LatinaLista — Today, another young person with undocumented status revealed himself to the nation. His name is Jose Antonio Vargas and unlike the other young people we have come to know as “DREAMers,” Jose is already living his dream…
LatinaLista — It must certainly seem to President Obama that no matter what he does, he just can’t make Latinos happy. He’s right. He invited various “stakeholders” and Latino community leaders and celebrities to the White House to talk…
LatinaLista — Latino cyberspace has been “aflame” with Sen. McCain’s unfortunate weekend comments blaming undocumented immigrants for starting the fires raging across Arizona. To his discredit, McCain immediately politicized a tragic event by coupling it with two contentious issues…
LatinaLista — The nation’s budget deficit is serious business. Nobody can argue that. Yet, the fact that some in Congress are arguing that the poor and children of color can most afford cuts or eliminations of programs that don’t…
LatinaLista — A long known profile characteristic of Latinos is that we are a very social people. So, it only makes sense that when it comes to social media Latinos have embraced it wholeheartedly. For example, 54 percent of…
LatinaLista — What some thought would never happen in the Lone Star State did. The Texas Senate passed a bill that now requires law enforcement officials to ask the immigration status of people who are lawfully detained or arrested…
LatinaLista — New Hampshire, the site of last night’s CNN Republican debate, is 94 percent white, according to the 2010 Census. Latinos are the largest minority demographic in the state comprising 2.8 percent of the population followed by Asians…
LatinaLista — One of the least contentious elements being proposed as part of a larger immigration reform package has to do with creating a guest worker program to serve the agricultural industry. The reasoning is that such a program…
Amigos805.com OXNARD, CA — Oxnard residents are being urged to call the California Redistricting Commission to voice their opposition to a proposal that would split Oxnard into two Assembly Districts. Half of Oxnard’s residents, as well as Santa Paula…
LatinaLista — According to Merriam-Webster, the word “reform” has these three top meanings: 1a : to put or change into an improved form or condition 1b : to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults…
By Alfredo R. Santos La Voz de Austin On June 4th, 2011, I went to a rally at the Texas State Capitol to help call attention to the fact that public education is under attack in Texas. As I…
LatinaLista — Lately, President Obama has not made a secret of the fact that he has opened the White House to Latinos. Whether it’s holding various strategy meetings with Latino community leaders, politicians or entertainment personalities or hosting the…
LatinaLista — Listening to GOP leadership speak on any given Sunday morning public affairs program, I’m always a little incensed when I hear them volley the term “the American people” to justify their stand on issues: “The American people…
LatinaLista — A New York Times’ article over the weekend about how the Obama administration is now “smartly” enforcing immigration law by going after employers: In a break with Bush-era policies, the number of criminal cases against unauthorized immigrant…
By M. Isabel Guerra LatinaLista LIMA, PERU — June 5th is the scheduled date for the second round of voting in Peru’s presidential elections. Polls indicate that the percentage of distance between the two candidates, Keiko Fujimori (Fuerza 2011)…
LatinaLista — Though the Obama administration has resurrected the issue of immigration reform and President Obama has made speeches around the country as a show of good faith that he’s serious about bringing it to the floor of Congress…
LatinaLista — The concept that all undocumented immigrants are criminals has been a hotly debatable subject ever since it was discovered that being in the country illegally isn’t a major crime that critics would have everyone to believe. It…
El Tiempo Hispano DELAWARE — Members of the Hispanic Community Redistricting Task Force held a press conference at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 27th in front of the Sussex County Building in Georgetown to announce the formation of its Sussex…
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – Senate Bill 91, which would require that any candidate for federal, state or municipal office prove their identity and citizenship with their original birth certificate, was passed in the House…
LatinaLista — Another day, another event for President Obama to underscore his determination to show the Latino community that he’s serious about the immigration issue. This morning, he spoke at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC. Overall,…
LatinaLista — First came the White House immigration meetings with their star-studded, business powerhouse invitees; then came the policy speech on immigration reform in El Paso yesterday where President Obama repeated to the nation what he’s been saying privately…
LatinaLista — The President delivered a long awaited policy speech on immigration reform today in El Paso to an audience, who was as enthusiastic and happy to see him, as they were forgiving overall at his lack of progress…
LatinaLista — When President Obama first started holding his White House immigration meetings, there was some confusion as to who was leading the discussions: President Obama or President Obama the 2012 political candidate. I say this because there was…
LatinaLista — The news that President Obama was holding yet another immigration meeting had most supporters of immigration reform rolling their eyes until it was announced that invitees were members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Everyone wanted to know…
LatinaLista — A lot has been written today about the American operation that was successful in killing Osama Bin Laden. Yet, out of all the content I came across, there was one story that hasn’t been regurgitated throughout mainstream…
