poll: Latino voters evaluate Congress through actions on immigration

poll: Latino voters evaluate Congress through actions on immigration

Mary Mata June 7, 2013

By Matt Barreto, Latino Decisions Latino Decisions released a new national poll today that found overwhelmingly Latino voters are following the immigration reform debate in Congress and that actions taken […]

Joe Arpaio Forced To Suspend Immigration Enforcement

Mary Mata

By Fox News Latino (Joe) Arpaio, the controversial sheriff of Maricopa County, which includes metropolitan Phoenix, has temporarily suspended all his immigration efforts after a federal judge concluded two weeks […]

Raul Labrador exiting House immigration group

Mary Mata June 6, 2013

By Seung Min Kim, Politico Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) — a key conservative who had been engaged in secret negotiations over immigration reform — said Wednesday that he will drop […]

Donald Trump Blames Crime On Latinos, Blacks

Mary Mata

By Huffington Post Latino Voices Donald Trump shared his thoughts on race and crime on Twitter Wednesday, foisting the blame for violence in the United States on blacks and Latinos. […]

When it comes to Latino vote, Karl Rove is plain wrong

Mary Mata

By James Aldrete, NewsTaco In PolitiFact, Gardner Selby recently took on Karl Rove’s claim that Texas Republicans get on average 40% of the Latino vote.  While I’m sure Rove – […]

1.4 million Latino voters are not asleep

NewsTaco June 5, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco 1.4 million more Latinos voted in the 2012 presidential election than in 2008. The number seems to be lost in the latest round of national political […]

California Latino Caucus says FBI did not search its office

Mary Mata

(Editor’s note: Thanks to Taquista Roger Salazar for alerting us to this update.) By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee FBI agents at the state Capitol raided two offices connected with Sen. Ron Calderon on […]

GOP report: Republicans have failed young Latino voters

Mary Mata June 4, 2013

By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino “Dismal” – that’s how the  College Republican National Committee (CRNC)  describes their outreach and messaging to young voters, in particular young Latinos, after examining the scathing results of […]

Frank Lautenberg Hailed By Latino Lawmakers And Community Leaders

Mary Mata

By Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News Latino U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who grew up poor and became a multimillionaire New Jersey businessman and the Senate’s oldest member, died Monday at age 89. […]

Politics of race hidden behind Perez confirmation fight

Mary Mata

By Juan Williams, The Hill Thomas Perez continues to be denied Senate confirmation as President Obama’s labor secretary. Republicans paint Perez, the lone Hispanic nominee to the cabinet, as a […]