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Racist Statement Uncovers Real Tea Party
Let’s give this “problematic Latino Texas legislators” thing one more go-around; it’s that important. News Taco reported yesterday that a prominent Texas Tea Party activist had single-handedly determined that the […]
Tea Party: “The Problem Is These Hispanic Legislators”
The following pretty much speaks for itself, so here’s a brief introduction. The Texas Democratic Party sent out a press release today including the remarks of a Texas Tea Party […]
The Tequila Party: A Shot At Suppressing The Latino Vote?
By Dr. Henry Flores, Ph.D. Bueno, we’ve had La Raza Unida Party, the Tea Party, the Coffee Party — I even had a party in my backyard but nobody heard […]
Mother’s Legal Status Used To Deny Financial Aid
A New Jersey high school student finds herself in the unlikely position of suing the government for an opportunity to go to college. According to a report in the Huffington […]
Latinos In Wisconsin Organize To Ensure Representation
Latinos in Wisconsin are getting together, organizing, in order to ensure that Milwaukee’s current redistricting process doesn’t count them out. According to the Census, Milwaukee County’s Latino population grew by 74% […]
SB 1070 Author Russel Pearce To Be Recalled In Arizona
Thousands of Arizona citizens have signed a petition to recall the sponsor of the state’s controversial anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, state Senate President Russell Pearce. Fed up with Pearce’s divisive […]
Pawlenty’s Latino Voter Pitch: Immigrants Are Terrorists
By now you may have seen the 2002 gubernatorial ad in which then-candidate Tim Pawlenty suggests that immigrants are all really secret terrorists. You may have also noticed that, as […]
All Georgia Latinos Suffer From Anti-Immigrant Efforts
It doesn’t matter what your legal status is in Georgia, if you are Latino the anti-immigrant frenzy there will affect you, or so said Jerry Gonzalez, the Executive Director of […]
Georgia Cops Go “Hispanic Hunting” With New Law
Now that Georgia’s House Bill 87 has become law, Latino leaders in that state are bracing themselves for an onslaught of anti-Latino behavior and profiling. News Taco spoke to Jerry […]
Illegal Until Proven Legal
By Eileen Smith, from Texas Observer From Texas Observer, where this blog was first published. ONE OF TEXAS GOV. RICK PERRY’S EMERGENCY ITEMS this session was to ban so-called sanctuary […]