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Conflicto e Integración

Conflicto e Integración

Posted by | Aug 5, 2013 | |

Publiqué unos meses atrás un artículo sobre Hazleton, una pequeña ciudad en las montañas del noreste de Pennsylvania que en 2006 se volvió el centro del debate sobre migración en Estados Unidos cuando el consejo municipal aprobó una ley local contra la inmigración indocumentada con sanciones para los que emplearan o rentaran a los indocumentados. Esta semana un tribunal de apelaciones volvió a echar abajo la ley, que las cortes nunca han dejado entrar en vigor, en lo que parece una decisión definitiva.Si bien el debate migratorio en la ciudad ha dejado heridas entre los residentes que apenas empiezan...

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Are unauthorized immigrants overwhelmingly Democrats? | Pew Research Center

Are unauthorized immigrants overwhelmingly Democrats? | Pew Research Center

Posted by | Aug 5, 2013 | , |

As Congress debates immigration reform, some political leaders and analysts have speculated that there will be “an electoral bonanza for Democrats” if the nation’s estimated 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants – three quarters of whom are Hispanics – eventually are granted the right to vote.While there’s no way of knowing if these predictions are accurate, the data provide some insights. In 2012, the Pew Research Center’s National Survey of Latinos found that among Latino immigrants who are not U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents (and therefore likely unauthorized immigrants), some 31% identify as Democrats and just 4% as Republicans. An...

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Mexico’s president on dangerous ground as he pushes Pemex reform – latimes.com

Mexico’s president on dangerous ground as he pushes Pemex reform – latimes.com

Posted by | Aug 5, 2013 | |

If Mexico had a crown jewel, it would be the giant state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex. Year after year, it has poured billions of dollars into the state treasury, historically paying for schools, hospitals, dams, highways, ports and more.The seizure of foreign oil companies 75 years ago that created the company is a cause for annual celebrations affirming Mexico’s fierce sense of independence from outside interference.Yet even as the country’s new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, credits Pemex with building the nation, his administration acknowledges that the notoriously inefficient conglomerate is in trouble: If it is not opened...

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Mexico Economy Dependent On US? A Look At NAFTA, Immigration And A Codependent Relationship [REPORT] : Immigration : Latin Times

Mexico Economy Dependent On US? A Look At NAFTA, Immigration And A Codependent Relationship [REPORT] : Immigration : Latin Times

Posted by | Aug 5, 2013 | , , |

Many agree that “one of the largely overlooked aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement is the fact that the failed trade pact has been the catalyst for the massive increase in illegal immigration over the past two decades or so,” reported Dustin Ensinger from Economy In Crisis.The elimination of barriers did not eliminate the barrier for Mexicans to cross the border; on the contrary, it only gave freedom to trade and investments. Still with its double standard, the constructing and taking over of businesses by Americans has led Mexican workers to enter the U.S. illegally to sustain...

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Mexico and Canada declared part of US homeland by Senate maps — RT USA

Mexico and Canada declared part of US homeland by Senate maps — RT USA

Posted by | Aug 5, 2013 | , |

Sen. Dianne Feinstein referred to the US, Canada and Mexico as “the Homeland” at an NSA Senate briefing on Wednesday, presenting a map that united the three nations as one.At a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting held to acquire details on the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs, Sen. Feinstein (D-Calif.) made a geographic mistake in which she united three large countries into one. The error went by without comment during the briefing, but generated a significant response upon closer examination of the map.via Mexico and Canada declared part of US homeland by Senate maps — RT...

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