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Demócrata, están volviendo ``muy’’ importante en la • La mayoría de latinos (44%) tration policies have been The survey found that While that would be a small a esa militancia para las campaña del próximo año. En considera que el Partido harmful to their community, a among Latino registered vot- portion of the overall ex- elecciones presidenciales del junio del 2004, un 63% Demócrata es uno de los que poll showed Thursday. ers: pected vote, Pew estimated 2008, aunque apenas 1 de pensaba lo mismo. Pese a ello, muestra más preocupación By 57 percent to 23 per- • Forty-one percent said that Latinos comprise a large cada 5 admite que está la inmigración está todavía que el Republicano (8%) por cent, more Latino registered Bush administration policies enough share of eligible vot- siguiendo de cerca la detrás de la educación, salud, los latinos. Pero una gran voters say they favor Demo- have been harmful to Latinos, ers to affect the outcome in campaña, según una encuesta progreso económico y parte de los votantes crats than Republicans, ac- 16 percent said they have been four states where Bush pre- nacional difundida el jueves. criminalidad en los temas de registrados (41%) dice que cording to a survey by the helpful and 33 percent said vailed in 2004 by 5 percent- La encuesta de Pew His- prioridad hispana. no hay gran diferencia entre nonpartisan Pew Hispanic they have not had much im- age points or fewer: New panic Center (PHC), La encuesta fue realizada uno y otro. Center. pact. Mexico, Florida, Colorado, organización que estudia las por teléfono del 3 de octubre • Por 41% a 14%, los That 34 percentage point • Forty-four percent said and Nevada. tendencias hispanas en al 9 de noviembre entre 2.003 votantes latinos registrados Democratic edge—which in- Democrats have more con- Among Latinos who are Estados Unidos, dice que un latinos seleccionados al azar, prefieren a los demócratas cludes people who said they cern for Latinos, 8 percent registered Democrats, 59 per- 57% de los votantes latinos de los cuales 843 fueron ante republicanos en cuanto lean toward either party—has chose Republicans and an- cent said they want Hillary registrados se considera votantes inscritos. El margen a cuál está haciendo un mejor grown since July 2006, when other 41 percent said there is Rodham Clinton to be their ahora demócrata o que tiene de error de la muestra es de trabajo en inmigración. Un a Pew poll measured a 21 point no difference. party’s presidential candidate, simpatías con el Partido menos o más 2,7%. 26% dice que ninguno de los difference. Then, 49 percent • Forty-one percent said followed by 15 percent who Demócrata. En Estados Unidos dos hace buen trabajo, y 12% of registered Latino voters Democrats do a better job of prefer Barack Obama. Among El 23% de ellos declaró solamente votan en elecciones no sabe. said they favored Democrats handling undocumented im- Latino Republicans, Rudy que está alineado con el los ciudadanos. Los • Un 41% de latinos and 28 percent chose Repub- migration, 14 percent named Giuliani leads Fred Thomp- Partido Republicano, que en extranjeros que tienen votantes cree que las políticas licans. the GOP and 26 percent said son, 35 percent to 13 percent. el año 2000 recibió un apoyo residencia legal o son del presidente George W. In 1999 before President neither. The survey involved tele- mayoritario de los latinos. indocumentados no pueden Bush han sido perjudiciales George W. Bush’s election, Younger Latinos are phone interviews with 2,003 Según las encuestas del hacerlo. para los hispanos, y un 16% more Latinos favored Demo- slightly more inclined than randomly chosen Latinos con- 2004, George W. Bush PHC dice que hay en el afirma que fueron más bien crats than Republicans by 58 older ones to be Democrats, ducted from Oct. 3 through recibió todavía más apoyo país unos 46 millones de favorables. Otro 33% dice percent to 25 percent—about while those with higher in- Nov. 9. It had a margin of latino en su reelección ese latinos, o un 15,3% de la que no tuvieron un efecto en the same margin as in the cur- comes lean more toward the sampling error of plus or mi- año con hasta el 40%, récord población nacional. La particular. rent poll. GOP than those with lower nus 2.7 percentage points. It para un candidato Oficina de los Censos informó En cuanto a las When the former Texas earnings, the poll showed. included 843 Latino regis- republicano. Pero, en la en septiembre que la preferencias entre los governor