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Are unauthorized immigrants overwhelmingly Democrats?

Mary Mata July 24, 2013

By Eileen Patten and Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Research Center As Congress debates immigration reform, some political leaders and analysts have speculated that there will be “an electoral bonanza for […]

Iowa’s Rep. King: For every valedictorian Dreamer, 100 are “hauling marijuana”

Mary Mata July 23, 2013

Asylum From Violence

Mary Mata

Michelle Obama to address Latino group amid immigration debate

Mary Mata

By Stephanie Condon, CBS News As leaders in Washington work behind the scenes on a compromise over comprehensive immigration reform, First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday will deliver the keynote […]

Latinos can be victims and perpetrators of racism

Mary Mata July 22, 2013

By Teresa Puente, Chicanísima George Zimmerman and singer Marc Anthony show us that Hispanics can be both a perpetrator and a victim of racism. Half Hispanic, half white man, George Zimmerman, shot and […]

Mexico´s First Openly Gay Mayor Doesn’t Back Gay Marriage

Mary Mata

By Manuel Rueda, ABC/Univision Benjamin Medrano is the first openly gay mayor in Mexico. But he opposes gay marriage. Medrano, 47, recently won the election in Fresnillo, a conservative and […]

Sequestration hits Hispanic families hard

Mary Mata

By Lyndsey Layton, Washington Post YONKERS, N.Y. — The only ones left in Room 5 at the Whitney Young Head Start Center are the two turtles thrashing around in a small […]