Disputing Citizenship's Role for Hispanics in Government Service
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Federal employment reports have consistently described Hispanics "as underrepresented in the government compared to the civilian labor force."
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Some say strict measures endanger ecosystems, but others say those concerns are excuses for pro-immigrant sentiment
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DANBURY, Connecticut  - Ten Hispanic immigrants filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a Connecticut city, its mayor and police chief, and federal agents who led a crackdown on illegal immigration last year.
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Geneology often holds the key to understanding the origin of serious diseases in those with a Hispanic heritage.
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Television news coverage of Hispanics was more favorable in 2003 &#151; largely because of reports on the wartime service of Hispanic troops &#151; but America's largest and fastest-growing minority remains mostly ignored, according to an annual study being released Monday.
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The US Hispanic community, galvanized by a drive to reform US immigration law and wooed by presidential candidates, has become a political player ahead of the 2008 vote.
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In a move to crack down against   illegal immigrants voting in U.S. elections, the House of   Representatives voted on Wednesday to require Americans to   provide proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in federal elections.
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Maria Elena Castillo let her voice go unheard in American politics for a decade because she was afraid of failing the U.S. citizenship test that could give her the right to vote.
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The U.S. federal government sued the Village of Port Chester, New York, on Friday, saying its political system effectively denies Hispanics representation in the local government.
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As President George W. Bush's plans for a guest worker program languishes in a backlash against immigration, employers both large and small say they rely on Hispanic workers to keep the economy running.
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The intense debate over illegal immigration has made life more difficult for U.S. Hispanics, the fastest-growing minority in the country, with many fearing deportation and having difficulty finding work and housing, study found.
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Some Prince William businesses fear that the county's recent move to cut public services to illegal immigrants could hurt their operations should the Hispanic community, one of the fastest-growing in the region, decide it is no longer welcome.
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A proposal to eliminate "some other race" as an option on the 2010 census has stirred a furious debate.
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Some retired military officers criticize his role in drafting a torture memo, but key Hispanic groups are supporting him.
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Bill Richardson aspires to become the first Hispanic elected president of the United States, but rarely emphasized his ethnicity during the Ã¢ÂÂexploratoryÃ¢ÂÂ phase of his bid for the 2008 Democratic nomination. As a result, polls showed most voters Ã¢ÂÂ and even most Hispanics Ã¢ÂÂ where unaware that the Ã¢ÂÂAngloÃ¢ÂÂ-surnamed governor of New Mexico is Hispanic.
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Texas is asking the Justice Department to approve Dec. 12 for a congressional runoff election &#151; a date opposed by a Latino civil rights group because it is a religious day for many Hispanics.
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NEW HAVEN, Connecticut  - As many U.S. cities and states arrest illegal immigrants in raids and toughen laws against them, a Connecticut city is offering to validate them under a controversial, first-in-the-nation ID card program.