became president in Using September 2007 tered voters, for whom the medida en que avanza la población hispana era de 44,3 candidatos: 2001, Republicans saw an Census Bureau data and pro- margin of sampling error was campaña 2008, los millones. • Demócratas: El 59% de opportunity to woo Latinos to jecting from 2004 voting be- plus or minus 4 points. candidatos republicanos han La fuerza electoral latina votantes registrados apoya a the GOP. But as the 2008 presi- havior, Pew estimated there On the Net: adoptado posiciones de mano se ha mantenido la senadora Hillary Clinton, dential campaign has heated would be 8.6 million Latino www.pewhispanic.org dura contra la inmigración históricamente entre el 5% y de Nueva York. El senador ilegal, lo que podría explicar 7%, aun cuando su electorado Barack Obama, de Illinois, Royal Prestige el abandono latino. con capacidad de votar es del tiene el 15%; el gobernador RP JAPENCAR PHC dijo que la diferencia 9%. Ello se debe a que millares de Nuevo México, Bill que separa en afiliación no se inscriben o no van a Richardson, 8% y el ex Empresa Lider en el Mercado Hispano hispana al Partido Demócrata votar, según grupos de senador de Carolina del SOLICITA REPRESENTANTES DE VENTAS del Republicano es ahora de activismo hispano. Norte, John Edwards, 4%. Experiencia no necesaria. 34 puntos porcentuales. En La encuesta de PHC dice • Republicanos: El ex EXCELENTES INGRESOS. julio del 2006, la brecha era que para las elecciones de alcalde de Nueva York, Rudy de 21 puntos, comparado con Giuliani, tiene el apoyo del Citas:(773)960-5111 RICARDO LOPEZ. noviembre del 2008 el 33 puntos porcentuales en electorado latino será del 35% de votantes hispanos 1999. 6,5% del total, una registrados, seguido por el Le esperámos en la conferencia de Labor Notes “Este giro en U en la participación “todavía senador Fred Thompson, de tendencia de preferencias modesta”, pero puede ser Tenesí, 13%; el senador John preelectorales se produce en crítica en los resultados en McCain, de Arizona, 10%; y momentos en que el tema de tanto el electorado se mueva el ex gobernador de Massa- E S U la inmigración ilegal ha chusetts Mitt Romney, 4%. M A R Q U z De Smithfield a Verizon, los traba- de un partido a otro. D A R IIO jadores todavía están luchando por sus C A L E N D derechos en el trabajo. 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El que ver con personas que no ex gobernador de Massa- Susan Goldberg, the Plain the newspaper, she wants NUEVA YORK (AP): Dealer’s first woman editor, is Cleveland natives to quit wal- La fiscalía municipal de hablan inglés. chusetts, Mitt Romney, making an impression on the lowing in the past and see the Manhattan anunció la En 1989 el entonces dijo que ciudades largest newspaper serving opportunities and invigorating creación de un alcalde Edward Koch emitió santuario animan a la Northern Ohio. “We are a re- developments taking place in departamento especial una orden para que los inmigración ilegal y que a gional newspaper,” she told the region. para procesar los crímenes empleados de la ciudad no éstas se les debe negar guests at the City Club of Cleve- She said the newspaper will contra inmigrantes, inclu- reportaran el estado legal de dinero del gobierno fed- land on Friday Dec. 7, 2007. never compromising the sive los indocumentados. inmigrantes. El alcalde Rudy eral. Romney calificó a Expect to see more local in- watchdog function it performs El fiscal Robert Giuliani continuó con la Nueva York como “el depth, investigative coverage and doesn’t need to cover ev- Susan Goldberg Morgenthau anunció el misma política, pero el Acta modelo de las ciudades of Cleveland and its surround- erything through rosy tainted martes que creó una Federal de Reforma de santuario”. ing counties, she said. Also look glasses. She indicated the Plain through any medium. She pre- unidad para asuntos de Responsabilidad de La nueva unidad de for improvements at the Dealer business section will be dicted Plain Dealer staff will inmigrantes, sin importar Inmigración Ilegal de 1996 Morgenthau será la única Website affiliate doing more to highlight the be trained in the best technol- su estado legal migratorio, anuló las ordenanzas de las en los cinco municipios de www.Cleveland.com. Most of medical and health industry ogy and offer relevant infor- y para encausar a quienes ciudades que le prohibían a la ciudad. all, expect the Plain Dealer staff that is flourishing. mation packaged differently se aprovechan de ellos, sin sus empleados reportar el