Thomas Perez continues to be denied Senate confirmation as President Obama’s labor secretary. Republicans paint Perez, the lone Hispanic nominee to the cabinet, as a partisan who pursued a racial agenda as the former head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
Hidden behind the high-profile confirmation fight over Perez is an intense story of 21st century racial politics. This latest version of America’s civil rights struggle is centered in the Justice Department and the federal courts where the voting rights laws are enforced for the rising number of minority voters, especially Latinos.
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By Fox News Latino President Obama's rumored choice for labor secretary could face difficulty in the confirmation process now that a new inspector general's report says Thomas Perez gave incomplete information to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The inspector general's report, released Tuesday, said as a Justice Department official…
By Latinovations During his confirmation hearing today, Secretary of Labor nominee Thomas E. Perez is expected to face tough questions from Republican critics about his tenure as head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Perez’s actions are being questioned following what critics saw as a reputation for being an “aggressive regulator,”…
By Fox News Latino Tom Perez’s political future has been in limbo for months. Though none other than the leader of the free world wants him on his team, the former high-ranking Justice Department administrator still has no idea if he’ll become the next Labor Department secretary. President Obama went…
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, […]
