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By Elinor Mills Less than three percent of all businesses in the United States today are owned by Hispanics. That is less than half their representative population. And, the failure rate of minority-owned businesses is also two to four times higher than the rate for other This dismal picture could change with the help of research currently being conducted at the Mexican American Studies and Research Center (MASRC) on the University of Arizona campus. By studying the history of Mexican-American busi-nesses in Tucson, researchers hope to better understand and improve the situation for present Hispanic-owned By Dale Bode With the first stage of the amnesty program over, employees at the Immi-gration and Naturalization Service are finding out that a staggering number of applicants may be using fraudulent rec-ords. To be eligible for amnesty, Special Agricultural Workers had to prove they were working in the United States for 90 days from May i , 1985 through May i, 1986, said Olivia Durazo, Chief Legali-zation Officer. To provide this proof, applicants bring their worker records to INS. Unfortunately, many applicants have brought in phony records purchased in Mexico, Durazo claims. According to Durazo, over 10,500 people have applied for amnesty since the program started. '1 Tucson residents enjoy a quiet afternoon while getting a haircut at Romero's Barber Shop in 1924. R UA study to benefit Lalitio businesses businesses. Dr. David L. Torres, assistant professor in the Department of Management and Policy and the Center's resident scholar and research coordinator, is one of the few people in the country doing research about Hispanic business owners and entrepreneurs. He is also studying self-employed individuals of Mexican ancestry ni Tucson to find common character-istics of success. "We ultimately hope to gain ... an understanding of where Mexican Americans particularly, but Hispanics in general, are making the most headway in American society with regard to self-employment," Torres said. Torres is also looking at the change in cultural ideologies of Mexican American groups from the late photo courtesy otArizoni HItorkaI Sockty Los residentes de Tucsongozan de una tarde quieta cuando les cortaban el pelo en la Barbería Romero en 1924. Amnesty officials report rise in phony records E1SIN declara uso masivo de documentos falsos The startling part is that she estimates that only 300 of them are pmbably legitimate. To detect this fraud, questions are asked about the location of the farm applicants worked at, the crop they picked and the time period they were there, said Dolores Duarte, an adjudica-tor at the Tucson office. At the completion of the interview, even if there is a question about the documents, the applicant is given a red employment card good for one year, Durazo said. If the interviewers at the Legalization office determine the documents are pho-ny, the papers are sent to an investiga-tions unit, she added. If investigations fmds the letters to be fraudulent, the applicant faces up to Please read PAPERS page 16 Por Dale Bode Conclufda la primera etapa del Progra-ma de Amnistia empleados del Servicio de Inmigraci6n y Naturalizaci6n han des-cubierto que un n(imero alarmante de solicitantes quizás ha usado documentos falsos. Para ser elegible para Amnistia, los trabajadores agrícolas especiales tenían que probar que ellos estuvieron trabajan-do en Los Estados Unidos durante 90 días, de Mayo i de 1985 a Mayo de 1986, dijo Olivia Durazo, Oficial en Jefe de Legalización. Para proveer esta prueba, los expe-dientes de los trabajadores fueron traidos por los solicitantes al Servicio de mmi-graci& i y Naturalizacidn, Durazo aî'ìadk. Desafortunadamente, muchos solici-tantes habLan ticio documentos falsos comprados en Mexico, Durazo indico'. Por Elinor Mills Boxing KO's Tucson El boxeo de Tucson es u4EQ11UsL: icite 1800's to the present. The "modes of thinking" were very different in the last century than they are now, Torres said. The influx of American settlers from the East after the Gadsden Purchase in 1854 (when the U.S. pur-chased the southern parts of New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico), for example, imposed a new social structure upon the Hispanics in the area, according to Torres. "The mindset of the older generations was so rigidly instilled in them that when a new society came upon them, they were so attached to the old ideology that they couldn't integrate into the new dynamics that Please read BUSINESS page 10 Estudian fracaso de negocios latinos en bu'squeda de ayuda Menos de un tres por ciento de los negocios en los