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Housekeepers and cooks from around the country have trekked thousands of miles to assist UNITE HERE’s Culinary Union in naturalizing over 1,700 Nevada immigrants. “From March to May, the Union hosted four citizenship fairs in Clark County to assist these new immigrant voters with their applications,” according to a new... Continue »

English (en español al final de la página): Reuters: Bashing Trump not enough for Democrats to win Latino vote, advocates warn By Luciana Lopez Reuters: Trump’s San Diego Rally Draws More Than 1,000 Chanting Protesters Associated Press: Donald Trump breaks with nation’s only Latina governor By Morgan Lee New... Continue »

  English (en español al final de la página): Reuters: Bashing Trump not enough for Democrats to win Latino vote, advocates warn By Luciana Lopez May 27, 2016 Reuters: Trump’s San Diego Rally Draws More Than 1,000 Chanting Protesters May 28, 2016 Associated Press: Donald Trump breaks with nation’s... Continue »

English (en español al final de la página): Washington Times: DHS admits it’s still violating judge’s order on immigration amnesty By Stephen Dinan Colorlines: Children of Immigrants Share Their ‘American Story’ in New PSAs By Sammer Rao New York Times: Boos for Univision Anchor Who Spoke Spanish and Criticized... Continue »

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 »