Latino State Of The Union

[Editor’s Note: The following is an edited version of a blog from LatinoPoliticsBlog.com blogger Seneca. Re-posted with permission.] The “state of the union” of the Latino community appears to be […]

Challenges continue to be heard against Arizona’s controversial SB1070, and they continue to be shot down. But that’s not entirely a bad thing. The latest battle concerned a suit filed […]

Texas State Representative Aaron Peña just switched parties this week, from Democrat to Republican, conveniently a month after his mostly-Democratic constituency re-elected him after eight years of service to them. […]

Okay, these are the facts. Arizona passed SB 1070. About 100,000 Latinos left the state. Lots of people, like celebrities and professional organizations, called for a boycott of the state. The result […]

I wish it weren’t necessary to bring such things up, but we have to keep an eye on these developments. Arizona-type anti-immigrant laws are spreading like mala yerba. The Associated […]

So apparently the original Hulk — that’s actor Lou Ferrigno — wants to smash immigrants (figuratively speaking). According to a recent news report: “Television ‘Hulk’ actor Lou Ferrigno has joined […]

Comedian Steve Hofstetter went to the Arizona State Capitol and asked various white people outside whether they were Canadian and if they had papers to prove it.  Surprisingly, they didn’t […]

A study coming from Mexico found that there may be 100,000 less Latinos in Arizona post-SB 1070.  BBVA Bancomer Research did the study using U.S. Current Population Survey numbers, finding […]

We’re beginning to get a taste of how things will unfold after the election dust settles.  New Mexico Governor-elect Republican Susana Martinez made clear how she feels about Arizona’s controversial […]

Long after the rest of us have already figured out that the prison industry was an integral part of conceiving, drafting and implementing Arizona’s anti-immigrant law SB 1070, NPR also […]