This Ramos guy apparently disagrees then with the pro-open borders crowd on here who claim the new immigrants really want to be American and will readily learn English and assimilate. Some will but a large number doesn't like the traditional USA.
- One in five Latinos faces racism, according to joint Harvard University/Washington Post poll.
- U.S. and Mexico agree to ban use of lethal weapons by Border Patrol and to implement a rescue system along All-American canal.
- Patients not receiving mammogram results promptly, putting their health at risk, according to Health Commission report in New York.
- Seventeen people arrested in Salt Lake City, Utah for trafficking in false documents.
- Three hundred and fifty thousand Texas children will go without health services, according to state projections.
- Daniel Escobedo, one of the most wanted U.S. fugitives whose arrest in 1960 led to the landmark Miranda rights decision, arrested in Mexico on new murder charges.
- Los Angeles unions say they will continue to lobby for general amnesty.
- Mexico City pollution levels lead Secretary of Health to enact measures to protect children's health.
- Mass celebrated in Mexico in honor of St. Thomas Moro, patron saint of politicians.
Monday, June 25th, 2001
- Four Alabama police officers plead guilty to extorting and robbing Latinos.
- President Bush tries to revive faith-based initiative which would funnel taxpayer dollars to churches and other religious institutions that provide social services.
- New York city to cut public welfare benefits to thirty eight thousand families by December.
- New York mayoral candidates march in city's Gay Pride parade to court votes.
- Department of Justice investigates allegations of arrests based on racial profiling by Harris County, Texas sheriff department.
- Florida Democrats gear up for challenge to Gov. Jeb Bush in next year's gubernatorial election.
- Puerto Rican alliance forms in Los Angeles to protest U.S. navy presence in Vieques.
- Mexico's National Commission of Human Rights accused of withholding information about the "disappeared" for political reasons.
- Mexico's chamber of fishing industry urges quick solution to the problem that is blocking shrimp boats from going out to sea to fish.
Tuesday, June 26th, 2001
- Supreme Court rules undocumented immigrants cannot be deported for committing crimes before going to trial.
- One out of three victims of violent crimes has been assaulted previously by the same assailant, according to Department of Justice report.
- DEA prepares to extradite narcotrafficker Miguel Angel Martinez tonight.
- Florida's African American mobilizes to take action against racial profiling.
- Complaints against HMOs on the rise, according to poll conducted by New York Sen. Charles Schumer.
- Protesters demonstrate in Chicago against U.S. navy presence in Vieques.
- University of Texas, Austin officials express dissatisfaction with ruling banning affirmative action in school admissions.
- Mexican human rights activist Rosario Ibarra to sue the country's National Commission on Human Rights for withholding information on the politically "disappeared".
Wednesday, June 27th, 2001
- President Bush seeking to reverse House block on Mexican trucks.
- Senate debates bill that would allow patients to sue their HMOs.
- Human rights groups protest border accords in Tijuana, calling them not far reaching enough.
- Cicero, Illinois town president Betty Loren-Maltese, accused of stealing $10 million in public money, addresses city's Town Board meeting.
- National Coalition for General Amnesty, in New York, rejects guest-worker proposal.
- Impact of Mexican economy's slow-down already being felt in the border region, according to the Department of Labor.
- Miami prosecutors study the possibility of deportation for accused Cuban torturer.
- Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage Davila says Cuba could sent doctors to the U.S. to help combat AIDS, if President Bush approves.
- Ranch lands along the Gulf of Mexico proposed as alternative to Vieques for Navy bombing exercises.
Thursday, June 28th, 2001
- Mexican President Vicente Fox to attend National Council of La Raza conference in Milwaukee this July.
- Census undercount in New York will especially affect Dominicans and Ecuadorians.
- New York health commissioner Antonia Novello announces alarming increase of AIDS cases.
- Texas Attorney General John Cornyn accuses Southwest Intelcom long distance company of fraud in long distance calls.
- Mexican officials say they will eliminate tariffs on U.S. products if President Bush does not reverse block on Mexican trucks.
Friday, June 29th, 2001
- Illinois officials order employment agency to reimburse day workers $111 million dollars in back pay.
- Democratic senators close to an agreement to approve bill that would allow patients to sue their HMOs.
- New York bans use of cellular phones while driving, effective November of this year.
- Tuberculosis spreading along the U.S.-Mexico border region due to lack of information.
- Local Miami groups urge creation of civic panels to monitor the police.
- Texas Gov. Rick Perry to travel to San Miguel Allende, in the Mexican state of Guerrero to work on his Spanish.
- U.S. Ambassador too Mexico Jeffrey Davidow announces new law that could give Visas to families of Mexicans living in the U.S.
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