La posición de to reflect the ethnic diversity of “I like to provide a variety in print and online. tener que reportar su estado migratorio de Morgenthau en cuanto al the community. of stories on front page, news- Goldberg said the purpose estado migratorio. cualquier persona a las estado legal de Goldberg, a Michigan na- papers are living things and of newspapers has shifted from “Nueva York es una autoridades federales. inmigrantes es tive, said she is shocked at the everyday we need to reflect providing news to in-depth ciudad de inmigrantes, y Giuliani presentó una consecuente con las segregation and hate that still what’s going on,” she said. analysis, and help readers un- Estados Unidos es un país demanda en contra de esa posiciones de muchas otras poisons Cleveland and said the Goldberg’s evolving derstand and not just react to de inmigrantes”, sostuvo. ley y perdió. Desde entonces ciudades, entre otras San Plain Dealers must seek out FrontPage look doesn’t sit well the effects of news. She said “Todo el que venga aquí Nueva York ha adoptado una Francisco y Miami, que stories that create bridges of with Anastasia Pantsios, As- newspapers are the most cited tiene derecho a la política de no denunciar y han adoptado políticas de understanding. Referencing sociate Editor of the Cleveland sources and their content is protección total de la ley”, de prohibirle a la policía santuario para los her former home in Silicone Free Times, who is disap- picked up, distorted by broad- aseveró. interrogar sobre el tema. inmigrantes, pero con la Valley, San Jose California, pointed by sports coverage casters, radio talk shows, and Morgenthau dijo que su Giuliani ha tenido que reciente ley. Goldberg said Cleveland must seeping onto the front pages. more increasingly by think and act globally. “And She wished Goldberg had ad- bloggers. we must stop tolerating the hat- dressed more time to news Goldberg has a bachelor’s ers because they will bring us gathering techniques rather degree from Michigan State Officer pleads guilty to robbing Latinos during all down,” she said. than the business model. University and serves as a co- investigation by the Beaufort The 33- An audience member ques- Goldberg shared her expe- chair of the Medill School of traffic stops County Sheriff’s Office and year-old tioned how the Plain Dealer is riences as an editor at San Jose Journalism’s Board of Visi- RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. the State Bureau of Investi- Hilsinger helping Clevelanders think Mercury News, the paradigm tors at Northwestern Univer- 4, 2007 (AP): A police of- gation. pleaded guilty globally when the international shift in the newspaper industry sity and is on the board of the ficer has pleaded guilty to The U.S. Attorney’s Of- to four section is shrinking to blurbs. and the future of Cleveland. American Society of Newspa- misdemeanor charges for fice says Hilsinger stopped charges of International information is The most profound lesson she per Editors. She worked at USA pulling over Latino driv- Latino motorists for minor willfully de- available in other places, she has brought from her experi- Today as deputy managing ers and stealing their traffic violations in late 2005. priving individuals of their told him. The Plain Dealer ence in Silicone Valley, “Inno- editor of the News, Life and money. Prosecutors say Hilsinger right against unreasonable needs to shine a spotlight on vate or die.” Enterprise section, as editor at Former Washington took their wallets and stole searches and seizures. Sen- the issues in our own backyard She said the internet boom the Detroit Free Press and be- police officer Steven Ray $60 in the first incident and tencing is scheduled for she said. has caught up with the most gan her career as a reporter at Hilsinger had served as a $40 in the second. March 3, 2008. Goldberg expressed the ir- skeptical journalists who stub- the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. patrol officer for about a Hilsinger later stole Information from: The ritation many newcomers to the bornly clung to their traditional To listen to a complete broad- year before his arrest in money from an undercover News & Observer, http:// region feel, “This is a place that methods of news and report- cast of Goldberg’s speech visit September following an officer. www.newsobserver.com tends to marinate in its disap- ing. Goldberg said ethics and the City Club of Cleveland pointments,” she said. Through values can be conveyed website: www.cityclub.org.

