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NewsTaco July 16, 2012

Monday July 16, 2012 Poll: Florida voters favor President Barack Obama’s immigration policies (McClatchy/The Miami Herald):  Florida voters, particularly in immigrant-rich pockets of South and Central Florida, overwhelmingly say they […]

More Central American Immigrants Making The Trip North

Mary Mata July 13, 2012

By Being Latino Many people — Latino and non-Latino alike — tend to frame the illegal immigration crisis in America as a Mexican issue. It’s true that the overwhelming majority […]

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Friday July 13, 2012 Obama Slips With Latino Voters: Quinnipiac Poll (Huffington Post):  President Barack Obama still has a considerable lead with Latino voters, but it may be slipping, according to […]

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Mary Mata July 12, 2012

Thursday July 12, 2012 Mitt Romney NAACP Speech Shows He Failed To Learn Father’s Civil Rights Lessons, Black Caucus Says (Huffington Post):  Prominent members of the Congressional Black Caucus gave […]

Chilena Ana Tijoux: “Shock” Defense Of Immigrant Rights

Mary Mata July 11, 2012

By NewsTaco Freanch-Chilean recording artist Ana Tijoux has joined forces with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), National Immigrant Youth Alliance and Puente Movement – sharing her gifts, spreading the […]

Hispandering Panderfiesta: Biden’s “Papers” Line Fails

Mary Mata

By Julito, Latino Rebels In  a speech that he gave yesterday at the National Council of La Raza’s annual conference in Las Vegas, Vice President Biden said the following: Mitt Romney wants […]

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Wednesday July 11, 2012 Joe Biden to Latino voters: Mitt Romney “wants you to show your papers, but he won’t show us his” (Houston Chronicle):  Vice President Joe Biden used […]

New Obama Immigration Policy Guidelines Raise Concern

Mary Mata July 9, 2012

By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi Although the guidelines for President Obama’s new policy of deferring the deportation of younger undocumented immigrants remains virtually “non-existent” until mid-August, it hasn’t kept speculation at bay about […]

Journalist’s Political Asylum Denial Makes News

Mary Mata

By Veronica Villafañe, Media Moves Mario Guevara, a reporter for Mundo Hispánico, the Spanish-language weekly published by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, has made headlines. The Salvadoran photojournalist, who has been […]

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Monday July 9, 2012 Former Arizona governor detained at border checkpoint (Associated Press/Fox News Latino):  Former Arizona Gov. Raul Castro, who in the 1970s served as the state’s first and […]