The DREAM Act is an Amnesty, But So What?
By Pablo Manriquez POLITICO reports that Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) along with Reps. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) will meet with President Obama on Thursday at 2:30PM “to request...
View ArticleCHCI Speeches Deliver More Empty Promises
By Bender Bending Gonzalez If there was one recurring theme at last night’s Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 33rd Annual Gala, it was the Dream Act and inherently immigration reform. One by...
View ArticleSome of Tonight’s Latino GOP Winners
The states of New Mexico and Nevada will have new Latino governors with Susana Martinez and Brian Sandoval respectively. Florida will have a new Latino senator, Marco Rubio. In Texas, Francisco Canseco...
View ArticleAnother One Bites the Dust – Rep. Solomon Ortiz Concedes
It has been a rough election cycle for many of the moderate to conservative Democrats in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus with members such as John Salazar and Ciro Rodriguez losing their seats....
View ArticleLatinos for Mayor in Chicago
By Cristina Villarreal On September 7, 2010, Mayor Richard Daley announced that he would not run for re-election for Mayor of Chicago. After 21 years as Mayor, he decided he was ready to retire. For...
View ArticleSeneca: The Latino State of the Union
As the Yuletide approaches in the US followed by year’s end, the joy of the Latino celebration of these holidays is evident. This includes the sounds of villancicos, the stagings of the Posadas,...
View ArticleYou Don’t Respect Me, Huh?
NCLR has a new campaign that was launched about a week and a half ago urging members of Congress and other elected officials to show a level of respect for the Latino community. This campaign comes in...
View ArticleYet another White House Meeting on Immigration
Today there is another White House meeting planned to discuss immigration, but this time instead of the celebrity brigade, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will be meeting with President Obama....
View ArticleHispanic Caucus Takes a Stand
There is a glimmer of hope in the administration immigration enforcement madness, as last week the Congressional Hispanic Caucus called for the end of the Secure Communities program. I had blogged...
View ArticleSeneca Adumbrates the New Year
By Seneca 2012 could be the actual beginning of the long expected Latino political awakening. Why? Perhaps sheer numbers, the reaction to the dire economic costs the community has endured, the...
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