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13 Legal Actions Challenging Trump’s Immigration Executive Order
*Why you should read this: Because since this past weekend there have been 13 lawsuits filed against Trump’s immigration executive action. Because the cities of Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver, Dallas, Seattle, […]
For Trump, Sessions is a loyal enforcer, Gorsuch is a qualified wash
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco onald Trump’s announcement last night about his pick to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court was typical Trump, typically conservative in the sense […]
How big a problem is crime committed by immigrants?
*Why you should read this: Because Trump is trying to cook the books so that it looks like immigrants commit more crimes than they actually do. Because the truth is […]
For Mexico the U.S. relationship is about trade, immigration and dignity
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2.5 minute read) NAFTA, the Trumpian border wall and gun trade all came to a head for Donald Trump and his plans for relations with Mexico. We […]
America Beyond Detention: Even the birds and animals are free
*This is the first of a three-part series of reports that “examines alternatives to the nation’s burgeoning immigrant detention system. Part I explores the human and financial cost of detention. […]
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” […]
Aaron Sanchez: Day 1 & 2 of the GOP Convention
*Aaron does some fact checking and counter-pointing on the 2016 RNC. VL By Aaron Sanchez, Comentary & Cuentos Day 1: Make America Safe Again Monday July 18, 2016 was the […]
the Latino daily – Your Thursday morning brief
Photo courtesy of USPS It’s official. The United States Postal Service unveiled its Jaime Escalante commemorative stampWednesday at the League of United Latin American Citizens convention in Washington, D.C. NBC […]
Adiós, GOP!
*The GOP might as well say good-bye to Latinos. Trump had derailed them and the party leadership is helpless. VL By Tony Diaz, News Taco A year after Mitt Romney’s […]
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 […]