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Fox News Should Apologize for Using “Anchor Baby”
I’ve never liked the term. I’ve written about it many times through the years. In the simplest of terms, babies are not anchors, period. The anti-immigration clique has taken to […]
Govt Leaves Latino Farmers Hanging
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently settled a discrimination lawsuit alleging that the government didn’t award loans and other federal benefits to minority farmers since the 1960s. The New York Times reports […]
Cuban American Adjustment, the DREAM Act of 1966
The DREAM Act has already worked, it’s a proven practice, it’s just been called something different and benefited a very specific group of people. Turn your calendar back to 1966 […]
DREAM Act Goes to Senate
The US House of Representatives got it together and passed the controversial DREAM Act legislation by a vote of 216-198. So that much is done. What comes next, though, may not […]
DREAM Act Passes House
The DREAM Act passed the House late Wednesday night. Hallelujah! See our previous DREAM Act coverage here. The bill now moves onto the Senate, as The Hill reports: “House lawmakers […]
McCain Dismises DREAM Act Supporter
The DREAM Act is set for an important vote in the US Senate today. Majority leader Harry Ried plans to bring up the act for a cloture vote, but he […]
Missing Carlos Guerra
We at NewsTaco have been struck hard by the loss of our friend and colleague Carlos Guerra this week, but so have many people. I wrote about my memories of […]
Carlos Guerra As I Knew Him, Last Week
I was one of the last people to see Carlos Guerra alive. The day after Thanksgiving I went to visit him in Port Aransas, we did some NewsTaco videos and […]
The DREAM Act And The Coming Latino Revolution
Some Latinos Democrats have had enough of their party’s post-poning and tabling of immigration reform and the DREAM Act. Chicago’s Luis Gutiérrez is about to get mad! At least, that’s […]
Living In Fear In Monterrey
I had an interesting Thanksgiving this year, not only did I get to hang out with my tía abuelita, but a cousin from Monterrey, Mexico was in town. He also […]