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California, New York, Iowa and Colorado are among the states that have cracked down on immigrant students by hiring ICE agents to investigate residency statuses or unlawfully barring students from enrolling. Such blatant discrimination flies in the face of the 14th amendment and Supreme Court precedent, both of which... Continue »

You might remember Krikorian from when he was named Worst Person in the World by Keith Olberman for trying to push some of that "Anglo-conformity" on Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor for pronouncing her name too ethnically: "Deferring to people's own pronunciation of their names should obviously be our... Continue »

Today, Judge Sonia Sotomayor became the first ever Latina and only the third woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States. This will surely be seen as a historic moment for all Americans, including the Latino community. Unfortunately, what should have been a proud... Continue »

A series of events over the past several days and weeks show that the Republican Party still has not learned the lessons of the 2006 and 2008 elections. As Senator Tom Coburn might say -- they have some "splaining to do." In a remarkable and mostly unconscious display of... Continue »