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Educator José-Luis Orozco on keeping culture alive with the kids

Educator José-Luis Orozco on keeping culture alive with the kids Legendary singer-educator José-Luis Orozco moved to the United States at 19 to find his own version of the American dream and soon realized that his calling was to keep Latino culture alive through children’s songs and literature.

Inexpensive undocumented immigrant health care in LA

Inexpensive undocumented immigrant health care in LA A restaurant workers' group and Los Angeles community clinic have teamed up to provide inexpensive health care coverage to undocumented immigrants.

Kids are watching 4 hours of background television a day, says study

Kids are watching 4 hours of background television a day, says study Adults may think they’ve mastered the art of tuning out the television set during dinner or while doing the dishes, but new research shows that children are exposed to more background television than ever before.

ICE quietly reveals they’ve deported over 46,000 undocumented parents. But where are the children?

ICE quietly reveals they’ve deported over 46,000 undocumented parents. But where are the children? According to a new report, during the reporting period from January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, ICE removed 46,486 undocumented parents who claimed to have at least one US citizen child.

Sex abuse scandal at Miramonte forces parents to have difficult talks with kids

Sex abuse scandal at Miramonte forces parents to have difficult talks with kids A sexual misconduct scandal centered at Miramonte Elementary School, forces parents, most of who are working-class Mexican immigrants, to have difficult talks with kids.

5 children’s books that teach about Latino culture

5 children’s books that teach about Latino culture One way to promote a global vision in our children is through reading. The following are five multicultural books that teach children about the Latin culture.

Making bicultural relationships work

Making bicultural relationships work Not every bicultural couple wrestles with stark disagreements, but are marriages between two cultures really that different from those within the same group? “Yes,” says Dr. Elizabeth Fraga, a New York-based psychologist

Mexico: Racism prevalent among children, revealing cultural pattern (Video)

Mexico: Racism prevalent among children, revealing cultural pattern (Video) Racist attitudes continue to be passed down to Mexico’s children, according to a video released by a federal government agency in the country last week as part of a campaign to fight racism.

‘Disappearing parents’: A deported mother’s struggle to be with her U.S.-born children

‘Disappearing parents’: A deported mother’s struggle to be with her U.S.-born children An unprecedented increase in the deportation of undocumented immigrants has resulted in an estimated 5,100 children languishing in U.S. foster homes, according to a report called "Shattered Families."

Rep. Bachmann on dragging undocumented immigrants onto buses in front of crying children (Video)

Rep. Bachmann on dragging undocumented immigrants onto buses in front of crying children (Video) Michele Bachmann argues that the deportations of undocumented immigrants are a consequence of breaking the law, and that as a "First World nation," it's our duty to send them packing.

Report: Half of nation’s undocumented adults have kids

Report: Half of nation’s undocumented adults have kids The Pew Hispanic Center released a new analysis last week that estimates nearly half of the 10.2 million adult undocumented immigrants in the United States are parents of children under 18.

Controversial ‘anchor baby’ dictionary entry redefined as ‘a disparaging term’

Controversial ‘anchor baby’ dictionary entry redefined as ‘a disparaging term’ The American Heritage Dictionary recently added “anchor baby” as an entry that read as a neutral term, provoking enough criticism that the publishers agreed to modify it, with the change made online yesterday.

Thousands of immigrant kids ask Obama to stop deportations

Thousands of immigrant kids ask Obama to stop deportations Most kids at this time of year get ready to write letters to Santa Claus, but many children of undocumented immigrants now prefer to write President Barack Obama begging him to stop the deportations that are breaking up their families.

Assimilation Tomorrow: How America’s immigrants will integrate by 2030

Assimilation Tomorrow: How America’s immigrants will integrate by 2030 Immigrants are following the path of their predecessors and assimilating just as rapidly today as they did in the past, and are on track to achieve great successes by 2030.

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