New poll shows Latino voters want path to citizenship, not ‘border first’ excuses

New poll shows Latino voters want path to citizenship, not ‘border first’ excuses

Mary Mata June 4, 2013

By Pili Tobar, Latino Decisions Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and  other Republican Senators are making it clear that they need to see even more enforcement and a tougher path to citizenship in this compromise legislation.  This is raising […]

Immigration Reform Bill To Pass Senate By July 4th, Says Sen. Schumer

Mary Mata June 3, 2013

By Fox News Latino One member of the “Gang of Eight” is predicting comprehensive immigration reform will overwhelmingly pass the Senate by July 4 while House Republicans cautioned that they would […]

Organizers of Arpaio Recall Vow to Continue Fight

Mary Mata

By Valeria Ferandez, New America Media PHOENIX, Az. – An effort to recall Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio fell just shy of the signatures needed before the deadline lapsed on Thursday. It’s […]

Inside the 2012 Latino Electorate

Mary Mata

PRESS RELEASE A record 11.2 million Latinos voted in the 2012 presidential election, but Latinos’ voter turnout rate continues to lag other groups significantly, according to an analysis of new Census Bureau […]

Undoc immigrants can drive in Nevada under new law

Mary Mata

By Alexia Shurmur, Reuters (Reuters) – Nevada’s Republican governor signed a bill on Friday to authorize driving privilege cards for illegal immigrants in an action that is likely to win […]

Resumes of Latinos delivered to Corbett’s office

Mary Mata

By Vernon Clark, Philadelphia Inquirer Outraged by Gov. Corbett’s recent remarks about the lack of Latinos in his administration, about two dozen people gathered outside the governor’s Philadelphia office Friday […]

The Redistricting Wars Redux

Mary Mata

By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco Bueno, the redistricting wars have started again in Texas; they began Wednesday, May 29 in San Antonio.  Well, at least the latest chapter of the […]

Immigration reform could fail just like gun control did. Here’s why.

Mary Mata May 31, 2013

By Aaron Blake, Washington Post Poll after poll shows a strong majority of Americans — upward of two-thirds, in some polls — support a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. So […]

Latinos push immigration reform on social media

Mary Mata

By Lois Romano, Politico For forty-eight hours last week, a highly coordinated virtual “iMarch” on Washington promoting immigration reform swamped Twitter, generating thousands of tweets that landed more than a half billion […]

Texas GOP vs. Latinos

Mary Mata May 30, 2013

By Brent Budowsky, The Hill Texas Republicans, led by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R), are using a special session of the Texas legislature to launch an aggressive attack against […]