August 2, 1999
Despite the threat of a veto, GOP congressmen will proceed with the planned $792 million tax cuts.
All 50 states in the U.S. have moved the required number of people from welfare to work, says the White House.
Temperatures drop across the Midwest, but the death toll rose to 185 during the weekend.
San Francisco Bay Area schools develop strategies to help immigrant students improve test scores.
In Texas, 29,000 college and university students will receive state scholarships, offered in part to help people of color attend college.
Southern California lawyers will sue the Anaheim School District for trying to deny undocumented children an education.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service in Miami, Florida has announced the imminent arrest of several immigrant smugglers.
Human rights and environmental non-governmental organizations form an alliance to help the population along the U.S./Mexico border.
Indigenous Zapoteca groups in Mexico have launched a campaign demanding the freedom of political prisoners in Oaxaca and Mexico state.
Mexican religious groups oppose new school text books which deal with sex.
August 3, 1999
First Lady Hillary Clinton criticizes GOP tax cuts and urges Congress to support a White House plan to boost education programs for 15 million Latino children.
The U.S. Government declares agricultural state of emergency in six states because of record temperatures and drought.
A U.S. Navy investigation concludes that pilot error caused the death of a civilian security guard during military exercises on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.
President Clinton will participate in national Welfare to Work Conference in Chicago, to examine progress of the program.
California Supreme Court rules that a judge can ban racist and bigoted speech in the workplace.
In New York, 40,000 summer school students must pass state exams in the next two days to be promoted.
Los Angeles activists and lawyers warn of the possibility of future proposals similar to Proposition 187.
In Houston, Attorney General, Janet Reno, makes a call for better relations between police officers and community.
A second immigration agent is arrested on charges of corruption and drug trafficking this week.
The Mexican government will impose tariffs on meat imported from the U.S.
August 4, 1999
Twenty-three migrants have died in the sweltering dessert trying to cross from Mexico to the U.S. this summer. Immigration activists warn of more deaths as the summer heat gear up.
In Chicago, President Clinton offers $55 million to help poor people pay for air conditioning; 256 people have died in the U.S. during this heat wave.
A federal investigation looks into the deaths of two Mexican farmworkers in Delaware and Pennsylvania forced to work 10 hour days under 95 degree heat.
The Environmental Protection Agency bans two of the most commonly used pesticides in the U.S.
Cuban-Americans have diverse reactions to U.S. decision allowing direct flights to Cuba from Los Angeles and New York.
Violence among youth has declined despite recent high profile school shootings; but report shows prevention programs are not adequately reaching Latino youth.
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas, detain two trucks transporting 69 undocumented immigrants in dangerous conditions and 100 plus degree heat.
Community leaders, legislators, students and others participate in Houston's "Human Race" a run/walk event through the city's diverse communities to promote racial and ethnic understanding.
On the 56th anniversary of the Bracero program, a group of former Bracero workers in Mexico City demand money owed to them by the Mexican government.
August 5, 1999
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announces the USDA will provide $20 million in aid for low income migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
U.S. House of Representatives ease proposed cuts in legal aid for the poor, approving $250 million for next year.
U.S. House of Representatives present judicial order to obtain information on immigrant delinquents from the Department of Justice.
Community organizations in New York criticize Mexican Consulate for negligence in the case of two field workers who died of heat stroke.
In Queens, New York, a local legislator, and religious and community leaders protest against an anti-immigrant billboard campaign.
Activists in Los Angeles file suit against the city and the housing department for not investing $25 million in available funds to help people with AIDS find affordable housing.
In California, a spokeswoman for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund says she is optimistic attempts to revive Proposition 187 will fail.
In Arizona, undocumented migrants are crossing the U.S./ Mexico border in large groups, a new strategy to avoid capture by the U.S. Border Patrol.
Mexico's Board of External Affairs denies passports to three indigenous orphans, survivors of the 1997 massacre in Acteal, Chiapas.
A Miami, Florida firm sets up a registry for Cuban exiles and U.S. citizens who's property was confiscated by Cuban government.
August 10, 1999
Clinton Administration consults with other Latin American countries as to how to help end the internal conflict in Columbia.
Commerce department rejects claims by small U.S. oil producers that foreign producers, including Mexico, are violating the law.
Thirteen Mexican field workers die in a car accident as they were being transported from work in southwest Fresno County.
Los Angeles Unified School District will receive $22 million in federal funds to prepare students for college.
The city of Houston, Texas launches program to avoid racial profiling by its police officers.
