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WNCI/Columbus Apologizes for Airing Mexican Parody
Clear Channel’s WNCI-FM/Columbus, OH, has apologized for airing a parody song considered offensive by some Hispanic listeners….The song…is about a group of 14 Mexicans misunderstanding orders at a fast-food restaurant, working as landscapers, traveling in “packs” and evading immigration authorities reports the Columbus Dispatch.

Mexican Market Burglarized In Dayton
WHIOtv.com - Dayton,OH,USA
DAYTON, Ohio — Dayton police are investigating after the manager of La Michoacana called 911 to report a burglary.

Politicians woo central Ohio’s immigrant votes for next election
WDTN - Dayton,OH,USA
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Politicians are wooing votes from central Ohio’s large Somali and Latino immigrant communities

Human trafficking often below radar in Columbus
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
For instance, researchers considered cases in both cities of Asian or Latino women working and living in brothels posing as massage parlors or spas but …

Ohio continues to fall short in number of minority teachers
Cincinnati Post - OH,USA
Ohio’s highest concentration of black and Hispanic teachers are in urban districts, but the numbers are not close to matching student enrollments. …

Southwest Ohio sheriff’s immigration remarks anger Hispanic group
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
The Butler County sheriff is under fire again for remarks on illegal immigrants, this time for blaming them for importing marijuana and cocaine for Mexican dealers when they enter the U.S

Ohio after bilingual workers
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
The language preference is being posted as vacancies come up, she said. The state also is looking to identify positions in areas “where we know we have a large population of multilingual people or for positions like a dispatcher” where it might be critical to speak foreign languages.