53, has lived in the foothills of California’s San Gabriel Mountains all her life. She is a program manager at Nature for All, a community-based organization focused on protecting public lands and natural resources, and a volunteer at Eaton Canyon who conducts nature walks by moonlight in both English and Spanish.
Advocates want Biden to rein in Texas' immigration crackdown

Dec 6, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Suzanne Gamboa |Cora Cervantes

Immigration advocates and congressional members are calling on the Biden administration to rein in Texas' governor, who could soon give peace officers anywhere in the state the authority to arrest people they believe have entered the country illegally. "The Biden administration needs to take far more active and aggressive action to push back on this law," said Dylan Corbett, founding executive director of HOPE Border Institute, a social justice group rooted in Roman Catholicism.
Advocates want Biden to rein in Texas' immigration crackdown

Dec 6, 2023 | yahoo.com | Suzanne Gamboa |Cora Cervantes

Immigration advocates and congressional members are calling on the Biden administration to rein in Texas' governor, who could soon give peace officers anywhere in the state the authority to arrest people they believe have entered the country illegally. "The Biden administration needs to take far more active and aggressive action to push back on this law," said Dylan Corbett, founding executive director of HOPE Border Institute, a social justice group rooted in Roman Catholicism.
Advocates want Biden to rein in Texas' immigration crackdown

Dec 5, 2023 | aol.com | Suzanne Gamboa |Cora Cervantes

Immigration advocates and congressional members are calling on the Biden administration to rein in Texas' governor, who could soon give peace officers anywhere in the state the authority to arrest people they believe have entered the country illegally. "The Biden administration needs to take far more active and aggressive action to push back on this law," said Dylan Corbett, founding executive director of HOPE Border Institute, a social justice group rooted in Roman Catholicism.
Man arrested in fatal 'ambush' shooting of L.A. county sheriff's deputy

Sep 18, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Erick Mendoza |Jay Varela |Doha Madani |Cora Cervantes |Jackson Hudgins |Helen Kwong | +3 more

A SWAT team surrounded the suspect's house in Palmdale, and "family members did come out" but "the suspect chose to barricade and refused to initially come out," Sheriff Robert Luna told reporters, as he described the arrest of Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer's alleged killer. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer.