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To beat Ted Cruz, Beto O’Rourke plans to throw out the Democratic playbook
*Why you should read this: Because it’s official, El Paso’s Congressman, Beto O’Rourke announced his candidacy to unseat Senator Ted Cruz in 2018. VL By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune […]
Is the National Guard going to round-up immigrants or not?
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2.5 minute read) The short answer to the question of whether or not the National Guard will be deployed to round up immigrants, is not. […]
Federal Government Is Running Out of Funds to Detain Illegal Immigrants
*Wait, what? It’s a political budget thing, and if ICE doesn’t get the money be early November they’ll have to set “newly captured illegal immigrants, including high-priority arrests at the border” […]
The Changing Face Of US-Bound Migration: Rise In Africans And Asians Moving Through Mexico
*The faces of the undocumented crossing the border with Mexico is changing. There are more immigrants from Asia and Africa traveling to Mexico to make the trek north. VL By Lorne […]
Texas Sheriffs, Jails on Immigration Front Line
*For all the talk about securing the border and being strong on immigration enforcement, it’s not the politicians who bear the brunt of it, it’s local, county law enforcement that’s […]
How immigration enforcement tempts cops into racial profiling
*Undocumented day laborers are arrested, their information forwarded to immigration authorities, and deported for things for which most of us would not be detained – loitering (at day labor gathering […]
“Not Counting Mexicans or Indians”: The Many Tentacles of State Violence Against Black-Brown-Indigenous Communities
By Roberto Rodriguez, NewsTaco “They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds.” – Popul Vuh Between my eyes, I bear a scar in the shape of […]
Vote-Buying Scandal Rattles South Texas Politics
By Melissa del Bosque, The Texas Observer In the deeply Democratic Rio Grande Valley, the primary is the election that matters. And in local races like county commissioner and district […]
Mexico’s Zetas Are Not Finished Yet
By Scott Stewart and Tristan Reed, Stratfor During the question-and-answer portion of our quarterly Mexico Security Monitor webinar, we were asked a question pertaining to the current status of Los Zetas. […]
Over 100 women, including undocumented, arrested in pro-immigration action
By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino A group of women representing immigration, civil rights, labor and women’s rights – joined by undocumented immigrant women – blockaded an intersection outside the House of […]