DHS is cheerleading for those businesses that have signed up to use the E-Verify system for checking the immigration status of new hires. There are about 170,000 such employers across the country, and here are a few.

(I’ve tried to get local businesses to talk about E-Verify, to no avail. Is your company/agency using the system? [...]

Was it the Drop Dobbs campaign? An offer from Fox? Something else?

Dobbs’ on-air announcement that he’s leaving CNN is here. The CNN commentator has chosen to move in the direction of opinion and advocacy, reports the NY Times.

NYT’s David Leonhardt cautions that the point is not that Dobbs was controversial, but that he was untruthful. [...]

I recently listened to a 92-year-old Jewish refugee describe his escape from Nazi-controlled Austria, his odyssey to America and his decision to enlist in the U.S. Army. Jack Werner, who has lived in Westchester since 1945, is featured in a History Channel series that begins this Sunday, Nov. 15. It’s called “WWII in HD.”

I watched [...]

Big news for Port Chester today. The village now has an official solution to fix its voting rights violation —  and replace an election system  that discriminated against Hispanics.

U.S. District Judge Stephen C. Robinson this morning allowed Port Chester to go ahead with its chosen remedy, a system called cumulative voting. Speaking from the bench [...]

Anti-Latino hate crimes are prompting action around the New York area, including an  awareness campaign starting up in Rockland County. On Saturday, a vigil will mark the one-year anniversary of the stabbing death of Marcelo Lucero on Long Island. Today, one of seven teen-agers accused in the attack pleaded guilty.

Lucero’s family is collecting [...]

The two candidates for Putnam County sheriff spoke to the Journal News editorial board today, and spent time debating which of them would work more closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Neither one believes that the much publicized 287(g) training — provided by ICE to local officers — is the answer. But both made [...]

I just spotted a Twitter from journalist Pilar Marrero on a commercially sold “illegal alien” costume, available at Target and other outlets. This one includes an orange jumpsuit and a space-alien mask, and a green card. I guess the joke is open to interpretation, but given the serious problems in the immigrant detention system, I [...]

CNN is following up on Hispanic Heritage Month with a “Latino in America” series Oct. 21-22, and some advocacy groups are responding with a pointed message: You can’t have it both ways — You can’t expect us to tune in and still allow Lou Dobbs to spread falsehoods about Latino immigrants on prime time.

America’s Voice [...]

Rep. Luis Gutierrez is scheduled to outline his forthcoming immigration-reform bill tomorrow as part of a rally and vigil tomorrow in D.C.  The Illinois Democrat will be joined by New York Dems including Reps. Nydia Velazquez, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair, and Yvette Clarke, according to the National Immigration Forum.

Locally, pro-reform advocates are holding a vigil [...]

The 21-year-old man convicted of a 2007 cross-burning in Cortlandt is in jail again on probation violations. Rebecca Baker and Brian Howard have a story in today’s Journal News. Westchester prosecutors say the FBI and Secret Service considered him a security threat during President Obama’s stay in Manhattan after linking him to online hate speech.

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