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Obama Calls for Special White House Meeting on Immigration
I’m not sure if the proper attitude is to say “It’s about time,” or “better late than never.” President Barack Obama has organized a meeting at the White House to discuss immigration […]
Top 10 List Of Upcoming Latino Politicos
MSNBC had a really neat list — who doesn’t love lists? — of 10 upcoming Latino/a politicos. Some of them you know, because we’ve highlighted them here on News Taco, […]
NewsTaco Rundown – February 5, 2019
Latino group sues Texas over flagging potential noncitizens on voter rolls – NBCNews The nation’s oldest Latino civil rights group, the League of United Latin American Citizens, filed a lawsuit […]
Supreme Court Tie Deals Blow to Obama’s Immigration Order
*This was not good news for President Obama or for the 4 million undocumented people who will be affected by the ruling. This doesn’t mean that DAPA or an extension […]
Latinos and the lost message of Martin O’Malley
*We love the horse-race, or else we wouldn’t be watching the polls and reading political reports. Martin O’Malley is far from making a dent in the Democratic field, but it […]
Cubans Flood Texas Ports After Thaw in Relations
*Many international relations observers saw this coming. Cubans fear that with the thawing of relations with the U.S. the special status they receive under the Cuban Adjustment Act will end. […]
Hispanics Won’t Turn Texas Blue
*Interesting GOP perspective on Texas Latinos and Latino politics. Thorburn’s numbers make sense, what doesn’t is his shortsightedness. Latinos in Texas will continue to grow in numbers, education, wealth and […]
We’ve seen the Latino leader. The Latino leader is us.
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco “Is it important for the U.S. Latino community to have a national leader advancing the concerns of Latinos?” Three out of four people who were asked […]
California’s ‘Night Stalker’ Richard Ramirez is dead
By Tony Castro, Voxxi They called him the “Night Stalker,” and in the mid-1980s he terrorized Southern California as the demonic serial killer leaving satanic signs at murder scenes and […]
Invisible Racism – It’s Not the Racism of Your Parent’s Day
By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco I’ve been watching the discussions over immigration reform and the civil rights movement for a number of years. I began reading about racism while I […]