Undocumented Youth Occupy Wells Fargo In Oakland

Undocumented Youth Occupy Wells Fargo In Oakland

Mary Mata November 7, 2011

Undocumented youth leaders of the group 67 Sueños helped to shut down a Wells Fargo branch in Oakland as part of the Occupy Oakland movement over the weekend. We spoke to organizer […]

A Word On “Illegal” Students: Infants Don’t Commit Crimes

Mary Mata

By Cindy Casares I can’t believe I’m about to defend Rick Perry, but here goes. This month the Texas governor has taken heat during his Presidential race for his policy […]

Kansas’ Attempts To Move DREAMers Into The Workplace

Mary Mata October 19, 2011

It’s LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin’s job to focus on Latinos and other minorities as the Director for the Multicultual Engineering Program at Kansas State University. But, in the course of doing her […]

Assemblyman Gil Cedillo On California Dream Act Passage

Mary Mata October 12, 2011

A Statement By California Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, upon the signing of Assembly Bill 131, the second half of the California Dream Act. I first want to express my gratitude to Governor […]

California Passes DREAM Act

Mary Mata October 10, 2011

California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the bill known as California’s DREAM Act that would give undocumented students access to public funding in schools. We wrote about the measure […]

Marco Rubio At Center Of Univision GOP Debate Controversy

NewsTaco October 5, 2011

Someone’s not playing this straight. Either Univisión is running for cover or a group of three políticos from Florida are tag-teaming a grudge match against the Spanish language television giant. Either way, […]

Santorum Slip Reveals GOP Bias

NewsTaco September 15, 2011

A big stink was raised recently about a comment made by Senator Rick Santorum during the Tea Party  presidential debate broadcast on CNN. The senator was on the offensive, joining […]

Susana Martinez Blasts Rick Perry: What Is She After?

NewsTaco September 12, 2011

By the latest accounts Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has surged ahead of the GOP presidential crowd. The most recent CNN/Opinion Research poll puts him at a […]

Romney Courts Latino Voters, Ignores Latino Press In Florida

Mary Mata September 3, 2011

Yesterday at the Republican National Hispanic Assembly in Tampa, Florida GOP candidate Mitt Romney took the opportunity to try to court Latino voters — by ignoring the Latino press. This seems […]

DREAM Act Part 2 Passes Senate In California

Mary Mata September 1, 2011

The second part of what is known as the California DREAM Act passed the state senate yesterday, giving undocumented students access to public financial aid. Now the legislation goes back […]