California Politico: Don’t Name Ship For César Chávez

A California politician ripped the Navy this week for deciding to name a cargo ship in honor of longtime civil rights activist and organizer César Chávez. Republican Duncan Hunter of […]

By Lionel Sosa Lamar, where did you go wrong? You were such a sensitive fellow when we worked together 30 years ago. You’ve always been an anti-immigration advocate but as […]

By Eileen Smith, from Texas Observer From Texas Observer, where this blog was first published.   ONE OF TEXAS GOV. RICK PERRY’S EMERGENCY ITEMS this session was to ban so-called sanctuary […]

Democrats may be able to take back Congress, according to a CNN poll and a former congressman News Taco spoke to this week. The CNN poll asked more than 1,000 […]

Today Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, a Republican, signed into law HB 87, The Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011, which targets Latino immigrants in a variety of different ways. We […]

According to a senior Republican strategist, the party organization has been “lousy” with its outreach to Latinos. The Hill reported something that we all already know when Republican National Committee Chairman […]

By Melissa del Bosque In a statement Monday, Governor Rick Perry applauded the passage of one of his legislative emergency items—HB 12, otherwise known as the “sanctuary cities” bill.  The […]

Here’s a good indication as to where Oklahoma lawmakers’ minds are. The Associate Press is reporting An illegal immigration bill being considered by lawmakers this year will target human smugglers […]

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 […]

Texas Republicans pushed through a measure today that would prohibit cities from prohibiting racial profiling by preventing law enforcement officials from asking those they arrest their legal status. In other […]