Marco Rubio Republican Age: 44 Birthright Citizenship: Continue granting automatic citizenship Manmade Climate Change: Denies DREAM Act: Opposes Voter ID: Supports Obamacare: Repeal Minimum Wage: Opposed
Rand Paul Republican Age: 52 Birthright Citizenship: Favors excluding children of undocumented immigrants Manmade Climate Change: Unclear DREAM Act: Not immediately Voter ID: Supports Obamacare: Repeal Minimum Wage: Opposes
Mike Huckabee Republican Age: 59 Birthright Citizenship: Continue granting automatic citizenship Manmade Climate Change: Accepts, cites economic concerns DREAM Act: Supports Voter ID: Supports Obamacare: Repeal Minimum Wage: Against raising
Carly Fiorina Republican Age: 60 Birthright Citizenship: Continue granting automatic citizenship Man-made Climate Change: Accepts, but does not call for action DREAM Act: Supports Voter ID: Supports Obamacare: Repeal Minimum Wage: Opposed to raising
Chris Christie Republican Age: 52 Birthright Citizenship: Favors excluding children of undocumented immigrants Manmade Climate Change: Accepts it, no indication on what action is necessary DREAM Act: Unknown, signed NJ version of DREAM Act Voter ID: Supports Obamacare: Repeal Minimum…
Dr. Ben Carson Republican Age: 63 Manmade Climate Change: Denies DREAM Act: Against Voter ID: Supports and wants to strenghten Obamacare: Repeal Minimum Wage: Favors raising
Jeb Bush Republican Age: 62 Manmade Climate Change: Accepts it, cites economic worries DREAM Act: Favors it Voter ID: Supports it Obamacare: Repeal Minimum Wage: Favors abolishing federal minimum
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Early critics of Rubio’s presidential run showcase how Latinos are far from being “one big happy familia”
Apr 15, 2015, 1:24 PM 0
LatinaLista — With the 2016 presidential campaign officially underway, it marks the first time where Latino surnames will take center stage alongside those candidates whose families have already crafted their own political legacies — Bush, Clinton and Paul. Joining…
Immigration, zNew Headline
Separate polls show Obama’s base approve his Executive Action, leaving critics red
Nov 24, 2014, 3:25 PM 0
LatinaLista — Ever since President Obama issued his Executive Action to address immigration last week, Republican leadership has been on a rampage threatening everything from legal action to predicting there would be riots in the streets and our southern…
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Part 1: The political reality of immigration reform
Aug 29, 2014, 2:50 PM 0
by Gary Segura Latino Decisions In a matter of weeks or even days, we anticipate that President Obama will articulate some changes to immigration administration and enforcement that will provide some security to undocumented persons living and working in…
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Guest Voz: House Democrats’ filing of discharge petition to force immigration vote is nada más than politics
Mar 27, 2014, 10:56 AM 0
By María Gabriela “Gaby” Pacheco LatinaLista Discharge Petition — A procedural tactic that allows an absolute majority of the House of Representatives (218 lawmakers) to force a floor vote on a bill, even if leaders who control the House…
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Report: Both parties have ‘work cut out for them’ to reach Hispanic vote
Mar 5, 2014, 2:59 PM 0
By Colton Gavin Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Arizona Hispanic voter engagement has not kept pace with the growth of the Latino population, but that is poised to change and political parties need to be ready to take advantage,…
Local News, Washington DC, zNew Headline
Boehner takes more heat on reform comments and inaction
Feb 14, 2014, 12:28 PM 0
By Aaron Montes Hispanic Link News Service WASHINGTON, D.C. — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and the Republican Party are getting an earful from Democratic congressional members and Hispanic leaders and organizations for saying they do not trust the president…
Palabra Final, Political Commentary, zNew Headline
As another Texas election campaign heats up, state’s Latinos find themselves (again) the butt of GOP politics
Feb 11, 2014, 5:33 PM 0
LatinaLista — This year marks 32 years living in Texas, and after all this time, I’m still surprised and insulted at the lack of respect state politicians unashamedly display towards Latinos in the Lone Star State. In a state…
