Texas Faces Lawsuit Over Provision of Border Security Law
*The State of Texas says it’s a state crime to harbor undocumented immigrants. MALDEF says that’s a federal responsibility so the Texas law violates the constitution’s Supremacy Clause. So MALDEF has […]
Despite political storm, Gov. Suana Martinez has 56% approval in New Mexico
*This is according to a Latino Decisions poll published last week. We’re paying attention to New Mexico politics because the state is once again considered a swing state in presidential […]
Iowa Latinos emerging as small, but potentially significant political force
*I’ve been intrigued by the Latinos-in-Iowa story. They’re 5 percent of the population, yet the presidential campaigns and Latino organizations are spending a lot of time and energy registering, motivating […]
A Wake-Up Call to Latino Voters on the Importance of Courts
*The rallying call fact in Dolores Huerta’s piece is that during the next president’s first year in office four Supreme Court justices will be 80 years-old, and the average retirement […]