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Iraqi Immigrants Struggle Despite Status in US Although the US has made it easier for Iraqi refugees to enter the country, many have not been able to find jobs and continue to struggle financially.

Arab-American Grocery Claims Discrimination Against Store A grocery store owner is accusing the village in which his store is located for discrimination against an Arab-American business. The Arab owner contests the health code citations on his store, claiming he and his family have been unfairly singled out for inspections.

Obama Announces Slight Reforms to Detention System The changes to the system include creating a new office that overlooks the detention system and sending detained families to a detention facility in Pennsylvania instead of Texas. “This isn’t about whether or not we are going to detain people.

Immigration Raids Violate Constitutional Guarantees A new report released by the Benjamin Cardozo Law School’s Immigration Justice Clinic found that ICE agents routinely violate constitutional guarantees by illegally entering homes

Texas Schools Lag in Diversity Goals A staff report approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board revealed that Latino enrollment in Texas colleges and universities needs to double in the next six years for the state to meet its educational goals. By 2015, Texas hopes Latinos students reach an enrollment of 5.7 percent in its colleges and universities.

U.S. Census Calls on Arab Americans The U.S. Census Bureau is seeking help from more than 100,000 Arab organizations, businesses, educational and religious institutions for the upcoming 2010 census.

The Bureau has been criticized by some Arab Americans because it does not include Arab as a racial or ethnic category.

Study Suggests Genetic Explanation for Racial Disparity in Cancer Deaths A new national study suggests that biological racial differences may explain why Black women are more likely to die of breast cancer than white women. The study has sparked debate among researchers about the role of genetics versus social or institutional factors in explaining such disparities.

Hospital Defends Secretly Deporting Immigrant The legal guardian of Luis Alberto Ramirez, an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant who was hospitalized with severe brain injuries, is suing the Martin Memorial Medical Center for deporting him without notifying relatives in the US or Guatemala.