The following is a guest blog post by Aracely Panameño:
I have been banking since I started working at the age of 16. My first account was with Burke & Herbert in Crystal City, a small community bank in Virginia that has been in business for over 100 years. I started with checking and [...]

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As the clock continues to tick and the number of deportations, detentions, and immigrant prosecutions continue in much the same fashion that occurred under the previous administration, Latino and immigrant rights groups are beginning to express their frustration publicly with the lack of leadership from the White House on this issue. The Department of Homeland [...]

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Today the Los Angeles Times had an article about how the soda tax debate has shifted to the states since there has been such opposition at the national level by the soft drink companies and their lobbyists. When I spoke with Brent Wilkes, the executive director of LULAC, he mentioned that one of the reasons [...]

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The following is another guest blog by David Molina, who serves on the Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs:
On January 28, 2010, huddled inside a Mexican grocery store & panaderia in Gresham, Oregon, Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian and I hosted a Labor & Employment Forum to educate Oregonian workers of their rights as workers, the [...]

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Within the past week, both UCLA and USC have come out with studies that suggest that legalizing undocumented immigrants could help boost the economy because if legalized, as their earnings would rise along with spending.
USC economist Manuel Pastor’s study suggests that amnesty for the undocumented would increase the state and local tax base in California [...]

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