Recently NewsTaco had the chance to speak to José Hernández, whose impressive rags-to-riches story is fodder for his congressional run as a Democrat in California’s 10th congressional district. Fundamental to Hernández’s campaign is education, and the DREAM Act; he explained his stance on both in the video below.
San Diego, California — Migrant farmworker-turned-astronaut José Hernández is running for Congress as a Democrat in the 10th district of California on a very simple platform: “Jobs, jobs, jobs and education,” he told NewsTaco recently at the California Democratic convention here. The agriculture-fueled district is east of Silicon Valley and…
California's Democratic congressional candidate José Hernández took down his website today to protest SOPA — Stop Online Piracy Act — redirecting his site to a petition at the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. He also censored his own logo with a black bar. In a statement he said: The so-called “Stop Online Piracy Act”…
Grassroots group Democracy for America, founded by Howard Dean, selected former astronaut and current California congressional candidate José Hernández as one of its 10 Grassroots All-Stars. Ultimately a top winner will be selected and awarded an endorsement and up to $20,000 in funding.
More than three in 10 Latino families in the United States caring for children under the age of 5 say they support the mass deportations promoted by President Donald Trump, […]