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Children Services looking for a few good foster homes
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
Franklin County also hopes to recruit more prospective foster parents from the growing Somali and Latino communities. “We’re trying to stay ahead of the curve there,” Cobb said.

Ohio leaders dealing with immigration issues visit border
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
He says he’s seeing large amounts of drugs coming in from the Tucson sector of the border, along with an increase in illegal immigrants in his county. He says they hurt the local economy…. “My intent is to go back to Columbus, Ohio and say ‘I’ve been there, I know what it is. And until you see it, you don’t have a clue,’” says Ohio State Rep. Courtney Combs

Employers accused of not paying Latinos
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
Complaints that bosses are cheating immigrants out of pay are undoubtedly increasing, state officials say.  Some companies refuse to pay workers, expecting that they won’t complain to authorities. One Latino advocate said some subcontractors hurt by the housing slump are underbidding jobs, leaving them without enough money to pay workers.

State Hispanic commission to launch Web database
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
A new online database set to launch in November will give Ohio Hispanic groups a new avenue to stay connected.  It’s also giving the group creating the database, the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs, a high-tech opportunity to fulfill its own key mission.

Investors startled by sudden demise of Centro Mexicano
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
A center that was to have been a gathering place and source of help for the Mexican community has filed for bankruptcy even before it opened, leaving those who invested in it feeling burned.  Many blame Centro Mexicano promoter German Trejo-Caballero.

More minority students graduate in Ohio’s big cities, analysis finds
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA
Columbus — Black and Latino students in Ohio’s big-city high schools have a better graduation rate than minority students elsewhere in the state, a new analysis shows.

MUNICIPAL COURT Illness, ethnicity issues in election
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
Joseph Mas says his 28-year law career and Latino background make him more qualified for a seat on the Franklin County Municipal Court than Judge Amy Salerno, a former state representative who has been on the bench for 2½ years.

He is fluent in Spanish and said Ohio courts need more certified court interpreters and bilingual lawyers to protect the rights of foreign-speaking defendants.  “The vulgar fact is there is only one Hispanic judge in the state of Ohio, and yet, Columbus has become an immigration destination city,” he said.  He noted that, as a judge, he would not be interpreting for defendants, but he said, “I would bring a sensitivity to that community.”

GOP losing battle to win Latino loyalty
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
“The fact of the matter is that Latino values — God, family and country — line up best with the Republican Party. But we’ve gotten a lot of black eyes from this administration and Congress, and the immigration issue has really hurt us.”  Ohio Latinos are largely concentrated in northern and central Ohio, with second-generation Puerto Ricans dominating in the Cleveland region and Mexican-Americans in the Toledo and Columbus areas. Historically, they have tended to vote Democratic.