How We Became Hispanic

*As much as we’ve come to argue among ourselves about how we should identify – Hispanic, Latino, Chicano, by national origin, etc, etc… – the fact is that for government […]

By Gabriela Lemus, NewsTaco Despite widespread social and bipartisan agreement that comprehensive immigration reform would be good for the country and the economy, we are stuck. Despite numerous polls mostly […]

*On the heels of Eric Holder’s resignation announcement came the expected speculation about a successor. Expected, as well, is that a Latino is on the short list of potential nominees. […]

*The fact that the President won’t move on the immigration issue doesn’t mean that the issue isn’t moving. Inaction isn’t an immigrant trait, neither is it an option for immigrant […]

*There are interesting statistics about Latinos and marriage laced throughout this article. But I love the end. I won’t spoil the read for you. But that Rockwellesque notion of the […]

By Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez, NewsTaco Since the election of 2012, Republican political operatives have devoted significant attention towards increasing their party’s appeal towards Latinos. Journalists and other political analysts noted […]

*The debate over President Obama’s delay of executive action on immigration won’t end until the delay ends, one way or another. In the mean time the discussion rages. The latest […]

By Jorge E. Ponce, NewsTaco Hispanic Heritage Month.  It’s been nearly fifty years since the United States has been celebrating this observance annually.  By passage of Public Law 100-402 in […]

*This initiative is seen as a path to citizenship for DREAMers. The ideas is that these young men and women, given a wide set of options, will chose the one […]

*All things considered, given the under-funded deployment of the border operation – guardsmen have had to resort to local food banks for supplies – this is the best reported use […]