What I didn’t hear in the State of the Union speech, and why
What I didn’t hear in the State of the Union speech, and why
Victor Landa, NewsTaco More than any other speech that President Obama has delivered, last nights’ State of the Union was done more for himself than for any audience, real or […]
Federal Suit Against Border Patrol Detention Practices Moves Forward
*This is an update to a story that originated in June when a group of detained immigrants sued in Federal Court. The gist of their allegations is that by detaining […]
After 14 months, Senate finally approves Latino judge
*It’s done, finally. Four hundred days after he was nominated by President Obama, Luis Felipe Resptrepo was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to sit on the 3rd Circuit Court of […]
In primaries, Latinos could be decisive in places like Texas, Florida and Nevada
*Mas política. Of the three states mentioned in the headline Texas is a non sequitur. It’s good that Latinos are a growing force (yet to be manifested) in Texas, and […]
After years of inaction on Obama nominees, Senate voting on federal judges
*The fact that the vote is finally coming to the Senate is a direct consequence of the re-writing of Senate filibuster rules. Eighty-nine judges were pushed-through after the change. Before […]
After immigration raids, Latino leaders ask Obama to show ‘moral leadership’
*The issue seems to be a simple choice of following, or not, the deportation orders issued by immigration judges. But the action is laden with nuance and contradictions. In November […]
Hasty raids led to mistakes: Deportation halted for at least 20 migrants targeted
*Some of the affected families were apprehended in their homes, sent to a detention facility in Texas, placed on a plane and were about to be deported when the Board of […]
The Republican three-ring presidential show
*From our friend Tomas Ricardo’s perspective the GOP presiodential race is happening under the big top. VL By Tomas Ricardo, Friend of NewsTaco The vaudeville show is done. The entertainment […]
Latina selected as Yakima’s new mayor
*This is excellent news! Avina Gutierez and a group of Latino activists in Yakima, Washington, began a political revolution when they sued in federal court to change the at-large method […]
Donald Trump’s Presidential TV Ad to ‘Stop Illegal Immigration’ Doesn’t Really Show Latinos Crossing U.S.-Mexico Border
*The problem for Trump and his campaign is that they get sloppy becasue his followers don’t question what he says.There are many people, not his partisans, who watch what he […]
