Latino Rep. Lambasts Alabama Rep.’s ‘Hateful’ Remarks
Latino Rep. Lambasts Alabama Rep.’s ‘Hateful’ Remarks
An Alabama Republican has received stern rebuke from a leading Hispanic lawmaker after making violent tinged remarks in reference to undocumented immigrants. U.S. Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), chair of the […]
Civil Rights Groups Challenge Alabama Immigration Law
The Alabama immigration law hailed as the toughest anti-immigrant measure in the nation is being challenged in court by a coalition of civil rights groups. The group, which includes the […]
What, Exactly, Is A Pocho?
Pocho used to be defined by what it wasn’t. But that was a long time ago. I bring it up as an answer to a question posed by one of […]
The Baseball All Star Game Boycott That Wasn’t
Major League Baseball just finished celebrating and congratulating itself through its 82nd annual All Star game. Like all other professional sports, this is merely a popularity contest where the fans […]
The New Latino Politics Will Be A Shell Game
The fact that the Mexican immigration spigot has gone almost dry is a game changer. It’ll have consequences in the U.S., but we have no idea how it’s going to […]
Arizona State Rep Rubén Gallego: Racism, Immigration & More
At the recent NALEO conference News Taco had the chance to sit down with Arizona State Rep. Rubén Gallego, the following is an interview with him and a short video […]
Somos Republicans: Cain Should Drop Out Of Presidential Race
[Editor’s note: The following is an op-ed from Somos Republicans.] By Bob Quasius Ankeny, Iowa – Recently, presidential candidate Herman Cain called for solving illegal immigration by securing our border […]
If You Speak Spanish In The U.S., Thank A Pocho
Que desgracia que haya Latinos en este país que no hablen español. It’s a shame that there are Latinos in this country that don’t speak Spanish. I think it was […]
Latinos Haven’t Lost Faith In America
One of the subtle lies held about Latinos in the U.S. is that we’re not invested in this country, in the love-it-or-leave-it sense. To put it another way, Latinos, the […]
FBI’s Secure Communities Push For Biometric Data
By Melissa Del Bosque Last year the Dept. of Homeland Security led local government officials to believe that they could opt out of the Secure Communities program if they felt […]