LatinaLista — Today was expected to be a big news day. All the cable news networks were waiting with bated commentary for the expected healthcare ruling by the Supreme Court. The financial cable news channels had lined up their experts to deliver immediate reaction the second the opinion was to be released. But it didn’t [...]
Is immigration reform the issue to rip the GOP apart?
LatinaLista — The cracks in the unified front the Republican party has striven to project when denouncing immigration reform has been deepening over time. From Jeb Bush cautioning his colleagues to tone down their anti-immigrant rhetoric to more and more Latino Republicans openly challenging their leadership’s official stance on the issue to Marco Rubio’s surprise [...]
If Sen. Rubio wants to understand US detention policies, he should forget Guantanamo and go to southwest border
LatinaLista — Though Marco Rubio’s parents fled Cuba, Rubio had never been to the island. Technically, he still hasn’t though he did visit Guantanamo Bay today. Rubio was visiting the military installation as a member of both the Senate Intelligence and Foreign Relations committees. While it seems like odd timing for an individual widely assumed [...]
Texas’ GOP Dewhurst attempts to discredit Latino opponent by dragging undocumented immigrants into the fight
LatinaLista: Texas is home to half a million Latino residents — 9,460,921, according to the U.S. Census. In a state where Latino students comprise the majority in the public schools, more small businesses are started by Latinos and Latinas and more and more Latinos are running for public office and going to college, it doesn’t make [...]
Mississippi riot at immigrant correctional facility underscores more broken than just nation’s immigration policy
LatinaLista — Outside of Mississippi, Sunday’s prison riot at the Adams County Correctional Facility in Natchez has hardly been noticed in the media. Yet, in this election season, it deserves more attention because it deals with one of the defining political issues of the presidential campaign — immigration. On Sunday, a fire and riot broke out [...]
The Pope delivers a not so subtle message to Congress about immigration reform
LatinaLista — When it comes to politics and religion, there are few people who want to see their politicians be enslaved to do their church’s bidding at the expense of a diverse constituency. Yet, since religion is seen as the source of moral conscience, most people do hope their politicians are influenced by those teachings [...]