Mexico’s Wikileaks Cables: Drugs, Intelligence, Venezuela, Human Rights

Mexico’s Wikileaks Cables: Drugs, Intelligence, Venezuela, Human Rights

Mary Mata January 26, 2011

I wanted to post this story about Mexico’s Wikileaks cables as a sort of repository for the info I could find on the subject. Of course Mexico hasn’t been the […]

Latino Groups List Their Policy Wishes for Obama

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There was a time, not too long ago, when immigration was not high on the list of Latino political priorities. I remember polls that indicated education, followed by jobs and […]

State Legislatures Forge Ahead on Immigration Laws

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Twitter went aflutter last night, at least the corner of Twitter where I was hanging out, when President Obama mentioned immigration reform and the DREAM Act during his third State […]

Wyoming Kills Anti-Immigrant Law

NewsTaco January 25, 2011

A bill in the Wyoming legislature that would have mimicked Arizona’s sb1070 had died a neglected death. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Pete Illoway, R-Cheyenne, went before a committee where […]

Rahm Emanuel Booted Off Chicago Mayoral Ballot

Mary Mata January 24, 2011

Rahm Emanuel does not meet the residency requirement to run for mayor of Chicago, according to an appellate court there. The former White House Chief of Staff’s attorneys are expected […]

What Ever Happened to the Virtual Border Fence?

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The Houston Chronicle posted a very good piece about the infamous virtual fence along the US-Mexico border. The fence is at the heart of many political issues and mine fields, […]

Obama to Announce New Employment Compliance Office

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Little known fact: more Latinos have been deported during the Obama administration than in each of the Bush (43rd) years. In 2010 more than 400 thousand Latinos were detained and […]

Obama’s Pursuit Of Undocumented Workers Is On

Mary Mata January 21, 2011

President Barack Obama, the “liberal, socialist, communist” one, is upping the ante on his undocumented worker crackdown. Funny, doesn’t sound all that liberal when you say it that way. The […]

Nebraska’s Latino Republicans Push Immigration Reform

Mary Mata

The Latino Republican organization that grew out of Arizona, Somos Republicans, has expanded across the country and now includes chapters in Colorado, California, Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Illinois, Utah and Virginia. […]

VIDEO: How Anti-Immigrant Is Texas?

Mary Mata January 20, 2011

As someone who is originally from Los Angeles and has lived in Texas for many years, I often am asked by my California-inclined friends why I would stay in such […]