June 29, 2010, 1:43 pm
New York Times

Puerto Rico Extends Deadline for Birth Certificates

By ISOLDE RAFTERY

Puerto Ricans facing the imminent mass invalidation of their birth certificates have received a reprieve from the Puerto Rican government.
People born on the island – including the nearly 1.4 million Puerto Ricans living on the United States mainland, about 300,000 of them in New York –- now have until Sept. 30 to continue to use their old birth certificates.
Last December, in an effort to curb passport fraud, the Puerto Rican legislature created a new, more …

MIRA MAKES A STRONG COMMITMENT TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS
Expanded use of new media and online information launched in partnership with AIDS.gov
Jackson, MS- June 9, 2010 – Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (MIRA) is launching an HIV/AIDS campaign this month to educate young Latinos about the growing rate of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community.
“Espera y Piensa” (Stop and Think) is a 12-week campaign that will utilize new media as a way to reach out to immigrants between the ages of 18 and 35.  MIRA will send approximately 500 text messages weekly, which …

May 20, 2010
Washington (CNN) — Immigration officials will not swoop in to deport a woman whose daughter asked first lady Michelle Obama about “taking people away” if they don’t have proper paperwork, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman said Thursday.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigations are based on “solid law enforcement work and not classroom Q and As,” said DHS spokesman Matt Chandler. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a part of DHS.
The statement comes after a student concerned about her mother’s legal status asked the first lady about the president’s immigration …

May 20, 2010
Washington (CNN) — Mexican President Felipe Calderon addressed two of America’s most contentious political issues during a speech to the U.S. Congress Thursday, asking for a return of the assault weapons ban and blasting Arizona’s controversial new immigration law as a “terrible” endorsement of racial profiling.
Calderon also reminded Americans of their role in the recent eruption of drug-fueled violence along the U.S.-Mexican border, noting the high demand for illegal drugs in the United States. At the same time, he highlighted a series of economic reforms undertaken by his …

SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON OF IMMIGRATION REFORM PROPOSALS (In English and Spanish/En Ingles y Espanol)
as of August 30, 2010/de 30 agosto 2010
The Obama Administration has said that immigration reform will start in the Senate and that the point person will be Senator Schumer (D-NY).  Below is a comparison of the proposal by Schumer and several Democratic Senators (which has not yet been introduced in bill form) with the bill introduced by Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-Il) in December of 2009, and the bill that the Alternative Immigration Legislation Group (AILG) proposes.   The …