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Election Day: Will Cultural Pride Get Latinos To Vote?
*So much about today’s election has been framed as a referendum on Barack Obama. In many tight races Latino voters have become a focus of attention, and Latino vote advocates […]
Majority of California Voters Support Health Care for the Undocumented
*More and more voters are understanding that healthcare for the undocumented is a public health issue, not a political one. VL By Anna Challet and Viji Sundaram, New America Media A […]
Five Children Murdered After They Were Deported Back To Honduras
*This story hasn’t gone away just because the media’s attention has changed. VL By Estehr Yu-Hsi-Lee, Think Progress Between five and ten migrant children have been killed since February after […]
The Nuevo South: A Changing Landscape
*The number of Latinos in the South is growing. Eduardo Diaz took a tour through places like Birmingham, Charlotte and Atlanta and he tells us that not only are there […]
Secure Border? A Wall Doesn’t Make It So
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco It appears that one of the principle reasons that politicians in Washington, D.C. cannot develop comprehensive immigration reform is that there is simply unwillingness on […]
Democrats Missing Opportunities in Top Tier Latino Influence House Districts
*There are few places where Latino voters have a critical enough mass to influence the coming mid-terms, and in those few places the pro-immigration reform Democratic Party has dropped the […]
Why Eric Cantor really lost and what it means for GOP outreach to Latinos
*What you’ve been reading about the Eric Cantor loss is predictable, unthinking. The loss has little to do with immigration and the Tea Party is not growing stronger. VL […]
ACA Leaves Undocumented Immigrants Out in the Cold: Community Health Clinics to the Rescue
By Patricia Guadalupe, NewsTaco Marta Jiménez counts herself as one of the lucky ones. Marta, who asked not to use her real name because she is undocumented, first came to […]
Border Security is a Global Industry Worth $544 Billion
*This puts the political insistence on border security in perspective. The border security industry is growing at a 5 percent rate, the U.S. Border Patrol is helping other countries set […]
GOP Split Over Legalization Proposal for Enlisted Immigrants
*This could be a growing rift within the GOP. Segments of the Republican leadership are far apart on immigration. While Jeb Bush calls undocumented immigration an”act of love,” others are […]