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BREAKING: Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Immigration Law

NewsTaco May 26, 2011

The Associated Press is reporting that the US Supreme Court has upheld an Arizona law that penalizes businesses for hiring workers who are in the United States illegally, rejecting arguments […]

Cesar Chavez Home Nominated For National Historic Registry

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Illinois Redistricting Hurts Latino Voters

Mary Mata May 25, 2011

Will Democrats Pass The DREAM Act This Time? Prolly Not

Mary Mata

Do you remember the disappointment you felt when the DREAM Act didn’t pass? I do, it was a heavy kind of disappointment, the kind you know will last for a […]

News Taco To Go: Suicide, Tech, Pawlenty, Chávez & Cops

Mary Mata

Cops Shoot Latino Marine 71 Times, Deny Him Care In Arizona Judge Blocks César Chávez Street Renaming In Texas Attempted Suicides High Among Young Latinas Pawlenty’s Latino Voter Pitch: Immigrants […]

Pawlenty’s Latino Voter Pitch: Immigrants Are Terrorists

Mary Mata May 24, 2011

By now you may have seen the 2002 gubernatorial ad in which then-candidate Tim Pawlenty suggests that immigrants are all really secret terrorists. You may have also noticed that, as […]

Texas Road Signs Delete Mention Of Mexico

NewsTaco

This story hit close to home and caught me a little off guard. I first heard about it through a niece’s FaceBook update: En Laredo Tx Quitaron Del 35 Los […]