100 Immigrant Youth to Descend on Harris County Jail, Demand President Obama End Harsh Immigration Enforcement Policies
100 Immigrant Youth to Descend on Harris County Jail, Demand President Obama End Harsh Immigration Enforcement Policies
*I’ve been watching what the United We Dream kids are doing. And I don’t call them kids in a pejorative way – on the contrary, their youth is one of […]
Immigration Agents Find Common Cause with Hate Groups
*Remember the anti-immigrant protests in Murrieta, California, where the protesters blocked the passage of buses carrying undocumented women and children? New reporting indicates that protest organizers received information about the […]
Report: U.S. Latinos View Job Protection as Top Priority, Feelings on Foreign Policy Matters Same as Non-Latinos
*The good news is this is an actual headline. The bad news is that this is a headline. Isn’t this what’s called “Columbusing?” The art of discovering something that’s not […]
Obama’s Townhall, a chance to respect Latinos’ time
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco If I were to advise President Obama about his Townhall in Miami today, I’d tell him to be respectful of time. He’s not one to ramble. […]
Mexico ambassador nominee withdraws
*The nominee, Maria Echaveste, a former Clinton administration alumna, hasn’t gotten a confirmation hearing in six months. VL By Edward-Isaac Dovere, Politico President Barack Obama’s nominee to be ambassador to […]
State of the Union: Which Obama Should Latinos Believe?
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The question for U.S. Latinos after the President’s State of the Union address is, Which Obama do you want to believe? There’s the President Obama that […]
One sentence that explains the politics of Obama’s immigration actions
*A short and to-the-point little post. What’s the sentence in question? Not what you may think. VL By Dara Lind, Vox According to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, a […]
Obama will sign executive order on immigration by year’s end
*It hasn’t taken long for this to turn into a political showdown. Yesterday, President Obama signaled he’d sign an immigration executive order by the year’s end, and the GOP is […]
Election Day: Will Cultural Pride Get Latinos To Vote?
*So much about today’s election has been framed as a referendum on Barack Obama. In many tight races Latino voters have become a focus of attention, and Latino vote advocates […]
Most Latinos Don’t Hold Obama’s Immigration Delay Against Him
*Seems that, according to a Pew poll, the majority of Latinos are disappointed at Obama about immigration, but not angry. VL By Kevin Drum, Mother Jones This is just raw […]
