Allen County’s sheriff plans to crack down on crime by keeping an eye on illegal aliens. The sheriff wants to train officers to also do immigration enforcement. He believes it will reduce crime, but immigrants are concerned it could lead to racial profiling.Sheriff Ken Fries wants some of his officers to wear another badge. He hopes to make 10 to 20 officers immigration agents.
The Latino baby boomers’ movimiento focused on civil rights, and it spread through the Southwest where Latinos were most concentrated, and later, through the small Latino settlements that dotted virtually every state.
HispanicTrending: Youthful wave of Latino activists tackling both past, present issues
I knew then that I could not condense any of what I had into a 400 or 500 word story. How could I? Each person’s response was different and unique – a story itself. These responses were the voices of people, the voices of Latinos/Hispanics who have the right to be heard, as anyone else does. Read their stories.
As part of a new history project, Windy City Times Publisher Tracy Baim interviewed Obejas to discuss the latter’s writing activism and Cuban roots. ( She was born in Havana June 28, 1956. ) Following are excerpts from that interview.
Windy City Times – Achy Obejas Talks About Cuba, Books and Sexuality
A musical piece combining a classical orchestra and a Cuban pop band had its world premiere with the Minnesota Orchestra this November. Ricardo Lorenz, a Venezuelan-born classically trained composer, teamed with Jorge Gomez of the group Tiempo Libre to write a piece they describe as a sound travelogue. “Rumba Sinfonica” will be performed again in Detroit and at the Ravinia Festival.
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