LatinaLista — When it comes to national leadership in the country, do elected officials outweigh appointed officials? The natural assumption would be — yes, but Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), arguably one of the…
LatinaLista — The first time a study was done that foretold that supporters of one candidate would throw a political temper tantrum by not supporting the opponent if their candidate wasn’t nominated as the party candidate, was a study…
LatinaLista — As an email was circulating this afternoon alerting Oklahoma educators that State Rep. Randy Terrill, known for authoring some of the most punitive anti-undocumented immigrant legislation in the nation, was going to try yet one more tactic…
LatinaLista The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency currently has over 30,000 undocumented immigrants in detention. There are plans to build more detention facilities in the coming year to house the many immigrants the federal government plans to take into…
LatinaLista — From all accounts, Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a calculating law enforcer. Just the kind high-crime cities want in combating drug dealers, murderers, rapists, robbers, pedophiles, etc. Except those kinds of criminals are not Arpaio’s…
LatinaLista — Before New Mexico Governor, and former Democratic presidential candidate, Bill Richardson officially endorsed his one-time opponent Barack Obama today in Portland, Oregon, the blogosphere and the mainstream media were questioning his motives. The Clinton campaign just dismissed…
LatinaLista — Things are heating up along the South Texas border and it’s not because it’s spring. Ever since Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, announced that his department was intent on seeing a physical barrier…
LatinaLista — From all news accounts, Univision, the lone giant among U.S. Spanish-language broadcasters, is on course to go mainstream. We first caught a hint of this when they paired up with CNN for the presidential debates. Now, Univision…
LatinaLista — To say there’s a presidential race going on these days is an UNDERSTATEMENT. Never before have people been so energized, passionate and involved. The people at SiTV and Voto Latino want even more people involved. So, they’ve…
LatinaLista — Today was a historical day in Barack Obama’s run for the Democratic presidential nomination and for the country as a whole. For the first time, a presidential candidate delivered a speech on the racial divide of this…
LatinaLista — Today is the five-year anniversary of a war that when viewed through the lenses of history will not be kind to the people who perpetrated it. That’s a given. But what is not a given is the…
LatinaLista — Time magazine dubbed Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, author of the groundbreaking book Dirty Girls Social Club, — as the “Godmother” of chica lit — that genre of literature featuring modern stories with sassy, professional and educated women who just happen…
LatinaLista — Last week, Latina Lista posted an item on the SAVE Act — a piece of legislation that is falling along the same lines as state legislation in being extremely punitive and trying to intimidate whole communities through…
LatinaLista — When news first hit the wires today that China had released their assessment of the U.S.’ record on human rights, the reflex action within the United States was to dismiss it. (Source: CNN) After all, it’s China…
LatinaLista — When it comes to solving the issue of illegal immigration, people are being duped into thinking that all the fault lies with businesses. After all, if jobs weren’t offered to undocumented immigrants they wouldn’t come, right? Not…
LatinaLista — The immigration system is broken. That phrase has been used so often in the immigration reform debate that it’s now a cliche. (SOURCE: jewishworldreview.com) Yet it stands to reason that if the immigration system is broken, it…
LatinaLista — Obama supporters are a focused, passionate group – too bad their focus has to be so narrow and their passion is only for one man rather than charting a new course for the political system. Last month,…
LatinaLista — Over the last several months, Latina Lista has posted numerous posts about the strong efforts of some Texas border residents who are fighting back against the federal government’s insistence that the country will be safer with a…
LatinaLista — As was seen in the Texas primary, Latino voters are a significant voting bloc. Both Clinton and Obama can cite support from Latino voters as factors in their electoral gains in their respective bids for the Democratic…
LatinaLista — This morning in Texas, after a long night of vote tabulations and “two-stepping,” one irrevocable fact has emerged: The Latino vote made a difference for both Clinton and Obama. Though Clinton has been declared the winner by…
LatinaLista — Today, Texas is seeing the kind of unbridled excitement that first showed itself at the Obama rallies when upwards to 18-20,000 would show up to hear the Illinois senator speak. (Source: Getty Images/Houston Chronicle) And so far…
LatinaLista — Latino voters have long been characterized as loyal supporters or, in some circles, followers, depending on your view of loyalty and Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign is counting on the latter here in Texas in her quest to…
By Cecilia Muñoz LatinaLista Cecilia Muñoz is senior vice president of research, advocacy and legislation for the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). As such, she monitors developments across the country resulting from the enforcement/enactment of federal policies as…
LatinaLista — In a clear example of just how much Texas Republicans loathe the Clintons, stories are surfacing across the state of GOP voters switching parties, for at least a day, to cast votes for Obama. Even though polls…
LatinaLista — The crux of the illegal immigration problem lies south of the border. That’s not news. But that the solution lies on both sides of the border is evidently still news to some politicians — even those in…