Diversity, Palabra Final, zNew Headline
New NBC survey identifying 8 distinct segments of American populace doesn’t include Latinos in the mix
Oct 15, 2013, 4:32 PM 0
LatinaLista — It’s easy to get confused about what Americans really think or want when politicians seem to always end their partisan rhetoric with “It’s what the American people want.” Well, now, thanks to the new Esquire-NBC News survey,…
Local News, Southwest, zNew Headline
You will not see a lot of Republican candidates in South Texas this primary season
Oct 15, 2013, 10:27 AM 0
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN — South Texas voters will not see much of Republican statewide candidates during the primary election season because there are not that many votes up for grabs. This is the view of…
Guest Voz, zNew Headline
Guest Voz: Texas — prime example of a state government failing its people and derailing its future, thanks to one man
Sep 5, 2013, 11:21 AM 0
By Eliot Shapleigh Rio Grande Guardian EL PASO, TEXAS – In 2000, when George Bush left Austin to run for President, Rick Perry was quietly sworn in to become Texas’ 45th Governor. Rick Perry has now been in office…
Palabra Final, Politics
GOP governors’ denial of Medicaid expansion in their states is one outreach Latinos will take to heart — and to the polls
Apr 3, 2013, 4:11 PM 0
LatinaLista — For all their outreach to Latinos, the GOP must think that compromising on immigration reform — and to this point, no one knows exactly what their definition of compromise entails — is all that is needed to…
Palabra Final
The GOP’s $10 million problem with Latinos isn’t messaging — it’s the message
Mar 18, 2013, 4:20 PM 0
LatinaLista — When Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus first announced that his party would be devoting $10 million to outreach to minority, women and young voters as a result of the findings from their internal analysis GOP Growth…
Palabra Final
TIME interview with Sen. Marco Rubio shows a Latino who’s learned to get ahead in politics
Feb 7, 2013, 3:00 PM 1
LatinaLista — Florida Senator Marco Rubio is riding high these days. Not only has he emerged as a leading Republican voice on immigration reform but he’s been chosen by his party to deliver the GOP response to the State…
Palabra Final, Politics
Attempts to sow distrust between Latinos and Obama won’t work this time around
Jan 21, 2013, 4:49 PM 1
LatinaLista — It wasn’t but days after the presidential showdown between Obama and Romney that everyone — from media political analysts to veteran GOP politicians — admitted, if not somewhat grudgingly or incredulously, that Obama’s win could be credited…
Palabra Final, Politics
Signs on the horizon signal Latino Republicans may be the ones to save the GOP
Dec 13, 2012, 6:08 PM 0
LatinaLista — By now, everyone knows that the GOP leadership so turned off most Latinos that the overwhelming support lavished on Obama by Latino voters in last month’s election was a direct consequence of the anti-immigrant, anti-poor, anti-gay, anti-DREAMer,…
Palabra Final, Politics
Until GOP leadership advocates for party change, there’s little hope of it happening
Nov 16, 2012, 5:14 PM 1
LatinaLista — There’s no better prescription for the Republican leadership going forward than to take to heart the old saying: “real change comes only from within and not without.” There are encouraging signs already that some in the GOP…
General, Palabra Final, Politics
The GOP’s journey to find root cause of their presidential defeat lies with Mexican American Latinos
Nov 8, 2012, 1:48 PM 0
LatinaLista — On election night, the realization that Latinos were fulfilling their political destiny was a public dawning that triggered observations by mainstream pundits ranging from almost gleeful — “This was a demographic shellacking” — Chuck Todd of NBC/MSNBC…
Palabra Final, Politics
Overwhelming support of Obama gives rise to new questions for Latinos’ political future
Nov 7, 2012, 5:50 PM 0
LatinaLista — If there is one crystal clear revelation about the Latino electorate from election night polling data, it’s that the overriding sentiment among the majority of Latino voters is that the GOP does not share their values —…
