How 1,600 Bills Forced Latinos To Care About Immigration

How 1,600 Bills Forced Latinos To Care About Immigration

NewsTaco September 22, 2011

There’s been a subliminal debate – if such a thing can exist – concerning Latinos and immigration that’s been going on since since California had it’s proposition 187 conniption. The […]

Wanted: Billionaire To Swap Places With Me

NewsTaco September 21, 2011

I’m not a millionaire (this will come as a surprise to no one), so I’m not about to raise a  fist clenched on a pitchfork to demand that the über wealthy of our country pay […]

Obama Says His Jobs Plan Will Help Latinos

NewsTaco September 20, 2011

It was bound to happen. Given the political grudge match in Washington; given the lackluster state of the economy; given all the talk of the Latino vote potential; and given […]

Obama Polls Are More About Spin Than About Latinos

NewsTaco September 19, 2011

Interesting question posed by the Washington Post: With Hispanic support for Obama waning, could Latino vote be up for grabs in 2012? I don’t know if the question was meant […]

Texas Redistricting Case Is In The Hands of 3 Federal Judges

NewsTaco September 16, 2011

All of the arguments in the federal law suit against the State of Texas’ redistricting scheme have been made. The Plaintiffs – The Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC); LULAC; MALDEF – have […]

Santorum Slip Reveals GOP Bias

NewsTaco September 15, 2011

A big stink was raised recently about a comment made by Senator Rick Santorum during the Tea Party  presidential debate broadcast on CNN. The senator was on the offensive, joining […]

6 Truths About The Immigration Debate

NewsTaco September 14, 2011

Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis was in San Antonio recently and as a part of her visit she held a town hall-type conversation sponsored by the Mexican American Legal Defense […]

Political Icon Joe Bernal Testifies In Redistricting Trial

NewsTaco September 13, 2011

The legal battle that’s unfolding in a Federal courtroom in San Antonio, Texas, could well have repercussions across the country. News Taco has reported on the trial and how Texas’ Mexican […]

Susana Martinez Blasts Rick Perry: What Is She After?

NewsTaco September 12, 2011

By the latest accounts Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has surged ahead of the GOP presidential crowd. The most recent CNN/Opinion Research poll puts him at a […]

The September 11 Lessons I’ve Learned

NewsTaco September 9, 2011

I was sitting in the airport in Austin, Texas, yesterday, waiting the last few minutes before my son  had to go through security and board a flight to Los Angeles. “Might as well […]