Tea Partiers Heckle Rubio Who Stays Mum on Immigration
Tea Partiers Heckle Rubio Who Stays Mum on Immigration
By Toluse Olorunnipa, Bloomberg In the 15 minutes Marco Rubio spent speaking to a crowd of anti-tax Tea Party Republicans in Orlando, Florida, he didn’t mention the word “immigration.” Activists at the […]
Latinos at intersection of ACA and CIR
By Gabriel Sanchez, Latino Decisions Latinos are major stakeholders in the core issues in President Obama’s domestic policy agenda: health care and immigration reform. Access to health care for undocumented […]
Obama’s Immigration Nuclear Option: Stopping Deportations Unilaterally
By Molly Ball, The Atlantic The biggest obstacle facing immigration reform may be not opposition but inertia. Leaders of the House of Representatives have said they plan to act, but with the […]
Did CA Assembly Speaker Perez opt for “political bullying” at big Latino convention?
By Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle California’s Democratic State Assembly Speaker John Perez is a man with a lot of clout in Sacramento — but did he engage in some “political […]
‘Chicken Causes Latino and Black poverty’ comment elicits response
By Peter Marcus, The Colorado Statesman Republican state Sen. Vicki Marble’s comments this week linking poor health within black and Latino communities to diets including barbecue chicken has led to Democrats […]
CA Governor Brown considers allowing 3.4M non-citizens to serve on juries
By Frank Stoltze, Southern California Public Radio California could become the first state to allow non-citizens to serve on criminal and civil juries, under legislation now on the governor’s desk. “The […]
New Obama Directive Aims To Stop Detention Of Undocumented Parents With Minor Children
By Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News Latino A new little-noticed directive by the Obama administration calls on immigration authorities to exercise discretion when dealing with undocumented immigrants who have minor children. The directive, issued […]
Colorado Senator blames chicken for Black, Hispanic poverty
By fox2now (KTVI) – Democratic lawmakers couldn’t believe their ears as they listened to Sen. Vicki Marble, R-Fort Collins, deliver a long soliloquy explaining that more blacks and Hispanics live […]
California GOP turns to immigration to fight extinction
By Jake Sherman, Politico MODESTO, Calif. — Republicans in Washington are taking a piecemeal approach to immigration reform — a strategy that could give the party’s most polarizing figures a […]
Gabriel Gomez Mulls Run For Governor, Senator As He Weighs Next Step
By Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News Latino Gabriel Gomez lost his bid to be a U.S. Senator in Massachusetts two months ago, but he’s already working on his next big political move. […]