Obama Rallies And Punts On Immigration

Obama Rallies And Punts On Immigration

NewsTaco May 11, 2011

I’m struggling to find a point to President Obama’s visit to El Paso. It sounded more like a stump than a policy speech, but I think most of that has […]

News Taco To Go: Guadalupe, Tortillas, Gas & Violence

Mary Mata

Latinos Disproportionately Affected By Rising Gas Prices Republicans Fibbing About Violence Along The Border Police, Dogs Confuse Tortilla Flour With Cocaine The Top 5 Places La Virgen De Guadalupe Has […]

Watch President Obama’s Immigration Address LIVE

NewsTaco May 10, 2011

The buzz is that President Obama will kick-start a push for comprehensive immigration reform during his trip to El Paso, Texas. In the past weeks he’s invited three separate groups […]

Republicans Fibbing About Violence Along The Border

Mary Mata

It’s a tired line — one that’s been in vogue at least since the 1980s — “we cannot consider immigration reform until the border is secure.” Texas Congressman Silvestre Reyes, […]

News Taco To Go: Voting, Immigration Reform & Arizona’s SB 1070

Mary Mata

Latino Voting Power In Nebraska Diminished President Obama In Texas Today To Promote Immigration Reform Arizona Appeals To The Supreme Court To Keep Anti-Latino Law

Obama In Texas To Promote Immigration Reform

Mary Mata May 9, 2011

President Barack Obama plans to push forward with his call for immigration reform in El Paso, Texas on Tuesday. For the last several weeks, the President has taken visible steps […]

How Democrats, Republicans Can Lose Latino Votes In 2012

Mary Mata May 6, 2011

The Latino vote is the vote to lose for both Democrats and Republicans. There are two main ways this can be done, political scientist Luis Fraga, who is Associate Vice Provost for […]

Tequila Party Launches To Promote Latino Votes In 2012

Mary Mata May 5, 2011

Somos Republicans founder DeeDee García Blase has taken up the reins of the so-called Tequila Party movement that originated in Nevada to combat the Tea Party and launched today in an […]

The White House’s Report On Puerto Rico Says Nothing

Mary Mata May 4, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following post is courtesy of the National Institute for Latino Policy] By Victor Vazquez-Hernandez In March 11, 2011, the report of the President’s White House Task Force […]

Obama’s Agenda for Latinos in the US

NewsTaco May 3, 2011

The special forces operation that killed über bad-guy Osama Bin Laden was a watershed moment on several fronts. For national security, for the so-called war on terror, and for the […]