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...bastion of pluralism. Its anthem explicitly welcomes immigrants, and over time, it has served as a powerful instrument for assimilating newcomers into Catalan society. Every morning this past week, I have dressed my 14-month-old baby in her Barça tracksuit, earning her approving cheers from my Latino neighbors as she waddles down the street. I nod, proudly and smugly. (O.K., some Americans do inherit their fandom.) The same emotions course through me as I consider how a Barça victory would confirm so much: they play the most attractive football in recent memory; Ronaldinho...
Bernazzani is obsessively tracking signs, meanwhile, that members of new, better-organized gangs have come to New Orleans. And in the past few months, about 15 people affiliated with MS-13, the Latin Kings and other, largely Latino and Asian gangs have been arrested for mostly nonviolent crimes. Those organizations have not yet set up operations, but the trend concerns Bernazzani, who says they had no presence in the city before Katrina. Houston drug dealers may also be trying to enter the void, says Michele Leonhart, the No. 2 in charge of the DEA. "Houston-based traffickers are using...
...Students played a key role in Monday's marches. Although school superintendents and politicians had urged students to stay in class, many kids played hooky anyway. In Chicago, an estimated 70% to 90% of students at the predominantly Latino high schools did not show up for school, according to Ana Vargas, a Chicago public schools spokeswoman. In Los Angeles, some 72,000 students in 6th to 12th grades skipped classes, according to the Los Angeles Unified School District. Ulises Estrada, a 16-year-old student at South Dade High School in Homestead, Fla., said he joined a local march because...
...Some Latino leaders such as Max Rodas, an evangelical minister and spokesperson for the Cleveland Coalition of Latino Pastors, said that, while they support the ideas behind the march, they decided not to participate because they don't think it would be effective in bringing about substantive changes to improve immigrants' lives. "We need to be building coalitions with African-Americans and Puerto Ricans, because they actually vote, and politicians are scared of them. Politicians aren't scared of us," said Rodas. "We need to do the hard work. We need to organize our neighborhoods from the ground...
...Those opposed to the protests spoke out Monday as well, although they turned out in much smaller numbers. At a Home Depot in Phoenix, Republican National Committeeman Randy Pullen told gatherers, "The demonstrators here today do not speak for law-abiding Latino-American citizens." In Washington, a coalition called "You Don't Speak For Me" held a press conference denouncing the boycott and illegal immigration. And some Latino business owners declined to give their workers the day off. Dick Jackson, the manager at K&A Lumber in Homestead, Fla., made it clear to his 150 day-shift workers...