Ramirezes form a portrait of U.S. Latinos

When "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" producers looked for faces to illustrate their upcoming weeklong series on Latinos in the United States, they found one portrait in a well-known Waukesha family. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Ralph Ramirez, his mother, Margaret, and his oldest daughter, Alicia, were interviewed for hours this month, with film shot in their homes, in Ramirez's court and in the Fitchburg store where Alicia recently started her new management job after college. The series is called "We the People." Given the news show's time limits, footage will inevitably wind up on the cutting room floor. But producer Maria Alcon said in an e-mail that Monday's segment, set to air at 5:30 p.m. on WTMJ-TV (Channel 4), will use the Ramirez family to demonstrate the Hispanic population's growth and roots established by generations finding opportunity in places you wouldn't necessarily expect, like Wisconsin. READ FULL STORY
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