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News Taco To Go: Beer, Budget, Brisenia Flores And More

Mary Mata April 7, 2011

The Republicans in the House are seeking a 1-week extension to come to a budget deal after not coming to agreement with Democrats last night; about 800,000 federal workers would […]

Texas Redistircting Turns Into Latino-lead Courtroom Fight

NewsTaco April 6, 2011

News Taco To Go: Govt Shutdown, Wisconsin, Decapitated Bald Eagle And More

Mary Mata

Anti-immigrant Sentiment: An American Diversity Gauntlet

NewsTaco April 5, 2011

You have to read this opinion piece in the New York Times, and put it in that memory place where you store things that make sense and are useful when […]

Obama’s Political Calculus on Immigration

NewsTaco

Just a week before announcing the launch of his reelection campaign President Barack Obama sent a message to selected Immigration activists in congress: cool it. The purposely quiet campaign launch made […]

Latino Growth in Texas Starts GOP Congressional Infight

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We’ve been saying at News Taco how Texas has become the face of the new America, where Latinos have grown in numbers and influence, where most of the kids in […]

By the Numbers: AZ-Type Law Would Devastate Florida

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Let’s call it the economic imperative; the argument against stringent immigration laws that had success in Arizona and Utah. The argument makes a case in favor of immigrants for a […]