How Will The U.S. Supreme Court Decide On SB1070?

How Will The U.S. Supreme Court Decide On SB1070?

NewsTaco June 7, 2011

The Supreme Court of the United States recently delved into the immigration issue, deciding on a case from Arizona, a law that  revoked the licences of businesses that failed to […]

Latinos, Immigrants Comprise Half Of Federal Felons

Mary Mata June 6, 2011

A new investigation by the Associated Press found that almost half of those sentenced in federal court for felonies are Latino. These numbers are bolstered by immigration cases, the AP […]

New York Suspends Obama’s Anti-Immigrant Law

Mary Mata June 3, 2011

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he would suspend that state’s participation in the immigrant hunting operation known as “Secure Communities.” While the program is ostensibly set to target […]

What’s Mitt Romney Selling To Latino Voters?

Mary Mata

So Mitt Romney is running as a Republican for president in 2012. Here at News Taco we thought it’d be a good idea to look briefly at his history of […]

SB 1070 Author Russel Pearce To Be Recalled In Arizona

Mary Mata June 2, 2011

Thousands of Arizona citizens have signed a petition to recall the sponsor of the state’s controversial anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, state Senate President Russell Pearce. Fed up with Pearce’s divisive […]

New Georgia Immigration Laws May Affect Your Pocketbook

NewsTaco June 1, 2011

There’s a direct link between what’s happening with  the latest SB1070-type laws in Georgia and your trip to the supermarket. It has to do wiht the availability of labor and […]

In Texas, Behold The White-Power Legislature

Mary Mata May 31, 2011

By Bob Moser BACK IN FEBRUARY, AT A RALLY PROTESTING ANTI-IMMIGRANT legislation, state Rep. Lon Burnam raised some eyebrows by letting loose with the “R” word. “You are here,” he […]

Cornel West, Latinos Are Also Disappointed In Obama

Mary Mata

What do President Obama, Professor Cornel West, Latinos and Immigration Reform have to do with each other?  A lot!  A great deal, actually! Last week Professor Cornel West, an eminent […]

Why The Immigration Issue Matters To All Latinos

NewsTaco

Conventional thought seems to hold that not all Latinos care about immigration; that Latinos who are not themselves immigrants or who are generations removed from the immigrant experience are not interested. The immigration issue […]

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Talks Benefits Of Immigration

Mary Mata May 30, 2011

U.S. Secretary of Labor, Hilda L. Solis is accustomed to highlighting issues that, for others, are easily forgotten. At a town hall at East Los Angeles College Friday, Solis participated […]