Mexican workers in a New York City grocery store, forced to work 14 hours a day at $2 an hour, organize a boycott against their employer.
While in Chicago, Illinois Gov. George Ryan promotes "Kids Care", the state's health insurance program for children of the working poor.
In California, the U.S. National Guard begins the construction of a roadway along the U.S./Mexico border.
Immigration advocates in South Florida urge Honduran immigrants to apply for Temporary Protection Status.
Former leader of the 1968 Mexican student movement, Roberta "Tita" Abendano, dies.
August 11, 1999
U.S. Sub Secretary of State denies the White House has plans to provide military aid to Colombia.
President Clinton condemns shooting at Los Angeles Jewish Day Care Center.
California Assemblyman, Dean Florez, will propose legislation to require safety belts in vehicles transporting farmworkers, in the wake of a related accident that killed 13 people.
Nearly, 20 Latino organizations in New York plan a strategy to boycott the nation's four major TV networks.
The U.S. Coastguard will not punish the eight agents involved in intercepting a group of Cuban migrants or "balseros" off the coast of Miami last June.
Close to 80,000 home health care providers in Los Angeles sign union contract.
Gas prices in Northern California are at a record high, rising 50 cents per gallon this year.
Houston School District will receive $15 million in federal funds for college prep programs.
Latino leaders along the U.S./Mexico border in California plan ways to make Latinos counted in the Census 2000.
Mexican authorities will investigate the where-abouts of a savings account belonging to former Bracero workers.
August 12, 1999
President Clinton offers clemency to 16 members of a Puerto Rican Independence group if they renounce violence.
California Gov. Gray Davis uses polls to persuade law makers to shelve some of the 70 HMO and health reform bills coming his way.
U.S. Immigration Services granted legal permanent status to 660,000 foreigners, the lowest number in a decade.
Latinos and African Americans are nearly half as likely to transfer from community college to the university, study shows.
More than 100 Mixteca farmworkers protest against their employers for unfair labor practices, including not paying them, in San Quintin, Mexico.
August 13, 1999
President Clinton increases the number of refugees to 90,000 up form 78,000 in 1998; the number of Latin American refugees remains at 3,000.
U.S. Customs takes action in response to allegations of racial profiling while searching passengers in airports. In 1999, so far, Customs has searched nearly 7,000 Latinos.
Latino leaders and activists in Los Angeles form a coalition to promote the improvement of Latino representation on television and film.
Arizona business owner files complaint against U.S. Border Patrol for excessive searches for undocumented workers in his place of business.
The city of Chicago recovers from a city-wide blackout; $100 million in losses estimated.
Houston will host the League of United Latin American Citizen's 2002 National Convention.
Teen age girls who have older sexual partners are more likely to get pregnant, study shows.
Six leading Mexican civic organizations make a call for the creation of an agenda for social change.
August 16, 1999
The U.S. prison population reaches a record 1.3 million.
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, MALDEF, requests a federal investigation into Houston's bilingual education program, claming it discriminates against students of color.
Health care reform is one of the key issues California state legislators and Gov. Davis will take up as they return from their summer break.
The Frente Indigena Oxaqueño Binacional celebrates its first Guelaquetza festival in Fresno, California.
Environmentalists groups claim U.S. Border Patrol efforts to curtail undocumented immigration is harming a crucial habitat and wildlife corridor, and threaten to sue the INS.
The Mexican government initiates the militarization of the southern state of Chiapas with 10,000 soldiers.
Mexican anti-drug official survives an attempt on his life in Mexico city.
California Immigration advocates send letters to state lawmakers, opposing the use of the National Guard to aid the U.S. Border Patrol.
August 17, 1999
President Clinton and the First Lady launch a media campaign urging parents to speak to their children about violence.
Stanford University's drug tests on 61 youths in a Stockton, California correctional center may have violated the law.
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer announces the creation of a state Civil Rights Commission on Hate Crimes.
Ron Unz, author of Proposition 227 which ended many bilingual education programs in California, initiates an anti-bilingual education campaign in New York.
A new Illinois state law will require public schools to adopt stricter standards in the use of pesticides on campus.
For the first time, the state government of Baja California and the city of Tijuana, Mexico will fund projects to help homeless migrants.
August 18, 1999
President Clinton is willing to dialogue with Democratic U.S. Senators who are urging the president to lift the food and medicine embargo against Cuba, says White House.
