LatinaLista — There’s no denying that President Obama and his staff are under a lot of pressure these days. Seeing all the hoops Republicans are making him jump through while they deliver the party’s standard stall strategy — making people think they’re going to do something when they really have no intention of following through [...]
Univision’s Al Punto: Interview with Andrew Breitbart, Tea Party Leader
Air Date: Sunday, July 10, 2011 Key: JR: Jorge Ramos AB: Andrew Breitbart JR: MR. BREIBART, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING TO US. AB: Thank you very much Jorge. JR: LET ME START BY ASKING YOU ABOUT CONGRESSMAN ANTHONY WEINER. DO YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY? DO YOU TAKE CREDIT FOR HIS DOWNFALL? AB: I think [...]
Obama’s willingness to cut Social Security benefits cuts deep into the Latino community
LatinaLista – The pressure for President Obama to resolve the debate between Republicans and Democrats over whether or not to raise the debt ceiling is reaching the desperate stage. It must be, if as reported by The Washington Post last night, that President Obama is now willing to consider cuts to Social Security. Why the GOP, [...]
The assault against undocumented immigrants is creating a new kind of humanitarian crisis
LatinaLista — One of the federal government’s strategy in combating illegal immigration is to create a “culture of voluntary compliance” among businesses to not hire undocumented workers says Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Gillian Chistensen. Of course, the voluntary compliance comes with the threat of being severely fined if the government finds out otherwise. As [...]
Gauging Latino influence has little to do with political clout — at this stage
LatinaLista — Whenever the “i” word, and I’m talking influence, is used in association with Latinos, people automatically resort to defining it as political clout. It’s waved in the air as a defiant threat every time another anti-immigrant legislation is passed and signed into law. Just last week, the National Association of Latino Elected Officials [...]
Veto of Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act isn’t fair to Latino farmworkers
LatinaLista — Time and time again over the last few years, we have seen how politics trumps common sense and common decency when it comes to protecting the most vulnerable in the nation. It has happened again. Last night, California Gov. Jerry Brown ignored the pleas of farm workers and their families and supporters and [...]