Federal Immigration Raids Growing Under Obama

Federal Immigration Raids Growing Under Obama

Mary Mata January 3, 2011

In a very detailed analysis, David Bacon points out that the Barack Obama administration has upped the ante of enforcement against immigrant workers in ways that are either comparable, or […]

Attitudes Shifting on Immigration, Slowly, Predictably

NewsTaco

So now that the dust has settled after the mid-term election and the holiday daze is beginning to clear, people are thinking a little differently. The most recent poll, reported […]

Illinois Could Add Latino Congressional District

Mary Mata December 30, 2010

Even though Illinois lost a congressional seat in the recent Census, the fact that the state’s growth was fueled by Latinos may mean the new congressional districts will have to […]

Rahm Emanuel’s Latino Strategy Better Shape Up To Win Chicago

Mary Mata December 28, 2010

Rahm Emanuel has left the White House and begun to work his way towards the mayor’s office in Chicago. His website is making a very obviously play on his recent […]

How Obama Can Strenghten Ties with Latinos

NewsTaco

We’re at the point of the year when folks are shaking off the dust of this year’s battles and making plans for the one’s to come. Much of the speculation […]

Latino Voters And New Congressional Seats

Mary Mata December 23, 2010

Some really interesting articles coming out about how Latino population growth and voter growth have affected the way House of Representative seats are being apportioned, how the district lines will […]

Arizona Population Down: Economy vs Immigration

NewsTaco December 22, 2010

If there’s any place where the Census and immigration would cross paths and clash it would be Arizona. And it’s taken exactly one day for folks in that state to […]

GOP Doesn’t Give Latinos Real Power

Mary Mata December 20, 2010

According to a piece from the National Journal, some Latino lawmakers are taking Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele to task for not giving Latinos in the Republican party any […]

Party Switching, Racism And South Texas Memories

Mary Mata

[Editor’s Note: Alfredo Santos is a Texas native and the editor of La Voz newspapers in Austin, Texas and shares his memories of South Texas party switching here.] Aaron Peña’s […]

Harry Reid Still Set To Fight For Immigration Reform

Mary Mata

By Stace Medellín After leading the Senate in passing some major bills, whether you liked the bills or not, The New York Times political blog is telling us that Senate […]