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Younger job seekers having a hard time finding work

By Erica Zucco, KOB, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Job seekers under 25 are having a tougher and tougher time finding work. “It was about 2 years ago since I got laid off,” job seeker Samuel Delacruz … Read More

A new report shows the rate of Hispanic high school students heading to college is higher than whites for the class of 2012.

Latino high school grads surpass whites in college enrollment rate

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A record number of Hispanic high school students are college-bound. A new report says the rate (69 percent) of Hispanic high school graduates from the class of … Read More

A Mexican army soldier stands next to bundles of marijuana stacked inside an open air warehouse housing a cross-border tunnel connecting Tijuana to San Diego on November 16, 2011 in Tijuana, Mexico. (David Maung/Bloomberg)

Opinion: Obama and Peña Nieto can’t ignore the drug war

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

Drugs.  Whether we want to admit it or not, any discussion revolving around the U.S. and Mexico must start and end with drugs.  However, these next two days … Read More

President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico, left, makes remarks to the press as United States President Barack Obama, right, welcomes him to the Oval Office of White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, November 27, 2012.. (Credit: Ron Sachs / Pool via CNP)

Obama to pitch immigration overhaul in Mexico

By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is headed to Mexico with a domestic ambition at the top of his travel agenda. To sell his immigration overhaul back … Read More

A new report says immigration reform could help curb the nation's deficit and boost the economy.

Conservative group: immigration reform will give an economic boost

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Immigration reform will help reduce the nation's deficit and contribute to economic growth, according to a new report out today from the conservative think … Read More

A man works on a construction site near the old Domino Sugar factory in the rapidly developing neighborhood of Williamsburg on April 4, 2013 in New York City.(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Jobs report: Slight improvement in unemployment numbers for Latinos

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The March jobs report showed a slight improvement in the Latino unemployment number, down from 9.6 percent in February to 9.2 percent for March 2013. Overall, … Read More

Mujeres en Accion is celebrating their 40th Anniversary, making them one of the oldest Latina services organizations.

40 years later, Chicago organization is still fueling Latina success

By Erika L. Sánchez

This is the third installment of Latinas empowering other Latinas to succeed in honor of Women’s History Month.  Maria Pesqueira, president and CEO of … Read More

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Venezuela’s exiles have been good for South Florida’s economy

By Ari Odzer, WTVJ, Doral, Florida

Venezuela's loss is South Florida's gain when it comes to the economy, according to experts. Tens of thousands of exiles have left the country and settled in … Read More

Hispanic farmworkers harvest Ranunculus bulbs at the Flower Fields, Friday, March 23, 2007 in Carlsbad, California. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

Report: Federal guestworker program rife with civil rights violations

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As Congress moves toward developing a new plan for immigration reform, one group says that lawmakers should not use the current guestworker program as a model … Read More

Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez waits in line to have her documents checked at passport control before leaving Cuba to travel to Brazil and other countries at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Sanchez is one of the Cuban dissidents who applied for passports to go overseas under recently enacted travel reform. Her request was granted last month.(AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Cuban dissident blogger starts world tour

By Anne-Marie Garcia

HAVANA (AP) -- Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez set off on a three-month, dozen-nation world tour Sunday, after a new law eliminated the exit permit that … Read More