Monthly Archives: June 2012

The attorney general Eric Holder is the first sitting member of a president’s cabinet in US history to be held in contempt of Congress after Republicans vented their fury over a gun-tracking investigation, says The Guardian. The politically and constitutionally charged dispute … Continue reading →

Arturo Vargas from NALEO projects that as many as 12.2 million Hispanics could vote in 2012. In the  2010 off year election, the Hispanic share of the national electorate increased to 6.9 percent from 5.8 percent in 2004. In the 2010 … Continue reading →

Federal Mogul is a worldwide maker of automobile parts, including wiper blades announced that it will move its production from Michigan City, Indiana, to its sister plant in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Federal Mogul told its 100 employees about its intention to leave by … Continue reading →

Government officials have adopted a series of recommendations to streamline federal immigration courts, where a record-high number of backlogged cases has brought the “fairness and effectiveness” of the courts into question, reported the Boston Herald. Changes proposed by the Administrative … Continue reading →

The U.S. House of Representatives was expected on Thursday to debate Attorney General Eric Holder’s role in “Operation Fast and Furious” and possibly charge him with contempt for failing to turn over some documents related to a failed probe of … Continue reading →

International migration fell for the third consecutive year in 2010 but started picking up again in 2011, according to a new report from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Migration to the United States fell by 8% in … Continue reading →

Surface trade between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, was 8.2 percent higher in April than in April 2011, totaling $79.8 billion, according to a press release of the Bureau of … Continue reading →

The 2012 election is shaping up as a big one in the House for Hispanics, says a news story from Fox News Latino. There are currently 29 in the House — including a Pacific islands delegate and Puerto Rico’s resident … Continue reading →

Hispanics remained the most underrepresented in federal jobs in 2011, the Washington Post reported. Hispanics made up 8.1 percent of the federal workforce, compared with 13.6 percent in the overall workforce, a gap that has been consistent for years, according … Continue reading →