The Country’s Immigration Quandary: Why is it so Hard?

By Gabriela Lemus, NewsTaco Despite widespread social and bipartisan agreement that comprehensive immigration reform would be good for the country and the economy, we are stuck. Despite numerous polls mostly […]

*On the heels of Eric Holder’s resignation announcement came the expected speculation about a successor. Expected, as well, is that a Latino is on the short list of potential nominees. […]

By Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez, NewsTaco Since the election of 2012, Republican political operatives have devoted significant attention towards increasing their party’s appeal towards Latinos. Journalists and other political analysts noted […]

By Jorge E. Ponce, NewsTaco Hispanic Heritage Month.  It’s been nearly fifty years since the United States has been celebrating this observance annually.  By passage of Public Law 100-402 in […]

*This initiative is seen as a path to citizenship for DREAMers. The ideas is that these young men and women, given a wide set of options, will chose the one […]

*Fascinating story. Well worth the read. The history of a river and a famous land dispute between the U.S. and Mexico. In many ways it mirrors the history of the […]

*The idea is to get the President to meet, face-to-face, with undocumented workers and promise them that he’ll act on immigration. VL By Seung Min Kim, Politico Four House Democrats […]

*Dolores Huerta, the iconic co-founder of the United Farm Workers, has made a public statement supporting President Obama’s decision to delay any action on immigration until after the midterm election. […]

*If you’re into political x’s and o’s, this is a pretty good read. The underlying problem is that while a calculated delay may, in some folks’s eyes, be the best […]

*Here’s a consequence of the so called undocumented minor border crisis. The government allows the parents to stay, but their children must be deported. Seems we’re looking at the wrong […]