Immigration Bill Compromise is a Potential Political Sea Change

Victor Landa, NewsTaco It’s 844 pages long. It’s been a long time coming. And it’s a compromise. So it’s a daunting read, a sigh of relief and…better than nothing. I’m […]

By Seth Freed Wessler, Colorlines The long awaited Senate comprehensive immigration reform bill was released early this morning by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The landmark bill promises to dramatically realign the U.S. […]

By William Saletan, Slate Mandatory background checks are a terrible idea. They burden law-abiding citizens and don’t catch criminals. The databases they rely on are riddled with errors. We don’t even […]

By Andrew Romano, Newsweek/Daily Beast Mayor Julián Castro is on his way to Austin. This wasn’t always part of the plan, or so I’m told. Castro was originally scheduled to […]

By Michael Tackett, Bloomberg The ultimate goal of Battleground Texas is to build enough Hispanic support for a Democratic presidential candidate to win the state. Without Texas, a Republican nominee would […]

By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan immigration bill soon to be introduced in the Senate could exclude hundreds of thousands of immigrants here illegally from ever becoming […]

By Peter Korn, Portland Tribune In Hillsboro, where nearly one in four residents is Latino, only one of seven City Council members is Latino. More than half of Cornelius’ residents are […]

By Scott Keyes, Think Progress Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) took issue with his party’s attempt to win over Latino voters after the drubbing it took in the 2012 election. “[It’s] […]

By Jerry Gunn, Access North Georgia The head of the Atlanta based Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) said Tuesday night there’s strong evidence that the City of Gainesville is […]

By Andrew Ryan and Maria Sacchetti, The Boston Globe The night before Councilor at Large Felix G. Arroyo launched his mayoral bid Tuesday, he honed his speech in the bedroom […]