Fortuño: Puerto Ricans In U.S. Shouldn’t Have A Say On Statehood, But Congress Needs To Act

Fortuño: Puerto Ricans In U.S. Shouldn’t Have A Say On Statehood, But Congress Needs To Act

Mary Mata September 6, 2013

By Bryan Llenas, Fox News Latino Puerto Ricans living in the U.S. should not be allowed to vote on the island’s potential change of status from U.S. commonwealth to the 51st […]

Unions Have More Minorities Than Ever, and Democrats Have Noticed

Mary Mata September 5, 2013

By Allie Jones, The Atlantic Wire A new study released Tuesday shows that black and Latino workers make up fully 60 percent of New York City’s unions. This is an amplified example […]

‘Driving while Latino’ law argued in Louisiana high court

Mary Mata

By Media Soources, BayouBuzz Louisiana’s highest court on Wednesday heard arguments over a law that makes it a felony for immigrants to drive in the state without documents on hand […]

Daily Caller Uses Mariachi Photo To Represent Undocumented Immigrants

Mary Mata

By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices The Daily Caller has got its own ideas about what undocumented immigrants look like. An article published by the conservative publication Monday used […]

George P. Bush Among Other Latinos Vying For Top Political Posts In TX

Mary Mata September 4, 2013

By Fox News Latino Three Latinos are vying for some of the top currently open Texas political seats. With the March primary six months away, and Labor Day behind them, […]

‘More Women Than We Thought’ on Front Lines of Immigration Protest

Mary Mata September 3, 2013

By Miriam Yeung, New America Media On Thursday, Aug. 1, I joined nearly 50 labor leaders, immigrant advocates, environmental activists, people of faith and DREAMers from the “We Belong Together” […]

Tea Partiers Heckle Rubio Who Stays Mum on Immigration

Mary Mata

By Toluse Olorunnipa, Bloomberg In the 15 minutes Marco Rubio spent speaking to a crowd of anti-tax Tea Party Republicans in Orlando, Florida, he didn’t mention the word “immigration.” Activists at the […]

Latinos at intersection of ACA and CIR

Mary Mata August 30, 2013

By Gabriel Sanchez, Latino Decisions Latinos are major stakeholders in the core issues in President Obama’s domestic policy agenda: health care and immigration reform. Access to health care for undocumented […]

Famers Branch Boycott Called By Latino Leaders Over Anti-Immigrant Ordinance

Mary Mata August 29, 2013

By Huffington Post Latino Voices Latino leaders are urging a one-day boycott in the town of Farmers Branch, Texas, over its continued support of a ban on renting property to undocumented […]

Obama’s Immigration Nuclear Option: Stopping Deportations Unilaterally

Mary Mata

By Molly Ball, The Atlantic The biggest obstacle facing immigration reform may be not opposition but inertia. Leaders of the House of Representatives have said they plan to act, but with the […]