Estados Unidos es de propiedad hispana. Esto, en otras palabras, significa menos de la mitad de la población radicada en los Estados Unidos. El promedio en fracasos de negocios en el grupo minoritario es de dos a cuatro veces mís alto que en otros negocios; pero ésto pudiera cambiar con la ayuda de investigaciones que se estafi llevando a cabo en el Departamento de Investigaciones y Estudios méxico-americanos de la Universidad de Arizona. Estudiando la historia de los negocios mexico-americanos en Tucson, investigadores tienen la esperanza de comprender y mejorar la situac«n presente de los negocios de propiedad hispana. El Dr. David L. Torres, quien es profesor asistente en el Departamento de Administración de Empresas y coordinador en el Centro de Investigaciones de Residentes Escolasticos, es una de las pocas personas en todo el país que estí haciendo estas investiga-cioes sobre los negocios hispanos. El tambien está investigando a individuos de origen mexicano en Favor de leer NEGOCIO página 10 Para detectar este fraude, se les pre-gunta a los agricultores la ubicacion de la finca en la cual trabajarpn, la cosecha que recogierop, y el enedo en que lo hicieron, segun indico Dolores Duarte, una Adjudicadora en la oficina de Tuc-son Al completar la entrevista, incluso si hay alguna duda acerca de los documen-tos, se le th al solicitante una tarjeta de empleo roja que es vlida por un a'o, Durazo dijo. Si los enpevistadores en la Oficina de Legalizacion determinan que los doc-umentos son falsificados, los papeles son enviados a la 9nidad de Investigaciones, Durazo explico, Si las investigaciones demuestran que las cartas son fraudulentas, i solicitante afronta una multa de $10,000 y hasta dos Favor de leer FORMAS pagina 16
Object Description
Title | El Independiente, 1989-03 |
Description | Published in Tucson, AZ; Earlier title: South Tucson's El Independiente |
Publisher | University of Arizona, Department of Journalism |
Date | 1989-03 |
Type | Newspaper |
Source | Newspaper |
Language | Spanish and English |
Relation | Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press |
Coverage | 1985-1986, 1988-2004 |
Rights | The contents of this collection are available to the public for use in research, teaching, and private study. U.S. Copyright and intellectual property laws may apply to the resources made available through this site. |
Description
Title | El Independiente |
Description | Published in Tucson, AZ; Earlier title: South Tucson's El Independiente |
Publisher | University of Arizona, Department of Journalism |
Type | Newspaper |
Source | Newspaper |
Language | Spanish and English |
Relation | Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press |
Coverage | 1985-1986, 1988-2004 |
Rights | The contents of this collection are available to the public for use in research, teaching, and private study. U.S. Copyright and intellectual property laws may apply to the resources made available through this site. |
Full-text | By Elinor Mills Less than three percent of all businesses in the United States today are owned by Hispanics. That is less than half their representative population. And, the failure rate of minority-owned businesses is also two to four times higher than the rate for other This dismal picture could change with the help of research currently being conducted at the Mexican American Studies and Research Center (MASRC) on the University of Arizona campus. By studying the history of Mexican-American busi-nesses in Tucson, researchers hope to better understand and improve the situation for present Hispanic-owned By Dale Bode With the first stage of the amnesty program over, employees at the Immi-gration and Naturalization Service are finding out that a staggering number of applicants may be using fraudulent rec-ords. To be eligible for amnesty, Special Agricultural Workers had to prove they were working in the United States for 90 days from May i , 1985 through May i, 1986, said Olivia Durazo, Chief Legali-zation Officer. To provide this proof, applicants bring their worker records to INS. Unfortunately, many applicants have brought in phony records purchased in Mexico, Durazo claims. According to Durazo, over 10,500 people have applied for amnesty since the program started. '1 Tucson residents enjoy a quiet afternoon while getting a haircut at Romero's Barber Shop in 1924. R UA study to benefit Lalitio businesses businesses. Dr. David L. Torres, assistant professor in the Department of Management and Policy and the Center's resident scholar and research coordinator, is one of the few people in the country doing research about Hispanic business owners and entrepreneurs. He is also