According to city’s findings, in 2005, 66 percent of domestic violence cases did not have prior contact with the police, involving undocumented immigrants who are afraid to report to NYPD. more>

In a historical lawsuit brought by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity that looks to obtain more state funds for New York City schools, a group of immigrant students who don’t speak English have been neglected. more>

A recent survey conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center reveals that a significant minority of US-born Latinos disapprove of undocumented immigrants. more>

Many children were separated from their parents after a poultry farm was raided in Arkansas and scores of undocumented workers deported. more>

Community leaders announced recently that they will present before the New York City Council a bill requesting for the creation of centers for day laborers in New York. more>

According to Mexico’s Secretary’s Office of Exterior Relations (SRE), each year over 5,000 Mexican emigrants are reported missing by their families, as they make their way to the United States or after they have crossed the border. Only one out of every five is ever found. more>

Learning from the Mothers of the New York Disappeared of the inhumane conditions and prolonged sentences for drug-related arrests in New York, the Argentinean activists have come North to demand the repeal of the Rockefeller Drug Laws. more>

The oft-quoted figure of 38.8 million U.S. Hispanics—incorrect when it was announced and erroneously mentioned so many times—is even more seriously incorrect at the beginning of 2004. If we do the math, the true figure grows to more than 48 million. more>

Hispanic voters in Long Island cannot vote on Nov. 4 because election materials are not in Spanish, according to 20 Long Island community organizations. more>

A new Spanish language radio station for Long Island’s Latino community is another step in media consolidation in the Spanish market. more>

Lucia is unwell. She works as a housekeeper six days a week from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m for less than minimum wage. She is always tired. “She is worked and treated like a slave,” said Joel Magallan, director of the Tepeyac Association. more>

Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat became the first Dominican to be elected president of the State Legislature’s Hispanic, Puerto Rican, and Afro-American Caucus. This caucus represents 41 state senators and assemblymen. The election represents the union of Afro-Americans and Hispanics in the legislature. more>

A recent study reveals that politicians who address bilingual Latinos in Spanish may fare better on election day. Doing so has caused some English-speaking politicians embarrassment, but a look at the strategies of recently-elected New York officials proves that it’s worth the effort. more>

The rights of homosexual couples, legally recognized in other states of the nation, could be accepted in New York City if the City Council approves new legislation more>

Daniel Pérez appeared in Brooklyn Criminal Court, accused of bringing two young Mexican women on false pretexts to California and then to Brooklyn, where he forced them to become sexual slaves. more>