Texas Senate Passes Sanctuary Cities Bill

Texas Senate Passes Sanctuary Cities Bill

Mary Mata June 15, 2011

By Melissa Del Bosque After 9 hours of testimony Tuesday by Senate Democrats against SB 9, the controversial immigration bill passed anyway along a party-line vote. It’s pretty certain SB 9 will […]

Racist Statement Uncovers Real Tea Party

NewsTaco

Let’s give this “problematic Latino Texas legislators” thing one more go-around; it’s that important. News Taco reported yesterday that a prominent Texas Tea Party activist had single-handedly determined that the […]

“Mexican Hunters” Profiled Latinos At New Jersey Airport

Mary Mata June 14, 2011

Screeners for the Transportation Security Administration, TSA, spent about a year from 2008 to 2009 routinely profiling “Hispanic male passengers, especially Mexicans and Dominicans, to see if they had proper […]

Immigration Is A Dangerous Wedge Issue For All Latinos

Mary Mata

News Taco interviewed Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair and San Antonio-area Democratic Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez, who spoke to us about the tragic consequences of using immigration as a wedge issue. […]

News Taco To Go: Tea Party, Superhero, Tequila & Enchiladas

Mary Mata

Tea Party: “The Problem Is These Hispanic Legislators” Edward James Olmos To Play Latino Superhero The Tequila Party: A Shot At Suppressing The Latino Vote? Enchiladas Verdes

New Alabama Immigration Law “Toughest In Nation”

Mary Mata June 13, 2011

On Thursday, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed an anti-illegal-immigration bill that is being hailed the toughest in the nation. The law, similar to that of Arizona’s anti-immigrant SB 1070, which […]

New Details Emerge In José Guerena Case

Mary Mata June 9, 2011

So by now we’re all familiar with the story of the twice-Iraq deployed Marine José Guerena who was killed after a Pima County SWAT unit in Arizona shot him in […]

Third Suspect On Trial In Brisenia Flores Case

Mary Mata

Two of the people who killed nine year-old Brisenia Flores in her home have been tried, convicted and sentenced. Shawna Forde was sentenced to death plus 65 years and Jason […]

Anti-Gay, GOP-Funded Group Pushing Anti-Abortion To Latinos

Mary Mata

You might have heard of this group, Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, which is pushing the anti-abortion message to Latinos with billboards in Los Angeles. What are these people selling and […]

Latino Gang Profiled African Americans In LA

Mary Mata June 8, 2011

The Azusa 13 gang in the San Gabriel Valley, east of LA, systematically targeted African-Americans in that community with the aim of running them out of town, according to a […]