studying self-employed individuals of Mexican ancestry ni Tucson to find common character-istics of success. "We ultimately hope to gain ... an understanding of where Mexican Americans particularly, but Hispanics in general, are making the most headway in American society with regard to self-employment," Torres said. Torres is also looking at the change in cultural ideologies of Mexican American groups from the late photo courtesy otArizoni HItorkaI Sockty Los residentes de Tucsongozan de una tarde quieta cuando les cortaban el pelo en la Barbería Romero en 1924. Amnesty officials report rise in phony records E1SIN declara uso masivo de documentos falsos The startling part is that she estimates that only 300 of them are pmbably legitimate. To detect this fraud, questions are asked about the location of the farm applicants worked at, the crop they picked and the time period they were there, said Dolores Duarte, an adjudica-tor at the Tucson office. At the completion of the interview, even if there is a question about the documents, the applicant is given a red employment card good for one year, Durazo said. If the interviewers at the Legalization office determine the documents are pho-ny, the papers are sent to an investiga-tions unit, she added. If investigations fmds the letters to be fraudulent, the applicant faces up to Please read PAPERS page 16 Por Dale Bode Conclufda la primera etapa del Progra-ma de Amnistia empleados del Servicio de Inmigraci6n y Naturalizaci6n han des-cubierto que un n(imero alarmante de solicitantes quizás ha usado documentos falsos. Para ser elegible para Amnistia, los trabajadores agrícolas especiales tenían que probar que ellos estuvieron trabajan-do en Los Estados Unidos durante 90 días, de Mayo i de 1985 a Mayo de 1986, dijo Olivia Durazo, Oficial en Jefe de Legalización. Para proveer esta prueba, los expe-dientes de los trabajadores fueron traidos por los solicitantes al Servicio de mmi-graci& i y Naturalizacidn, Durazo aî'ìadk. Desafortunadamente, muchos solici-tantes habLan ticio documentos falsos comprados en Mexico, Durazo indico'. Por Elinor Mills Boxing KO's Tucson El boxeo de Tucson es u4EQ11UsL: icite 1800's to the present. The "modes of thinking" were very different in the last century than they are now, Torres said. The influx of American settlers from the East after the Gadsden Purchase in 1854 (when the U.S. pur-chased the southern parts of New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico), for example, imposed a new social structure upon the Hispanics in the area, according to Torres. "The mindset of the older generations was so rigidly instilled in them that when a new society came upon them, they were so attached to the old ideology that they couldn't integrate into the new dynamics that Please read BUSINESS page 10 Estudian fracaso de negocios latinos en bu'squeda de ayuda Menos de un tres por ciento de los negocios en los Estados Unidos es de propiedad hispana. Esto, en otras palabras, significa menos de la mitad de la población radicada en los Estados Unidos. El promedio en fracasos de negocios en el grupo minoritario es de dos a cuatro veces mís alto que en otros negocios; pero ésto pudiera cambiar con la ayuda de investigaciones que se estafi llevando a cabo en el Departamento de Investigaciones y Estudios méxico-americanos de la Universidad de Arizona. Estudiando la historia de los negocios mexico-americanos en Tucson, investigadores tienen la esperanza de comprender y mejorar la situac«n presente de los negocios de propiedad hispana. El Dr. David L. Torres, quien es profesor asistente en el Departamento de Administración de Empresas y coordinador en el Centro de Investigaciones de Residentes Escolasticos, es una de las pocas personas en todo el país que estí haciendo estas investiga-cioes sobre los negocios hispanos. El tambien está investigando a individuos de origen mexicano en Favor de leer NEGOCIO página 10 Para detectar este fraude, se les pre-gunta a los agricultores la ubicacion de la finca en la cual trabajarpn, la cosecha que recogierop, y el enedo en que lo hicieron, segun indico Dolores Duarte, una Adjudicadora en la oficina de Tuc-son Al completar la entrevista, incluso si hay alguna duda acerca de los documen-tos, se le th al solicitante una tarjeta de empleo roja que es vlida por un a'o, Durazo dijo. Si los enpevistadores en la Oficina de Legalizacion determinan que los doc-umentos son falsificados, los papeles son enviados a la 9nidad de Investigaciones, Durazo explico, Si las investigaciones demuestran que las cartas son fraudulentas, i solicitante afronta una multa de $10,000 y hasta dos Favor de leer FORMAS pagina 16 |