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Latinos, Be Careful What You Wish For
By Arnold Torres, New America Media/Hispanic Link News Service There is growing doubt today whether our political system is able to deal with the realities that confront us and significantly […]
DREAMers to seek Republican Cooperation
By Raisa Camargo,Voxxi Dreamers are hoping to start the ball rolling on the DREAM Act and signaled Thursday morning that they are going to reach out to key Republican players including Florida Sen. […]
Latinos Buy Obama’s Campaign Pandering
By Cindy Casares, The Texas Observer Despite having the highest deportation record of any American president in recorded history, Barack Obama has managed to achieve a 70 percent approval rating […]
Daniel D. Portado Explains Self Deportation
Conservative Republican Hispanic activist Daniel D. Portado, the original self-deportationist, explains the origin of the self-deportation movement in his own words. Portado’s rallying cry is now backed by GOP wannabe […]
Daniel D. Portado: The Original Self-Deportationist
Although Mitt Romney has lately been in the news for promoting self-deportation, there is someone who beat him to the concept back in the 1990s — Daniel D. Portado. (It was […]
Anti-DREAM Act Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson To Retire
Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson–D is set to retire, according to Politico. Remember Nelson as one of 5 Senate Democrats who were instrumental in voting down the DREAM Act this time last […]
Texas Dems Enlist Young People To Get Out Vote In 2012
By Anthony Gutierrez and Rebecca Acuña, the Texas Democratic Party Our community is under attack by right-wing extremists. We’re willing to bet, albeit not $10,000, that you’ve had enough of […]
Texas Anti-Immigrant Bill Is Filled With Inconsistencies
The big news has been the vote in the Texas state senate to approve a bill, SB 9, called the sanctuary cities bill, which allows local police officers to question […]
Texas Senate Passes Sanctuary Cities Bill
By Melissa Del Bosque After 9 hours of testimony Tuesday by Senate Democrats against SB 9, the controversial immigration bill passed anyway along a party-line vote. It’s pretty certain SB 9 will […]
Will Democrats Pass The DREAM Act This Time? Prolly Not
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 […]