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Feds question tests taken by Michigan special EL CONSULADO DE MEXICO EN DETROIT, MICHIGAN ed teachers “At the time, this was be- to raise the knowledge DETROIT, Dec. 3, 2007 lieved to be an appropriate level of the teachers. And (AP): Secondary special means to meet the require- we are going to give these TE INVITA A LA education teachers in ments—until guidance from children a much better POSADA PARA “SENIORS’ Michigan likely have lost the federal government di- chance of reaching grade QUE TENDRA LUGAR EL PROXIMO their status as being highly rected us to amend the re- level proficiency.” DOMINGO 16 DE DICIEMBRE qualified under federal quirements,’’ state education Others argue, however, EN LA IGLESIA HOLY REDEEMER standards because the state department spokeswoman that not all special educa- Salón Azul allowed them to take el- Jan Ellis told the Detroit Free tion children do second- ementary certification Press for a story Monday. ary level work. 7:00 p.m. a 9:00 p.m. tests. Marcie Lipsitt, a Birming- Tess Firlit said most of Those teachers have un- ham parent who pushed the the students she teaches at Ven con tu familia y disfruta de esta tradición mexicana. til June 30, 2009, to be- U.S. Department of Educa- the training and transition ¡Habrá Pastorela, piñatas y algunas sorpresas! come highly qualified—a tion to take action against center at Ottawa Hills High ENTRADA GRATUITA status they need to comply Michigan, said many special School in Grand Rapids with the federal No Child ed teachers at the high school have severe disabilities. Left Behind Act. The Michi- level end up teaching a range “If they read at a fifth- gan Department of Educa- of students with learning dis- grade level, that’s high. tion said it’s unclear how abilities. They comprehend at a many of the state’s 7,000 “I’m not saying this is much lower level,” Firlit secondary special ed going to be utopia,’’ she said said. teachers used the elemen- of the new requirements. Information from: De- tary exam to become “But I believe it is going to troit Free Press, http:// highly qualified. raise the standard. It’s going www.freep.com Signing Santa lets hearing-impaired kids give wish lists to Santa, said Silent Call Santas with their two hear- WATERFORD (AP): President George Elwell. The ing siblings. But Darien Speaking with his hands, company makes alerting sys- and Rebecca haven’t Para mayores informes comunícate al: a man in a Santa Claus suit tems for deaf and hearing- found the experience as Área de Asuntos Comunitarios y Culturales asks children what they impaired people. fulfilling, their grand- Consulado de México. Tel 313 964 4517, Ext. 22 want for Christmas. “I’ve seen a lot of deaf mother said. “Did you write a Christ- kids going into malls and “This is the first time mas list?” Ron Swartz stuff to see a Santa, but then I’ve ever seen them go up signed to Darien Davis as they couldn’t talk to Santa,” and talk” through signing, the 10-year-old boy sat in Elwell told the Detroit Free Wills said. • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL his lap. Press. “This way the kids can Swartz said he started “I wrote a Christmas list come in, they sign to Santa, playing Santa Claus for for my parents and put a they tell them their wishes, deaf children because of TRU-SEAL lot of presents on it,” he signs back to them.” his own difficulties as a Darien signed back. Many of the children who child visiting Santa. Swartz, like Darien, is came out Saturday are hear- “He’d just go up to them TRINA MYERS CONSTRUCTION deaf, The 52-year-old ing but have deaf parents. and wouldn’t be able to December 16 Clarkston has been taking Asked about his own understand them,’’ his 16- • Roofing • Steel Bldgs Christmas wishes from Christmas wish list, Darien year-old son Warren • Siding • Storm Damage deaf children for 10 years signed, “a train, for sure,” Swartz explained, inter- • Carpentry • Emergency Service at Silent Call Communi- with grandmother Carol preting his father’s sign- • Garages • Painting cations in Waterford, Wills of Holly interpreting. ing. ``He was excited to • Pole Barns • Bathrooms about 25 miles northwest This was the first time that see Santa, but he couldn’t of Detroit. Darien and his 8-year-old tell them what he wanted.’’ • Kitchens • Floors The purpose is to give deaf sister Rebecca have vis- MARTIN Paul Gauthier • [email protected] children who can’t hear ited a signing Santa. Information from: De- 734-777-8356 or leave message at 419-345-9517 the same chance that hear- In the past, the children troit Free Press, http:// CASTILLEJA ing children have to talk have mainly gone to mall www.freep.com December 17 DOS HERMANOS MARKET Tienda Mexicana 136 E. Beecher St. Adrian, MI 49221 517- 264-5126 Productos mexicanos, carnicería, cervezas, pan todos los días. Los fines 412 W. Michigan Ave. de semana: carnitas, barbacoa, birria Ypsilanti, MI 48197 de chivo, tamales y mucho más. 734-487-8875 ACEPTAMOS CARDS. ENVIOS DE DINERO EN EEUU Y AL EXTRANJERO