Immigrant rights groups plan a march in New York City, protesting alleged abuse by agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
New York state legislature approves the distribution of plastic automated cards instead of Food Stamps, amid controversy that the new cards are hard to use.
A California Senate committee approves a bill that would impose harsh penalties for hate crime perpetrators.
California's labor relations board declares The Coastal Berry Worker's Union the winner, over the United Farm Workers, in Watsonville's strawberry union election.
Environmentalist group Greenpeace warns that the construction of a salt pit in Baja California, Mexico will cause the destruction of wildlife habitats and native plant species.
Various U.S. Congressmen write a letter to Secretary of State, Madeline Albright, expressing concern over the state of human rights in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas.
August 19, 1999
Overall teen drug use is down from 1997, but use among Latino youth is up from four percent in 1997 to 6 percent in 1998, study shows.
President Clinton holds meeting on the impact children of Baby Boomers will have on the educational system.
California's Latino population lags behind other ethnic groups in wages and education.
California Central Valley lawmakers push legislature to reverse laws that exempt farmworker transportation vehicles from seat belt requirements.
California's Gov. Davis may loose the support of Latino voters due to his stance on certain issues such as affirmative action.
Los Angeles drug and alcohol prevention center receives $1 million grant for the next three years.
Mexican and U.S. dignitaries launch program to prevent U.S. Citizens from carrying guns into
Mexico.
Amnesty International asks the Texas state legislature to be more flexible in death penalty cases. Since 1977, Texas has executed 173 people.
Mexican opposition leaders critique the government's military activities in Chiapas, a Southern state facing an armed rebellion.
August 20, 1999
Democratic presidential hopefuls, Al Gore and Bill Bradley, court labor votes at AFL-CIO convention in Iowa.
Public school enrollment in the U.S. is at a record high due to immigration and children of baby boomers.
California Gov. Gray Davis endorses bill to require seat belts in farm labor vehicles.
California assembly approves bill banning the manufacture and ownership of cheap hand guns.
Southern California Latino organizations object to Anaheim school district's decision to charge Mexico and other countries for education of undocumented children.
New York legislators order an investigation into the grocery store chain accused of exploiting Mexican immigrant workers.
Illinois Gov. George Ryan signs "Patient' Bill of Rights," to take effect January 1st.
In Texas, work related deaths went up 14 percent, many due to transportation accidents.
During a trip to Jalisco, Mexico, Washington Gov. Gary Locke says the state will allocate $40 million to subsidize housing for Mexican migrant workers.
Human rights activists from the U.S. and Mexico claim the U.S. Border Patrol is recruiting and hiring unqualified agents, including criminals.
August 23, 1999
Hurricane Bret was downgraded early Monday, but continued produce heavy rain in southern Texas. Reports indicate heavily populated areas were spared major damage.
White House National Drug Control Policy Director, Barry McCaffrey, visits Latin America this week to meet with his colleagues.
In Mexico, the Zapatista army issued a communiqué stating that the government is planning a military attack in Chiapas, a Southern state facing an armed rebellion. Mexico denies the allegation.
Despite some progress in welfare reform, the incomes of the poorest 20 percent of female-headed households fell, a study shows. In addition, many families eligible for food stamps are not getting them after they leave welfare.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service is not legally entitled to check the immigration status of students, said an INS spokeswoman, in response to a resolution approved by the Anaheim school board to bill foreign countries for the cost of educating undocumented immigrants.
In Chicago, The Mexican American Legal and Educational Fund, MALDEF, distributed manuals to immigrant parents on their rights within the educational system.
The Dallas INS office reduces its staff, producing longer lines and slower service for immigrants seeking assistance.
August 24, 1999
Thousands of poor children have lead poisoning but have not been tested in accordance to federal law, reports the GAO.
While on vacation at Martha's Vineyard, President Clinton urges congress to approve the Patient's Bill of Rights.
New York Police Commissioner and officer organizations oppose President Clinton's offer of clemency for 16 Puerto Rican independence fighters.
New York City mayor and police chief oppose a planned Million Youth March due to violence at a previous event.
Nearly half a million students in Chicago return to school and encounter new safety measures, including metal detectors and see-through back packs.
California Supreme Court declares most of Proposition 5, the Indian gaming initiative, as unconstitutional.
More than 200 people attend a public forum on Welfare Reform in Los Angeles.
A federal judge in Texas nullifies a suit against a state law allowing voters to cast a ballot days previous to federal elections.
Latin America celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Argentinean author Jorge Luis Borges.
