Cruz Heavy on Border Rhetoric, Light on Trips
Cruz Heavy on Border Rhetoric, Light on Trips
*It’s a political hot spot in his home state, and an issue at the top of the national agenda, Texas Senator Ted Cruz has issued pletny of harsh rhetoric about […]
How the Tally of Illegal Immigrants Adds Up, and Why It Matters
*I’ve often wondered how the official estimate of 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. is calculated. Some unofficial tallys put the count at 13 million. There’s no way to […]
How David Vitter is giving the GOP White House hopefuls a headache
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The Vitter birthright amendment is starting to make some GOP presidential hopefuls and other Republicans nervous. This week Sen. David Vitter (R-Louisiana) put forth and amendment […]
Secretary of Labor Perez Rules Out Maryland Senate Run
*This is interesting, but I think predictable. I didn’t think Perez would leave a cabinet position to run for the Senate. But it speakes to the larger question of a […]
Turnout among Hispanics is low, but they are well worth wooing
*From the article: ” … today’s (political) parties have no need to change their policies since Latino voters will move in their direction anyway.” The premise is that political outreach to […]
Where’s The Democrats’ National Latino Bench?
*Nuño says Sen. Menendez’s troubles have uncovered a void in the Democratic Party: Latinos have fought for representative districts, and those districts have produced politicians that have been placed in […]
7,000 immigrant children ordered deported without going to court
*This lack of due process is happening in the U.S., the beacon of democrcy, the shinning city on a hill. “What was a border crisis is now a due process […]
How to fire up America
*Read this, share it, and share it again. One sentence in this article sums it up: “America needs its Latinos. To prosper, it must not exclude them, but help them […]
Hillary Clinton said to be grooming Obama official Julian Castro for vice president
*This began as “what if” when Castro was mayor of San Antonio; it turned to serious speculation when he moved to be Secreatry of HUD; now that talk of the […]
Feds prepare criminal corruption charges against Senator Bob Menendez
*Breaking news. VL By Evan Perez, CNN Washington (CNN)The Justice Department is preparing to bring criminal corruption charges against New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez, alleging he used his Senate office […]
