Lone Alligator Found Thriving in Arizona Desert

Lone Alligator Found Thriving in Arizona Desert

Mary Mata August 25, 2011

Large alligators in the United States usually make their homes in swamps, marshes, and the New York sewer system. The bayous of Louisiana and the Florida swamplands are popular areas […]

Arizona Fire Started By 2 Guys From Tucson, Not Immigrants

Mary Mata

Despite John McCain’s claim of “substantial evidence” against illegal immigrants, federal authorities are pressing charges against two Arizona natives for starting the largest and most destructive blaze in the state’s […]

Georgia Tries To Win Latinos Back With “Baby, Please” Letter

Mary Mata August 18, 2011

Georgia is just one of many states to introduce an SB 1070 copycat law and skip arm-in-arm with Arizona down the no-nonsense, iron-fisted-crackdown path as a way to deal with […]

Judge Denies Challenges to Recall Election of SB1070 Sponsor

Mary Mata August 16, 2011

An Arizona judge has agreed to move forward with the recall election of Sen. Russell Pearce (R), sponsor of the state’s controversial anti-immigrant law SB 1070.  As reported in La Plaza earlier […]

News Taco To Go: GOP, Luisa Moreno, Arizona Y Tall Mexicans

Mary Mata August 12, 2011

Latino GOP Conference: A Love-Sick Second Date Latino Civil Rights Figures: Luisa Moreno Arizona, Jan Brewer Take SB 1070 To Supreme Court You’re Tall–For A Mexican

Arizona, Jan Brewer Take SB 1070 To Supreme Court

Mary Mata August 11, 2011

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer appealed to the Supreme Court Wednesday to overturn the ruling that put a hold on key provisions of the state’s immigration law. The law, which requires […]

Racist Mailers Used In Phoenix, Arizona City Council Race

Mary Mata August 10, 2011

We recently were tipped off at News Taco about a series of racially tinged mailers in a Phoenix City Council race. The race is for District 5 and the candidates […]

Obama Admin Challenges Alabama’s Anti-Latino Law

Mary Mata August 2, 2011

Yesterday the Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against the State of Alabama for its anti-Latino law that not only requires police to inquire about immigration status and penalizing employers […]

News Taco To Go: Medicaid, Child Labor, Border Fence Y Más

Mary Mata July 22, 2011

GOP Cuts To Medicaid Would Devastate Latino Families, Kids How To Become A Latino Marketing Dynamo 5 Reasons To Reconsider Child Labor Arizona Border Fence Too Tragic To Be Serious […]

Can Racist Laws Spur Latino Political Participation?

Mary Mata July 21, 2011

It’s an interesting question being posed in a story by Julián Aguilar in a story about Texas’ own version of Arizona’s SB 1070, which was SB 9 and ultimately died […]