Immigration Vs. The Economy: What Will Unlock Latino Votes?

Immigration Vs. The Economy: What Will Unlock Latino Votes?

Mary Mata October 31, 2012

By Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA We present excerpts from a conversation with pollsters, reporters and policy experts on how the issues of immigration and the economy are driving the decisions […]

Pearls Before Swine, Justin Bieber, and US Border Policy!

Mary Mata October 30, 2012

From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio classic! click to make grande… source: http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2012/10/28 This article was first published in textmex galleryblog. William Anthony Nericcio, aka “Memo,” is the Director of […]

Immigration Seldom Covered By Latinos In Top Newspapers

NewsTaco October 26, 2012

By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices Ever wonder why the news media often fails to reflect Latino perspectives on immigration and other issues? Maybe it’s because Hispanics rarely write […]

Obama says immigration reform possible in next Congress

NewsTaco

By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi In a transcript released Wednesday Obama asserts that if he is reelected that will send a wakeup call to Republicans to pass immigration reform. During an interview with the Des Moines […]

Undocumented Workers “Like” Social Media to Survive

Mary Mata October 25, 2012

By Viviana Fernandez, Voxxi Undocumented immigrants are surviving tougher immigration laws implemented in Georgia and other southern states by utilizing a surprising tool: social media. It has become an instrument to […]

Post Election Latinos Face Dangers And Opportunity

Mary Mata October 22, 2012

By Victor Escalante, NewsTaco As the countdown to the election continues, both parties are now relying heavily on their war chests to buy the election.  Surrogates are coming out in […]

Violence Spurs Central American Children to Migrate to U.S.

Mary Mata October 19, 2012

By Melissa Del Bosque, Texas Observer In January 2012, the number of unaccompanied Central American children crossing into the United States suddenly doubled. As months passed, the number of children apprehended […]

Romney’s Dad Is From Mexico; Here’s His Immigration Plan

Mary Mata

By Janell Ross, Huffington Post Latino Voices Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney offered a disclaimer in the second presidential debate Tuesday before he addressed his stance on immigration, offering a […]

When Lalo Alacaraz invented ‘Self Deportation’ (audio)

NewsTaco October 18, 2012

By Rafalca D. Portado, Pocho Ñews Service Lalo Alcaraz AKA Daniel D. Portado invented Self Deportation as a joke in 1994, and now it’s part of Gov. Mitt Romney’s platform. Nancy Lopez interviewed the Jefe-in-Chief for Radioambulante. […]

Some DREAMers Face Barriers to get GEDs and Qualify for Deferred Action

Mary Mata

By Griselda Nevarez, NewsTaco Undocumented youth who didn’t complete high school are facing roadblocks to become eligible for the Obama administration’s deferred action program that would allow them to stay and work in […]