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Texas Republicans Pass Racial Profiling Law

Mary Mata May 10, 2011

Texas Republicans pushed through a measure today that would prohibit cities from prohibiting racial profiling by preventing law enforcement officials from asking those they arrest their legal status. In other […]

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Republicans Fibbing About Violence Along The Border

Mary Mata

Texas Group: States Should Assume there Are More US Latinos Than Census Counted

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Exactly how many Latinos are there in the US? Let’s make it easier, how many are there in Texas? It’s not that easy, at least not according to The Mexican American […]

News Taco To Go: Voting, Immigration Reform & Arizona’s SB 1070

Mary Mata

Latino Voting Power In Nebraska Diminished President Obama In Texas Today To Promote Immigration Reform Arizona Appeals To The Supreme Court To Keep Anti-Latino Law

Latino Voting Power In Nebraska Diminished

Mary Mata May 9, 2011

Last week in our national Latino redistricting roundup, we reported that in Nebraska Latino voter power was set to be diminished under a recently adopted redistricting plan. This week the […]

The Race For The Hispanic Vote

Mary Mata

by Melissa del Bosque For at least a decade, Texas Democrats have waited for the state’s emerging Latino majority to boost them back to power. Hispanics are now 38 percent […]