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White House Continues Own Work on Immigration Legislation
By Michael D. Shear, The New York Times The White House is working on early drafts of a comprehensive bill that would offer 11 million illegal immigrants a pathway to […]
Republican Fear Factor Drives Immigration Reform
By David Horsey, Los Angeles Times Even if Republicans support an immigration reform bill, Latinos are not going to become instant conservatives. Click on picture to read story. [Photo by Donkey […]
The Skeletons in Calderon’s Closet
By Kent Paterson, New America Media/Frontera NorteSur As outgoing Mexican president Felipe Calderon prepares to enter the Ivory Tower of Harvard, skeletons are rattling the walls of Mexico during the […]
How an Accused Guatemalan War Criminal Won U.S., Canadian Citizenship
By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica In May 1985, a Guatemalan Army lieutenant named Jorge Vinicio Sosa Orantes deserted, flew to San Francisco and requested political asylum, asserting that leftist guerrillas in his war-torn […]
Mexicans Pay in Blood for America’s War on Drugs, Part 5
Editors note: This article was published by the Phoenix New Times in July. With their permission, News Taco is reprinting it in five installments throughout the week to inspire debate […]
Movie Review: David Cronenberg’s ‘Cosmopolis’
By Garbrielle Bondi, The Young Folks Where do I start with Cosmopolis, the new David Cronenberg film starring Robert Pattinson? I believe the word “crazy” is quite apt. But isn’t that […]
Our Press Freedom Is Under Fire
By William A. Collins, Other Words Yes, the truth Will set us free; But it’s not found On NBC. Freedom of the press, that inspired rallying cry of our democracy, […]
Morning NewsTaco
Tuesday May 8, 2012 The Problem With Romney’s Diverse Vice Presidential Short List (National Journal): From statehouses to Congress to the 2008 primary smackdown between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Democrats […]
Afternoon NewsTaco
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Is illegal immigration passé? (Los Angeles Times): The more pressing question now is what to do with the 11 million illegal immigrants from Mexico and elsewhere […]
Morning NewsTaco
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Justices Taking Up Arizona Immigration Law (The Wall Street Journal): The Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to take up a case at the heart of the […]