Latino To Run For Senate In New Mexico

Latino To Run For Senate In New Mexico

Mary Mata April 25, 2011

New Mexico’s State Auditor Hector Balderas is set to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Jeff Bingaman, reported the Santa Fe New Mexican last week. Balderas […]

NJ Sen. Bob Menendez On Redistricting, 2012 And Leadership

Mary Mata April 21, 2011

New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez sat down with News Taco this week to talk about a few key issues pertaining to Latinos. He spoke to us about the importance […]

Obama Wants Bipartisan, Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Mary Mata April 20, 2011

President Barack Obama held an immigration forum today that invited leaders from across the country — except for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. Invitees included New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, […]

Latino Vet, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, Mulls Texas Senate Run

Mary Mata

Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez is looking at running for the soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat in Texas, according to New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, D-NJ. Yesterday during a conversation held […]

News Taco To Go: Immigration, Texas Fires, Cuba, Budget And Oil

Mary Mata

President Barack Obama is beginning his 2012 campaign by talking about comprehensive immigration reform, even as Republicans flatly say anything having to do with CIR will not pass the House. […]

Boehner Turns His Back On Capitol 5 De Mayo

NewsTaco April 19, 2011

At best he punted, at worst he miscalculated. Every year since 2003, when Republican Dennis Hastert was Speaker of the House, there’s been a Cinco de Mayo celebration on the […]

News Taco To Go: Latino Harassment, Castro & Obama Takes On Immigration

Mary Mata

Fidel Castro will not be be a part of Cuba’s Communist Central Committee. A man who sent threatening emails to Latino activists is headed to jail in New Jersey. President […]

Reid, 21 Senate Democrats Revive DREAM Act Hopes

Mary Mata April 14, 2011

Nevada Senator Harry Reid and 21 Democratic senators are pleading with President Barack Obama to create  bureaucratic pathway for students currently in trouble with immigration authorities, but who would be […]

8 States Try to Keep Immigration Laws Alive

NewsTaco

Just when you thought it was over… The Week.com is reporting that 8 states, besides Arizona, are working on Arizona-style immigration laws,with the effort to purge their states of undocumented […]

What If Congress Reflected The U.S. Population?

Mary Mata April 13, 2011

In an amazing graphic, Good Magazine shows us how deficient Congress is as a “representative” body for the United States. The graphic shows demographic data for the U.S. and compares […]