LatinaLista — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department of Homeland Security has not had a good last couple of weeks. No matter which way they turned they were getting hammered for not being transparent enough either in their…
LatinaLista — The most suspenseful reality show happening in the country now can’t be found on any primetime schedule but its drama and eventual outcome are dominating the waves from television and radio to cyberspace and print. It’s the…
LatinaLista — Yesterday on Capitol Hill, a hearing was held on the abuses that have surfaced regarding the treatment of undocumented immigrants while in custody by the U.S. Border Patrol. The hearing came on the heels of the news…
LatinaLista — On the one hand, the U.S. Border Patrol is being accused by one congressman of practically helping the cause for undocumented immigrants. On the other hand, the agency is being accused by immigrant advocates of violating the…
LatinaLista — Sunday morning, I heard something somewhat profound that caused me to do a mental double-take. I wasn’t sitting in a church pew but rather in my own home watching the Sunday morning news talk shows. Every show…
LatinaLista — In the national debate over our nation’s deficit, there are certain undeniable truths — the country is digging itself deeper into debt and something must be done. Both parties have presented their budgets to help the country regain…
LatinaLista — What does it say when someone endorses a political candidate and then turns around and cautions that same candidate to tweak his message? It actually says a lot more than we think. Two days ago, Jeb Bush…
LatinaLista — Immigrant advocates have long contended that there are some U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who abuse their authority and/or the law when dealing with undocumented immigrants. Those allegations took on new scrutiny today in Dallas,…
LatinaLista — Journalist Richard Prince noted in his Journal-isms blog that the use of “Obamacare” to negatively refer to the President’s Affordable Care Act appears to have been accepted into the mainstream vernacular and is showing up more and…
LatinaLista — It wasn’t a sure bet that it was going to happen but with fingers crossed, a lot of people hoped for it. We first saw it happening with Marco Rubio and now there are reports that Mitt…
LatinaLista — The issue of high school dropouts is one that has been around since the creation of secondary education. Yet, what once was thought to be a personal choice with only personal consequences has evolved into a realization…
LatinaLista — In the paper “Youth, Race and Voter Mobilization” released yesterday by the black youth project, the researchers cited many facts about political party mobilization efforts among young voters that weren’t fully realized. For example, in the 2008…
LatinaLista — It was well known that young voters of color turned out in record numbers to vote in the 2008 election but what isn’t widely known is that both parties still failed to reach 80 percent of young…
LatinaLista — Mistaken identity, false police reports and vengeful neighbors are all elements that make a good mystery novel. But in this case, there is no mystery — only a sad story of a young Mexican American boy wrongfully…
LatinaLista — Today’s announcement by the Department of Justice that they would block the new Texas voter photo ID law was a welcome sign in a state where 38 percent of the population is Latino and many areas of…
LatinaLista — Anyone who has ever spent time outside pulling weeds knows how hard it is — on the back, hands, knees, etc. But what about picking tomatoes from sunrise to sunset? Being stooped over all day at the…
LatinaLista — While debate still rages on about the electability of the current GOP presidential nominees, speculation over who could possibly fill the VP position is gaining momentum. From the intensity of the talk and the one name that…
LatinaLista — Throughout the course of the GOP presidential campaign, the nominees have been repeatedly warned by their Latino peers to tone down their anti-immigrant rhetoric not just because it offends Latino voters but because their rhetoric has consequences….
LatinaLista — Yesterday, the Georgia Senate approved a bill that would deny undocumented students access to a public college education. It’s not about paying out-of-state tuition, though these students have been life-long residents of Georgia, it’s about telling young…
LatinaLista — When describing diversity, it’s not uncommon to hear some form of the word “rich” associated with it — “diversity enriches the selection pool;” “a diverse class’s discussion is richer for all its different perspectives,” etc. Yet, there’s…
LatinaLista — The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi has an ironic name that served him very well yesterday during a protest of the new immigration law the state wants to enact. Bishop Joseph Latino joined fellow…
LatinaLista — If the rumors circulating on Capitol Hill are true, the GOP thinks they have an Ace up their sleeves on how to at least split the Latino vote in the November presidential election. Now that Mitt Romney…
LatinaLista — A recent open letter from one group of Latino Republicans to another exposed, yet again, the differences that exist within the Latino community. We may share the same umbrella label but there are distinct “handles” that prove…
LatinaLista — TIME magazine marketers must have been giddy with excitement over this week’s magazine’s cover featuring what they thought were 20 Arizona Latinos, judging by the advance press releases they sent out announcing the cover story “Yo Decido….
LatinaLista — The idea that keeping undocumented immigrants from having driver’s licenses is somehow a good thing for the safety of the nation is as absurd in its logic as saying smoking cigarettes is good for our health. Usually,…
