Possible Agreement on immigration? Yes, But…

By Victor Landa I tend to straddle the line between cynicism and skepticism, so when I read this headline I did a double-take: Components of Immigration System Seeing Bipartisan Agreement It was […]

By Victor Landa OK, so it’s happening. For better or for worse, armchair political strategists are coming out of the  shadows to give the presidential candidates advice on how to win […]

Thursday, April 26, 2012 Latino Evangelicals Rally Voters Around Complex Election 2012 Agenda (Huffington Post): Both left- and right-leaning Latino evangelical groups are staging multi-city voter registration and mobilization drives over […]

By Christopher Rangel Currently, Texas does not have an immigration law pending a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice as other states do. However, that does not mean the […]

Tuesday April 24, 2012 Democrats have work to do to encourage voter turnout (Austin American-Statesman): “Everyone talks about the ‘sleeping giant of the Latino community,’ but the sleeping giant will not wake […]

By Eliseo Medina For two years, we have been living with the consequences of state level racial profiling laws that violate our basic human and civil rights. These laws — […]

By Forest Wilder, The Texas Observer There’s a rule of thumb in journalism that “two’s a coincidence, three’s a trend.” Two of something may mean nothing, but find three examples […]

Monday, April 23, 2012 Justices to Rule on Role of the States in Immigration (New York Times): The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Wednesday on the bitterly disputed immigration enforcement law that was passed […]

By Victor Landa At the rate the media is producing political polls, you’d think the Presidential election is next week. It’s still a good 7 months away, at least. The average voter […]

By Peter Malof, Texas News Service HOUSTON – Court watchers say a Texas case could trigger the dismantling of a decades-old civil rights law. Steven Shapiro, the American Civil Liberties […]