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How 1,600 Bills Forced Latinos To Care About Immigration
There’s been a subliminal debate – if such a thing can exist – concerning Latinos and immigration that’s been going on since since California had it’s proposition 187 conniption. The […]
Texas Redistricting Trial Shows Anti-Latino GOP Policies
The fundamental reason we have a Census every 10 years is to determine how many seats each state will have in the United States House of Representatives. After the Census […]
Political Icon Joe Bernal Testifies In Redistricting Trial
The legal battle that’s unfolding in a Federal courtroom in San Antonio, Texas, could well have repercussions across the country. News Taco has reported on the trial and how Texas’ Mexican […]
GOP Loses Latino Votes Without Immigration Reform
By Dee Dee Blase García Founder, National Tequila Party Here in Arizona Alice Cooper says, “I wanna love you but I better not touch.” Much commotion has been made concerning […]
Latino Politics Is Not Separate From American Politics
First things first: Latino politics is American politics. It isn’t a particular flavor of American politics, a separate segment of American politics or a special interest of American politics. It […]
GOP Set To Spend $3 Million On State Level Latino Candidates
The problem with putting a price on politics is that you put a price on politics – it’s a doomed idea by definition. Case in point: the GOP says it will spend […]
The New Latino Politics Will Be A Shell Game
The fact that the Mexican immigration spigot has gone almost dry is a game changer. It’ll have consequences in the U.S., but we have no idea how it’s going to […]
Latino Leaders Critical Of California Redistricting Map
Newly drawn maps for congressional districts in California are being criticized for not adequately representing Latinos, with one prominent Latino leader calling them the “worse-case scenario for Latinos in California.” […]
Texas Senate Passes Sanctuary Cities Bill
By Melissa Del Bosque After 9 hours of testimony Tuesday by Senate Democrats against SB 9, the controversial immigration bill passed anyway along a party-line vote. It’s pretty certain SB 9 will […]
Texas Legislature Approves Voter ID
It’s not like we didn’t see this one coming. What with the Texas GOP reading population tea leaves, fighting for dear life in the redistricting process and seeing their waning popularity in […]