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A task force led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided more than two dozen mostly Latino night clubs, restaurants, pool halls and other businesses Saturday night, arresting 49 undocumented immigrants employed as security guards, officials said.
All of those arrested work for two local security companies, which authorities declined to identify Sunday.
“We don’t want to compromise the investigation so we’re not releasing the two security company names yet,” said Jamille Bradfield, spokeswoman for the Dallas County district attorney’s office, which is participating in the investigation.
CHLI Holds Future Leaders Conference For Hispanic Youth
Miami, FL- Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) is hosting its second CHLI Future Leaders Conference on Friday, April 4, 2008 at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. The mission for CHLI’s Future Leaders Conference is to highlight leadership opportunities of South Florida students locally, national and throughout the Americas. The CHLI Future Leaders Conference is free and is open to all university students in the South Florida community.
“Our young leaders in the South Florida community have a tremendous opportunity to build stronger and lasting ties with the democracies of our hemisphere. CHLI is honored to provide an opportunity for discussion and empowerment of our future leaders with Miami Dade College and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)” said Rep. Lincoln Diaz Balart.
The CHLI Future Leaders Conferencegives students the opportunity to participate in policy briefings, workshops, networking and presentations from local and national leaders.
“Participating in the CHLI Future Leaders Conference is a great way to enrich students in South Florida with the opportunity for leadership,” said Octavio Hinojosa, Executive Director of CHLI.
Previous speakers included CHLI Chairman Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, U.S. Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Hector Morales, IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno and U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez.
Those interested in finding more informationor to register for the April 4th CHLI Future Leaders Conference at Miami Dade College should visit www.chli.org.
If you’re Hispanic in Connecticut, chances are that your lot in life has not improved much in the last five years.So says a socioeconomic study on the minority group released Wednesday.
Hispanics surveyed last fall believed their quality of life, finances, accessibility to health insurance and ability to find affordable housing were in a swift decline.”*
Read the report: Fourth Socio-Economic Study on Status of Latinos PDF
*From: http://www.theday.com
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