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Rep. Luis Gutiérrez slammed the recent frenzied dictates of Judge Andrew Hanen, who has outrageously ordered the federal government turn over the names and addresses of 100,000 DACA recipients. “The newspaper La Opinion called Judge Hanen’s plan ‘onerous and absurd,’” said Rep. Gutiérrez during a House floor speech earlier... Continue »

Apparently not satisfied with their presumptive nominee using a taco bowl to reach out to “the Hispanics”, the GOP-led House Appropriations Committee has approved a bill that would force the Library of Congress to return to using the term “illegal immigrant.” Last month, the Library announced that it would... Continue »

After news broke last week that the Obama Administration was planning a new round of immigration raids targeting young mothers and unaccompanied children from Central America, leading Democratic voices and policy experts and advocates condemned the planned enforcement actions as morally wrong and misguided on policy. Additionally, as leading observers... Continue »

What’s on the Capitol Hill menu as presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump meets with his party’s leaders in DC today? Taco salads, of course. Rep. Luis Gutiérrez welcomed the arrival of the GOP’s new standard-bearer with a reminder that it’s going to take a whole lot more than chomping... Continue »

Remember that 2012 “GOP Autopsy Report?” The one that called for Republicans to rally behind comprehensive immigration reform and to work on that whole Latino outreach thing? You’d think that now that Donald Trump is the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for President, the RNC would just want to forget... Continue »

You almost have to applaud this. Almost. It takes some real cajones to nominate as your party’s standard-bearer someone who insulted Mexicans and then release a Cinco de Mayo statement today “celebrating” Mexicans. We’d been wondering all week if the RNC would dare release a Cinco de Mayo proclamation as... Continue »

English (en español al final de la página): Politico: McCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes By Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim Reno-Gazette Journal: Heller leaves possible run for governor open By Seth A Richardson Houston Chronicle: Trump anxiety spurs Latino voter registration By Lomi Kriel The... Continue »

English (en español al final de la página): Medium (Op-ed): 24 Of The Worst Things Donald Trump Has Ever Said By Gabe Ortíz Huffington Post: U.S. Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce Has Never Endorsed A Presidential Candidate. Now It’s Picking Two. By Elise Foley Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Rally... Continue »

Recent polling of Latino voters, conducted by Latino Decisions and commissioned by America’s Voice, confirms that Donald Trump is deeply unpopular with Latino voters; and that the Republican Party’s brand image with Latinos is deeply damaged and getting worse, due in part to Trump’s rise but also because of the... Continue »

New polling of Nevada Latino voters, conducted by Latino Decisions and commissioned by America’s Voice, makes clear that immigration matters to Latino voters; that Donald Trump is deeply unpopular with Latino voters; and that the Republican Party’s brand image with Latinos is deeply damaged and getting worse, due in part to... Continue »