Report Links Increase in Hate Crimes to Contentious Debate Over Immigration
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 17th, 2009 4:32 am by HL
Report Links Increase in Hate Crimes to Contentious Debate Over Immigration
U.S. civil rights leaders said yesterday that an increase in hate crimes committed in recent years against Hispanics and people perceived to be immigrants “correlates closely” to the nation’s increasingly contentious debate over immigration.
Hate Crimes Rise as Immigration Debate Heats Up
U.S. civil rights leaders said today that an increase in hate crimes committed against Hispanics and people perceived to be immigrants in recent years “correlates closely” to the nation’s increasingly contentious debate over immigration, faulting anti-immigrant rhetoric in the media and extremist…
White House Comments on Firing of AmeriCorps Inspector General
The White House informed lawmakers last night that an inspector general fired by President Obama appeared confused, disoriented and unable to answer questions when he was called in late May to a meeting of the agency that operates AmeriCorps.
Obama Blueprint Deepens Federal Role in Markets
The Obama administration last night detailed a series of proposals to involve the government more deeply in private markets, from helping to steer borrowers into affordable mortgage loans to imposing new limits on the largest financial companies, in a sweeping effort to curb the kinds of reckless…
Corruption Trial of Ex-Rep. Jefferson Begins
Federal prosecutors laid out their bribery case against former U.S. representative William J. Jefferson yesterday, telling jurors that he squeezed hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks from people who sought his help, while the defense said that Jefferson might have committed unethical acts…
