Yesterday, in the U.S. Senate, a subcommittee led by Alabama Senator Richard Shelby voted to block the Obama Administration’s request to ensure that children fleeing violence in Central America have access to legal representation when they receive their day in immigration court. While subcommittee votes don’t usually generate a...
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English (en español al final de la página): The Hill: Centrist Dems wary of Hillary’s move to the left By Alexander Bolton Washington Post: How Jeb Bush’s campaign ran off course before it even began By Ed O’Keefe and Robert Costa The Hill: Christie: GOP needs warmer tone toward...
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Earlier today, immigration, family, and children’s advocates held a “Twitterstorm” calling for DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson to end the administration’s harmful family detention policy. The movement to end family detention has gained considerable steam over the past few months, with over 150 Democrats from both chambers of Congress sending letters...
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A son of two migrant farmworkers will become the next United States poet laureate, the Library of Congress announced today. Juan Felipe Herrera, a UC Riverside professor who also served as poet laureate of California from 2012 to 2014, will become the first-ever Latino to fill the position. From...
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For at least a few minutes after Latino voters clobbered Mitt Romney at the ballot box in 2012, Republicans seemed cognizant of the fact that the party would need to undergo a major overhaul if was determined to remain viable on a national level. Instead, the GOP, following the...
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Suzanne Gamboa of NBCNews.com Recaps the State of Play on Immigration Policy and Politics With the President’s DAPA program and the expansion of DACA held up in the courts, there’s been much confusion about what it means for people and politics. In a new NBCNews.com piece, Suzanne Gamboa succinctly distills the state of play on...
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Post: “If you live by the pen, you die by the pen” By James Hohmann Wall Street Journal: Bernie Sanders to Address Latino Politician Group NALEO By Laura Meckler National Journal:Why Does Immigration Divide the GOP Along Lines of Education...
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The Texas legislative sessions adjourned on June 1, and the immigrant community got the news they had been waiting for. The push to repeal the Texas Dream Act was defeated, securing in-state tuition as a benefit that undocumented students across Texas can continue to take advantage of. This is...
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El año pasado, más de 25 millones de latinos tenían la posibilidad de votar en las elecciones de medio término de Estados Unidos. Eran el 11% del total del padrón. Por eso, la comunidad hispana, la primera minoría en ese país desde hace más de diez años, es uno...
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El presidente, Barack Obama, se declaró este lunes “frustrado” por el último revés sufrido por sus medidas migratorias para regularizar a cinco millones de inmigrantes indocumentados, después de la negativa de un tribunal de apelaciones a levantar la suspensión que hay sobre ellas desde febrero.
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