Why Immigration Reform Won’t Help GOP Win Hispanic Voters

Why Immigration Reform Won’t Help GOP Win Hispanic Voters

Mary Mata January 31, 2013

By Michael Catalini, The Atlantic Leading Republicans are jumping on the immigration reform bandwagon, hoping that taking the issue off the table will give them a second chance to make inroads […]

New Pew Research Portrait: A Nation of Immigrants

Mary Mata January 30, 2013

By Pew Research Hispanic Center In 2010, nearly two-thirds of unauthorized immigrants had lived in the U.S. for at least a decade and nearly half (46%) were parents of minor […]

Advice to GOP Politicians: Don’t Call Immigrants ‘Illegal’

Mary Mata

By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices Will the revitalized immigration debate change the language politicians use? Organizations and advocates including journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, the publication Colorlines, and the National Association of […]

Can both parties agree to immigration reform?

Mary Mata

By Teresa Puente, Chicagonow Will lawmakers work for bipartisan reform or fall into gridlock as is typical in Washington, D.C. There is too much at stake, including the future of the […]

La Migra y Usted: Se Abre una Esperanza

Mary Mata

Armando García, Nuestra América News El mes de enero ha dado pasos gigantes en materia migratoria. En columnas anteriores expliqué los procedimientos para perdonar la presencia ilegal de ciertos familiares […]

Obama: Reforms must secure path to citizenship

Mary Mata January 29, 2013

By Reid J. Epstein, Politico Click on picture to read story. [Photo screengrab courtesy cspan.org]

How a U.S. Guest Worker Program Worked Before

Mary Mata

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco With the Obama administration and the bipartisan senate Gang of Eight poised to move on comprehensive immigration reform soon, which may include an agricultural guest worker program, our country has […]

GOP Memo On How To Talk About Immigration

Mary Mata

By John Stanton, BuzzFeed “Please consider these tonally sensitive messaging points as you discuss immigration, regardless of your position,” Hispanic Leadership Network leader advises Republicans. No mentions of Reagan or “illegals” allowed. […]

Latinos in the 113th Congress

Mary Mata

By Silvia Manzano, Latinovations The 113th Congress includes a record number of thirty-eight Latinos elected officials. These notable numbers have both policy and political implications for the future of Latino […]

Obama to Announce His Immigration Reform Plan

Mary Mata

By David Nakamura and Rosalind S. Helderman, Washington Post The Obama administration has developed its own proposals for immigration reform that are more liberal than a separate bipartisan effort in the Senate, including a quicker […]