Hispanics Make Up Increasing Percentage of Gulfport, Miss.-Area Worker Deaths
3/14/2004. Miami Herald
Fifteen Latino or Hispanic workers have been killed on the job in Mississippi in the past four years. And although it may not sound like many, Spanish-speaking workers are at a greater risk of dying on the job than their white or black co-workers, labor records show....

Mexican-Born Workers More Likely to Die on Job
3/14/2004. The Los Angeles Times
The jobs that lure Mexican workers to the United States are killing them in a worsening epidemic that claims a victim a day, an Associated Press investigation has found. ...

CO Tuition bill amended to give some immigrants state rate
3/12/2004. Denver Post
The state Senate held emotional debate Thursday on a Republican-sponsored bill that would prohibit illegal immigrants from receiving in-state college tuition in Colorado. ...

MD GOP Forces Controversial Issues
3/10/2004. Washington Post
When a bill on commercial driver's licenses came up later, Del. Herbert H. McMillan (R-Anne Arundel) attempted an end run by offering an amendment that would prohibit undocumented immigrants from obtaining driver's licenses. ...

TDOT funds at risk over immigrant issue
3/5/2004. Nashville City Paper
A bill currently being considered in Congress would cut 25 percent of the transportation funds to Tennessee and other states that permit undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses....

Immigrant drivers� license bill resurfaces in Illinois House
3/4/2004. QC Times
Latino legislators have revived efforts to provide illegal immigrants with Illinois driver�s licenses. After falling one vote short in the Senate last fall, the proposal will begin in the House this year. Proponents won an early victory Wednesday, as the House Executive Committee approved the measure on a 10-2 vote....

Immigrants' rights forum scheduled
2/24/2004. The Press-Enterprise
College students and immigrant advocates are organizing a free public forum Saturday in Riverside featuring food, music and political updates."A lot of times, people are not familiar with their rights and the resources available to them," said Estella Acuna of UC Riverside's Chicano Student Programs, one of the conference sponsors. "We're using it hopefully as a springboard" to empower immigrants and their families, she said. ...

Students to Travel to FL for Voter Drive
2/23/2004. Columbia Spectator
This spring break, students will travel to Gainesville, Fla., to register residents to vote as part of what is being billed as the most extensive student voter drive in history. The organization responsible for the trip, Project Democracy, is a national initiative to increase voter participation that appeared on the Columbia campus shortly before winter break in 2003....

11 honored for Latino work
2/22/2004. The Statesman Journal
Mexican native Oscar Morales left his homeland three years ago to find a better life in Oregon...He has also become one of several vocal leaders within the Latino community dedicated to demanding immigrant rights, social justice and standing up for Latinos who are less fortunate....

Virginia Bill Would Cut Illegal Residents From State College Enrollments
2/20/2004. The Winchester Star
Illegal immigrants soon may have a harder time getting an education in Virginia. A bill to restrict them from going to public colleges was approved by the Virginia House of Delegates earlier this month....