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Trump Ditches His Promise to ‘Terminate’ DACA
*It was the right thing to do. VL By Priscilla Alvarez, The Atlantic (3 minute read) Donald Trump will keep the Obama-era program in place that shielded millions of […]
Is Trump positioning for mass deportation?
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2.5 minute read) Now we know how far Trump’s immigration orders will go (or better yet, can go) toward a massive deportation effort, because it’s […]
Trump will sign the border wall order today. Why are we shocked?
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (4 minute read) It’s what he talked about almost every day for 18 months, it’s what got the most applause at his campaign events (along with […]
What Immigrant Communities Can Do to Prepare for Trump
*With Trump’s election immigrant communities have gone from hopeful anticipation to circling the wagons. Many are preparing for the worst. VL By Elena Shore, New America Media (7 minute read) SAN […]
The ‘Dreamers’: They anger the GOP and power Democratic campaigns
*A big part of the energy of recent Latino political activism is coming from the DREAMers. Their initial focus was immigration and little else, but now they’re branching into electoral […]
New York Dreamers Begin Hunger Strike As State Budget Deadline Looms
*The important sentence in this article, after you cut through Gov. Cuomo’s desire for a compromise that won’t happen, is this one, by NY councilwoman Ydanis Rodriguez: “Who’s making the […]
Advocates wonder: Where’s the outreach from Democratic presidential candidates to Latino voters?
MIAMI — There is outrage over Trump administration policies that have torn migrant families apart and left some children locked up. There is pervasive fear of immigration raids. And there […]
Latino leaders sound alarms over mobilizing Latino voters in 2020
Democratic presidential candidates are squandering a critical early opportunity to mobilize Latino voters ahead of 2020, potentially easing Donald Trump’s path to reelection, according to leading Latino political operatives in battleground […]
NewsTaco Rundown – January 30, 2019
I went to the White House to let the president know immigration reform is an economic necessity – The Hill Last week, I went to the White House to talk […]
NewsTaco Rundown – January 28, 2019
In Julián Castro’s presidential bid, Latinos see one of their own, defying stereotypes – NBCNEWS SAN ANTONIO — Musician Juan Tejeda sees something very familiar in Democratic presidential candidate Julián […]