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Email [email protected] to subscribe • LA PRENSA SALES: COLUMBUS 614-571-2051 • TOLEDO 419-870-6565 • DETROIT 313-729-4435 • LORAIN 440-320-8221 December/diciembre 14, 2007 La Prensa—Ohio Page 5 Politicians woo immigrant votes for next election COLUMBUS, Dec. 2, DeSipio, an associate pro- said Ohio Democratic Party 2007 (AP): Politicians are fessor at the University of spokesman Randy wooing votes from immi- California-Irvine who has Borntrager. These issues grant communities such as studied immigrant voting bring people together be- Ohio’s Latino communities patterns for 20 years. Cu- cause they benefit the com- and Somali immigrant com- bans, for example, use their munity as a whole, he said. munities, a move that could votes to influence U.S. policy Recently, U.S. Senator influence next year’s U.S. toward Fidel Castro, while Sherrod Brown hosted a presidential election. Mexicans may be concerned town hall meeting with se- Eligible voters come from about the rights of undocu- lected Latino leaders in the Ohio’s Latino population, mented immigrants. Toledo area at the headquar- estimated between 40,000 In Columbus, the Somali ters of the Farm Labor Orga- and 60,000 in Franklin community is conserva- nizing Committee. Brown County, and large numbers tively estimated at 45,000 has scheduled another at the in Lucas, Cuyahoga, Lorain, and growing. Nearly 8,500 South Toledo library on De- Hamilton, and Montgomery naturalized citizens from cember 14, 2007. counties. But unlike Somali Somalia and other African A Pew Hispanic Center refugees in Central Ohio, countries have been regis- poll released on Dec. 6, 2007 whose status puts them on a tered to vote in the Colum- indicate that Latinos are re- José Luna of TPS with Board of Education member Bob Torres and artist Catilina direct path to permanent resi- bus area, and as many as turning to the Democratic García (12th grade, Bowsher HS) at the 13th Annual Toledo Public School Art Con- dency, many Latinos are 30,000 will be eligible vot- Party after several years of test for Latino students, celebrated on Dec. 4, 2007 at the Toledo-Lucas County Pub- without documentation said ers by 2010, said Mahdi drifting toward the Republi- lic Library. There were 50-plus entries according to Mr. Luna, including 3-dimen- Joseph Mas, chairman of the Taakilo, president of Help- cans, with many saying sional ceramics. Ohio Hispanic Coalition and ing Africans in a New Direc- George W. Bush administra- former head of the Ohio Com- tion and the Somali Link tion policies have been harm- mission on Hispanic/Latino newspaper. ful to their community. Affairs (OCHLA). Increasingly, politicians It is probably this reason Latino immigrants come are realizing the sway new that a majority of the Repub- from all over Central voters may have, especially lican candidates for presi- America—México, Hondu- from a community that is dent reconsidered their ini- ras, Guatemala, Cuba, and known for its interest in poli- tial rejection of a debate the Dominican Republic— tics. Somalis “never talk broadcasted in Spanish, so although Latinos often about anything else,” said hosted by Univision and the unite on issues such as im- Hassan Omar, 47, president University of Miami, held migration and a path to citi- of the Somali Community on Dec. 9, 2007. The Demo- zenship for undocumented Association of Ohio. cratic candidates experi- immigrants, politicians can- Democratic Party leaders enced theirs on Sept. 9. not count on a bloc vote, he strive to unite immigrant Information from: The said. groups by focusing on Columbus Dispatch, http:// Many immigrants are fo- “kitchen table issues” such www.dispatch.com and Rico Baldemar Velásquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), cused on issues tied to their as improving schools, health de La Prensa contributed to welcomes guests at an immigration update session at FLOC headquarters in To- home countries, said Louis care, and economic issues, this report. ledo, held on Dec. 7, 2007. Next week: La Prensa will present details of this presentation along with an Put a brick in their stocking this year! update on the immigration date. 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