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Mexico`s Youth Movement Forges Ahead

132 Movement forges ahead and can even claim credit for unprecedented developments in political messaging delivered this election year.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - The impact of a social movement can often be gauged not only by the societal reception it gets, but also by the reaction it engenders. And Mexico’s “I am 132 Movement” is no exception.

Born only several weeks ago, the movement has since spread to large cities and small towns across the country.

Tricks, Treats and Titillations: Mexico`s Elections in an Era of Climate and Culture Change

To snag the vote, the campaigns are employing many innovative strategies and tactics.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - As Mexico's political campaigns wind down in preparation for the big election day on July 1, mixed moods of doubt, anger, tension, confusion, excitement, exhaustion, resignation and hope grip the body politic.

Immigration Lawyers Welcome Deferred Action Announcement, Warn of Potential Fraud by So-Called `Notarios`

An immigrant’s case can be delayed by notarios acting in bad faith, resulting in penalties and even deportation.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Immigration lawyers around Oregon welcomed the Administration’s recent announcement that younger immigrants may be eligible for “Deferred Action” and work authorization.

The policy will grant qualified immigrants the opportunity to live free from fear of deportation and allow them to work legally.

Sorry Holder, Your Role in Fast and Furious is Not a Political Issue

Republicans recommend unprecedented Congressional action against attorney general.

(SALEM) - Eric Holder could face a Contempt of Congress charge and he would be the first attorney general ever faced with this very serious issue.

Holder has been feeling the heat for some time now over his role in the 'Fast and Furious' gun smuggling operation.

Inside Mexico`s New Youth Rebellion

Weekend leafleting was just one of many actions carried out by a new youth movement that's shaken up the 2012 Mexican elections.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - In Aguascalientes, Mexico, a group of young people passed out leaflets to passerby in the city's busy downtown.

A young woman wore a homemade poster that protested the murders of women in the state of Mexico, while her companions distributed leaflets that flashed a satiric image of Enrique Pena Nieto.

DREAM Relief a Game Changer?

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney had earlier pledged to veto the DREAM Act if elected.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - President Obama's June 15 announcement of temporary deportation stays for eligible undocumented youth under 30 years of age immediately changed hundreds of thousands of lives.

It also dropped a new ingredient and possible game changer into the political pot of the 2012 elections.

Undocumented Youth Applaud President`s Announcement to Stop Deporting DREAMers

“The President has given us a reason to believe in him” - Caeser Vargas, managing partner at DRM Capitol Group

(WASHINGTON DC) - Today undocumented youth commend President Obama for the courage to announce that he will sign an executive order to provide relief for DREAMers.

DREAMers will stand by the President’s action and leadership to fully implement the order.

My Dad Would Have Turned 95 Today

Remembering a great man whose life reached many people.

(SALEM) - It's my dad's birthday today, and a few weeks shy of five years since he passed away.

He died just a few hours after my mom, it was a lot for my brothers and I and our families and friends to accept at the time, but also a blessing as they obviously had no plan of spending even a single day without each other.

Mexico: Year of the Grasshopper

The four presidential candidates are scheduled to engage in what is expected to be their second and last nationally-televised debate on Sunday, June 10.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - As Mexico enters the final weeks of the 2012 election campaign, the grasshoppers are hopping about the land.

In Mexican political lingo, a chapulin, or grasshopper, is a person who jumps from one political party to another, even if the two organizations are diametrically opposed in ideology.

Femicide on International Trial Again

They were all “pretty,” coming from lower middle class and poorer socio-economic backgrounds.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Back in March 2009, 18-year old Monica Janeth Alanis went to school at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez. She has not been seen or heard from since.

More than 3 years later, the missing student’s parents, Ricardo Alanis and Olga Esparza, still have no leads on the whereabouts of their daughter,