Federal Immigration Raids Growing Under Obama
Federal Immigration Raids Growing Under Obama
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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 […]