Making the News This Week: The day President Obama delivers his State of the Union speech to Congress, some 150 activists join hands in front of the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters and parade through Washington, D.C., protesting the government’s failure to act on immigration reform and calling for suspension of deportations...Glen Bell Jr., who founded Taco Bell in 1962, dies at home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., at age 86. He had Parkinson’s disease...Activist-historian Howard Zinn, author of “People’s History of the United States,” dies in Boston of a heart attack at age 87...Recluse J.D. Salinger, whose classic only novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,” was published in 1951, dies at age 91 at home in Cornish, N.H....Quarterback Mark Sánchez and New York Jets are eliminated from Super Bowl competition in the American Football League playoffs, bowing to the New Orleans Saints, 30-17...On a YouTube interview following his congressional speech, President Obama reiterates his firm support for Net Neutrality.
IMMIGRATION BILL NOT IN THE COFFIN YET, INSIST ADVOCATES
By Adrian Rocha and Ruth Gened
Despite the short shrift President Obama gave immigration reform in his State of the Union speech to Congress Jan. 27, the White House remains firmly committed to passage of comprehensive immigration reform this year, claim key advocates who follow the issue on a daily basis.
Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, the nation’s most prominent immigration reform advocacy group, and Angela Kelley, vice president for immigration policy and advocacy at the Center for American Progress, briefed Hispanic Link News Service and a select group of other journalists Jan. 29 about their ongoing sessions with White House and congressional leaders in the seemingly never-ending reform negotiations.
Rejecting conventional wisdom, they have pieced together the essential scenario for gathering enough votes to move a bill through Congress before the mid-term November elections.
updated: 2/8/2010
Supreme Court Campaign Finance Ruling Called ‘Bad News’ for Hispanics
A landmark Supreme Court ruling Jan. 21 on First Amendment rights and campaign finance law is likely to increase the political spending by corporations and unions dramatically, say legal experts.
The decision could also reduce the impact Hispanics and other groups have on public policy, they say.
In its 5-to-4 decision, the Court majority concluded corporations have the same First Amendment rights as do individuals when it comes to political speech.
Politifact.com: Ros-Lehtinen leads in Twitter influence, clout
Miami Herald staff report
8/17/2007- US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Photo: C.M.GUERRERO / EL NUEVO HERALD
In the Tweet wars, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen comes out a winner, according to one study reported by Politifact.com.
Measured by the sheer number of followers, House Republican Leader John Boehner leads the Republicans in the House with 18,800 Twitter followers, followed by Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., with 16,500.
But it was Ros-Lehtinen of Pinecrest who led House Republicans in ``clout'' and ``influence'' thanks to frequent re-tweeting.
American Jewish Committee Expands Latino Alliance
The American Jewish Committee’s Latino and Latin American Institute continues to strengthen its efforts in support of a series of events across the country to promote increased interaction between the Jewish and Latino communities.
In Miami, the AJC group hosted its third annual forum with Jewish leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Spain, and Venezuela. Some 30 participants attended a series of sessions to discuss the “new” geopolitical actors in the region.
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Antonio Arocho donates book collection to Philadelphia’s Esperanza College of Eastern University
Washington, D.C. ─ In honor of his parents, Antonio “Tony” Arocho, Esq., a resident of Maryland and the principal attorney at Arocho Law Office (http://arocholaw.com) in Washington, DC, made a generous gift to the new library of Philadelphia’s Esperanza College of Eastern University (http://esperanza.eastern.edu) of over one hundred philosophy, religious and theological books and materials.
“I am very proud to honor my parents by having this donation included in the collection of the library of Esperanza College because the College plays a very special role in educating the future urban leaders of Philadelphia ,” said Antonio Arocho.
Esperanza College of Eastern University, formerly known as Nueva Esperanza Center for Higher Education, is a branch campus of Eastern University operated in partnership between Esperanza, Inc. The college serves the Latino population of Philadelphia and it admitted its first students in 2000.