Daily Headlines: June 20, 2007

* Less than two weeks after the Senate didn’t agree to a compromise bill on immigration, House Republicans introduced their own tough anti-immigrant proposal that includes making English the official language of the U.S. and barring illegal immigrants from legalizing their status.

* Popular video sharing website YouTube launched its Spanish-language portal which can be accessed here.

* Conservative legislators in Colombia helped defeat a landmark bill that would have granted full rights to health insurance and social security for gay couples.

* Mexico’s Supreme Court rejected a legal challenge by the governor of Oaxaca to impede an investigation against his government.

Sources (English)- Yahoo! News, YouTube Español, The Latin Americanist, amNY

Sources (Spanish)- El Tiempo, Clarin, El Universal

Image- ABC News (According to the photo’s caption: “People visit friends and family through the international border fence on Father's Day in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, June 17, 2007”)