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Secure Communities Is Optional In California
By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices Secure Communities is optional in California, according to the state’s Attorney General Kamala Harris. Harris told local law enforcement Tuesday they didn’t have […]
Enthusiasm High among Colorado Latinos—Is it time for a new narrative?
By Rob Preuhs, Latino Decisions The Latino vote will help determine the presidential election. If one is not convinced, playing around with the Latino Decisions’ Latino Vote Map for a few of […]
Daily NewsTaco
Tuesday October 9, 2012 By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Latino Unemployment Dips Slightly Below 10% to Lowest Rate in 4 Years (Politic 365): There’s not much here about Latino unemployment besides […]
Omama Bans DREAMers From Heathcare
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Hidden between the folds of the Romeny donor-meeting secret recording, and the polls that put President Obama at nearly 70% approval among Latinos was this: a couple […]
ICE Officers: Deferred Action For DREAMers Not Constitutional
By Priscila Mosqueda, Texas Observer Just as undocumented immigrants across the country celebrated a historic victory granting them temporary relief from deportation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, seven of them […]
Jan Brewer Denies Drivers Licenses To DREAMers
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Arizona Governor Jan Brewer didn’t miss a step in maintaining her state’s reputation as being the toughest on undocumented immigrants. On the same day that President Obama’s Deferred […]
Energized Latino Voters? Do They Matter, and When?
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Editor At face value the recent Supreme Court rulings regarding immigration and health care will do nothing to move the needle on Latino votes. Don’t misunderstand […]
Obama’s Last Move On Undocumented Resulted In Little Change
By Suevon Lee, ProPublica Last week, the White House announced what could be a big shift in immigration policy, exempting many young illegal immigrants from deportation in the short run. But this […]
Latinos May Be Key To Obama Win In Arizona
¿Como se dice “karma’s a witch?” Latest case in point: The New York Times reports that because of a boom in the Latino population of Arizona, and because of a swell of Latinos reaching voting age […]
GOP Seeks To Deport More People
Republicans recently introduced a measure in Congress that would remove the President’s discretion to prioritize deportation cases, in essence ending the practice of prioritizing dangerous criminals and stopping delayed deportations. […]