August 25, 1999
The White House defends President Clinton's offer of clemency for 11 Puerto Rican independence fighters.
A class action lawsuit accuses New York city and Rikers Island Jail of routinely releasing prisoners with a history of mental illness without providing continued care for them in the community.
Children's advocates sue New York city's Child Welfare Department for its lack of bilingual and culturally sensitive staff.
Arizona Gov. Jane Hull supports a new guest worker program for the service industry in her state.
California Gov. Gray Davis and other legislators work to negotiate new Indian gaming pacts.
The Los Angeles Unified School District considers building new schools in Latino neighborhoods, in response to overcrowding.
Miami residents are warned of impending hurricanes.
A Spanish medical language immersion school opens in La Paz, Mexico to help health care professionals in the U.S. better serve Latino patients.
Mexico's lower house of congress approves a measure to allow the registration of foreign bought cars.
Mexico's National Action Party will allow Mexicans in the U.S. to participate in the party's primary election.
August 26, 1999
The GOP tax cut proposal will slash $41 billion in Medicare and other social services, the White House announced.
Two Zapatista rebels and 7 Mexican soldiers and police officers were wounded during a confrontation between the Zapatista army and the military in Chiapas.
African American New York Congressman, Charles Rangel, leads a boycott against the planned Million Black Youth March in Harlem, claiming it's message is anti-Semitic.
Immigrants held in Los Angeles immigration detention centers allege they have been abused by guards, according to newspaper reports.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson meets with parents in Chicago to urge them to apply for the state funded health insurance program for the working poor, Kids Care.
Federal and local authorities in Miami, Florida bust the largest ever drug smuggling ring found in a U.S. airport.
Texas Gov. George Bush, a presidential hopeful, travels to South and North Carolina to promote NAFTA.
The UN High Commissioner on Human Rights will look into the plight that undocumented migrants face along the U.S./Mexico border,during her upcoming visit to Mexico.
Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit to block U.S. Border Patrol operations along the Rio Grande River in Texas, saying it violates the Endangered Species and Environmental Protections Acts.
The government of San Luis Potosi, Mexico and a local bank introduce new ATM cards that allow Mexican immigrants in the U.S. send money home without excessive costs.
August 27, 1999
More than half of the 4 million people that were not counted in the 1990 Census were children, many from minority and poor families.
An Immigration and Naturalization Service plan to target undocumented workers in Iowa has been halted due to privacy issues.
Forty-nine percent of Latinos in California support Vice President Al Gore for president, while 23 percent back Texas Gov. Geroge W. Bush.
Attorney General, Janet Reno, wants to finds out why FBI denied using incendiary devices in the 1993 Waco, Texas siege.
In Texas, damage caused by Hurricane Bret is estimated at $15 million total, less than expected.
Mexico's Minister of Government orders a suspencion of road construction in the state of Chiapas, amid recent conflicts between military and Zapatista rebels.
August 30, 1999
President Clinton allots $95 million for charter schools.
GOP Senators criticize President Clinton's offer of clemency to Puerto Rican independence fighters.
In Puerto Rico, more than 100,000 people march demanding the freedom of 15 political prisoners without conditions.
The University of Illinois is ordered to cease all federally funded medical tests on humans due to claims they are not following legal procedures.
More than 80 percent of Latino voters in California and Texas support an amnesty program for undocumented immigrants, according to poll.
Miami faces an overcrowding problem as more than 350,000 students fill up the public schools.
One hundred Mexican bishops express opposition to U.S. Border Patrol tactics, in a letter to President Clinton.
In various Mexican states, thousands march in opposition to President Zedillo's plan to privatize the electric industry.
Inadequate access to HIV medication in Mexico is causing undocumented migration of HIV infected people to the United States.
August 31, 1999
Latinos in Washington D.C. protest city's decision to cancel a contract with a mental health care facility serving that community.
The number of AIDS related deaths declined nationaly. While in San Francisco the rate of HIV infection climbs in communities of color, report shows.
New York judge allows Million Youth March to go forward this weekend over city's objections.
Reversing itself, a federal appeals court in New York rules that journalists' notes and other unpublished or unbroadcast materials can be protected from federal subpoenas.
A Texas judge will order the city of Houston to hold new affirmative action referendum.
The Association of Hispanic Ad Agencies launches wide-reaching voter registration campaign.
Mexico and California sign an agreement of cooperation to find abducted children on both sides of the border.
Eight Mexican political opposition parties agree to create civic organization to determine the selection process of a coaltion presidential candidate.
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