Word: hispanicized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"THE HISPANICS GIANT is awakening" shouts Congressman Robert Garcia (D.N.Y.), either as a threat to obstinate colleagues in the House or as a rousing call to arms to Hispanic constituents in the South Bronx. The statement carries more truth than the metaphoric hyperbole suggests. And never has that been so...
Hispanic congressmen led opposition to the Simpson-Mazzoli bill and nearly managed to defeat the four-year-old legislation. The measure passed by only a tenuous five-vote margin--one which could have been closed or broadened by the eight representatives who did not vote. In the Senate, which includes...
On the whole, however, the Hispanic lobby has for the first time spearheaded opposition to major legislation, managing to include some of its immigration priorities.
Several positive points, which Hispanic legislators advocated, include a major amnesty plan which gives legal residence status to illegal immigrants who arrived here before 1982. In addition, a national commission will be appointed to study the impact of factors such as Third World poverty and the agriculture industry's dependence...
This is the most bitterly disputed provision in the entire bill. Some civil liberties activists fear that the demand for documentation constitutes a step toward a fascist-style system of national identity cards. Hispanic leaders argue that biased employers would refuse to hire any workers with Spanish surnames or accents...