By Victoria Cepeda Positive News for today: The Top 15 New York companies in the 2010 Hispanic Business 500 Ranking produced revenues of $323.12 million and employed 5,032 people in 2009. The revenue figure is down from the previous year, when it stood at $418.69 million, but the number of employees has risen from the […]
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“Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor” By Emma Lazarus
May 2, 2011 
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By Victoria Cepeda The late Jewish-American poet Emma Lazarus wrote “The New Colossal” in 1883. It is a poem, that just as the statue she was honoring, would become synonymous of liberty and a beacon of hope. One hundred and twenty eight years later, The Statue of Liberty remains a symbol of protection for the displaced, the hungry and the poor of all walks […]
Read more Undocumented Paid $11.2 Billion In Taxes in 2010
April 25, 2011 2 Comments
By Efrain Nieves According to a study made by the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, undocumented immigrants paid $11.2 billion in taxes in 2010. Undocumented immigrants, specifically of Latino origin have long been accused of not paying their share of taxes and mistakenly told not to be contributors to the United States. For example, […]
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