NewsTaco Roundup: February 20 – 25, 2012

Self-deportation takes on a new meaning this week with my top pick, a story lamenting the sad story of massive deportations of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression. There was […]

America for the most part has been cringing and shaking it’s head at the state of Arizona’s absurd behavior in recent years. Aside from the few advocating that we should […]

Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona is running as a Democrat for Senate in Arizona because, as he told NewsTaco, he hopes to use his unique set of experiences to bring […]

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu resigned his post as co-chair of the Mitt Romney campaign in Arizona after Phoenix New Times reported that he threatened a former lover with deportation […]

Cecilia Denogean Esquer was an influential Chicana activists from Arizona, who spent her life fighting for Latino rights. Born in Superior, Arizona in 1942, Esquer went from being a high school […]

While Republican president hopeful Mitt Romney visited the State of Arizona, a group of young Latinos protested his visit due to his stance on immigration reform and the Development Relief […]

National politicians, and all those  hovering in their bubble, are clueless about Latinos when the fodder for their snarky remarks and sharp-edged banter comes directly from a dinner menu (the […]

Paul Penzone is a Democratic candidate for Maricopa County sheriff who’s hoping that his platform of community safety and accountability is enough to oust infamous anti-immigrant Sheriff Joe Arpaio. While he […]

Concerns about the Catholic Church were very popular with our readers this week, as well stories about immigration, sex, unions and Arizona’s White Appreciation Day. I wrote a story about […]

By Christopher Rangel Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed the Compromise Illegal Immigration Reform bill, SB 590 into law on May 10, 2011. Then, the ACLU and the National Immigration Law […]