Author: Diego Graglia
Bio: Diego Graglia is a bilingual multimedia journalist who has worked at major media outlets in the U.S. and Latin America. He is currently the editor-in-chief at Expansion, Meixco’s leading business magazine.
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Posted on: 12 Dec 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor For the second time in less than a month, an Ecuadorean immigrant was savagely attacked in New York by men shouting anti-Hispanic slurs. Once again, as with the death a month ago of Marcelo Lucero, the pain was felt among Hispanics in the United States and in faraway South […]
Posted on: 10 Dec 2008
If you were surprised when the first-ever Vietnamese American was elected to Congress a few days ago, you’re not alone. Many Vietnamese immigrants across the U.S. were also unaware of Republican Anh “Joseph” Cao until his victory this Saturday in a special election in New Orleans. Cao defeated the tainted nine-term Democratic incumbent, William Jefferson, […]
Posted on: 08 Dec 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor In this year of political firsts, Malcolm Smith has secured his chance to become the first-ever African American politician to preside over the New York State Senate (he’s also the first Democrat in four decades). But for this Smith had to earn the support of two Latino senators from […]
Posted on: 04 Dec 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) announced Tuesday he will not be seeking reelection to a second term in 2010. Coming after dismal results for his party among Hispanic voters both in Florida and nationwide, his decision bolsters the sense of a growing gulf between Latinos and the Republican Party. Martinez “was […]
Posted on: 03 Dec 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor In his previous posting, as a priest in Oklahoma, Bishop Anthony B. Taylor was a fervent opponent of state laws state used to launched a crackdown on illegal immigration. Now, a few months after being named the head of the diocese of Little Rock, Ark., Taylor is again taking the lead […]
Posted on: 01 Dec 2008
It’s fitting that Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar grew up in Calexico, the California town whose name is a combination of California and Mexico. As a leader of President-elect Barack Obama’s task force on immigration, Cuéllar can certainly use some transcultural sensitivity. Cuéllar, a law professor at Stanford University, has been named one of the co-heads of the Obama transition’s Immigration Policy Working […]
Posted on: 27 Nov 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor (Image: IBN) WHAT: From India’s IBN news network: Terrorists equipped with heavy machine guns, including AK-47s and grenades, strike at the city’s most high-profile targets: the Chhattrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) rail terminus; the landmark Taj Hotel at the Gateway, and the luxury Oberoi Trident at Nariman Point. Attacks started […]
Posted on: 27 Nov 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor Three weeks ago, as a senior vice president of the National Council of La Raza, Cecilia Muñoz was part of the Hispanic lobby pressing the incoming Obama administration for significant Latino representation in the new cabinet. A few days after the presidential election, in a story by Politico, Muñoz […]
Posted on: 26 Nov 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor This year’s elections showed that the use of immigration as a campaign issue apparently backfired for enforcement-only, hardline candidates. Now the results are starting to have an impact on policy: Virginia, where immigration laws are among the toughest in the nation, seems poised to radically alter its approach towards […]
Posted on: 25 Nov 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor In a little-noticed interview last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) renewed pro-immigrant advocates’ hopes for comprehensive reform of the nation’s immigrations laws under the next administration. Talking to the Gannett News Service, Reid said immigration reform will be passed because President-elect Barack Obama and his former rival […]
