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Poll: Undocumented Latinos strongly support background checks, learning English to get citizenship

Sandra Lilley wrote 1 month ago: If a full background check is required for citizenship, 93 percent of undocumented Hispanics would f … more →

Tags: Politics, Americas Voice, BACKGROUND CHECKS, Car, Citizenship, criminal background, Frank Sharry, Gang of Eight, Gary Segura

Poll: 9 out of 10 undocumented Latinos would pursue citizenship

Sandra Lilley wrote 1 month ago: Eighty-five percent of Latino undocumented immigrants have family members who are U.S. citizens, and … more →

Tags: News, Latino Decisions, undocumented immigrants, Americas Voice, path to citizenship, Latino undocumented immigrants

Obama taps Thomas Perez as labor secretary -- “Muchisimas gracias Señor Presidente”

johnib wrote 2 months ago: Thomas Perez. / SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images More than two months after Labor Secretary Hilda Solis an … more →

Tags: Texas, South Carolina, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, New Black Panther Party, Thomas Perez, Obama's nominee for Labor Secretary, Jeff Sessions called Perez divisive, Congressional Hispanic Caucus hailed the announcement, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Of

Obama nominates Thomas Perez for Labor Secretary, calling him an "advocate" for working families

Sandra Lilley wrote 2 months ago: Today at the White House, President Obama nominated Thomas Perez, the son of Dominican immigrants wh … more →

Tags: Politics, Maryland, Thomas Perez, Labor Department, liz lopez, secretary of labor, Cid Wilson

Heated debate on the Voting Rights Act inside and outside the Supreme Court

Sandra Lilley wrote 2 months ago: Before arguments even began inside the Supreme Court today, a group of Latino legislators and civil … more →

Tags: Politics, Supreme Court, Arturo Vargas, Congressman Raul Grijalva, Trey Martinez Fischer, Voting Rights Act, ruben hinojosa, chc, Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Total number of Hispanics in House depends on who you ask

Maria Eugenia Alcón wrote 3 months ago: WASHINGTON (AP) — How many Hispanic members are there in Congress? Turns out narrowing it down … more →

Tags: Politics, Arturo Vargas, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Hispanic, hispanic identity, Hispanics in Congress, House of Representatives, House Press Gallery, Latino

Senators: Immigration reform to come by summer

Sandra Lilley wrote 3 months ago: A major breakthrough – that’s what a bipartisan group of Senators called their immigrati … more →

Tags: Politics, Bipartisan, center for community change, Congressman Luis Gutierrez, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, Democrats, Immigration reform, Jay Carney, NCLR

New Congress with record number of Latinos to be sworn in today

Sandra Lilley wrote 4 months ago: The new U.S. Congress sworn in today will have 3 Latino U.S. Senators and 28 Latino House members; n … more →

Tags: Politics, Hispanics, Latinos, 113th congress, new Congress

Latino groups vow large-scale national mobilization for 2013 immigration reform

Sandra Lilley wrote 5 months ago: On the wings of a successful effort that resulted in a record number of Latinos going to the polls i … more →

Tags: Politics, 2012 election, ben monterroso, Brent WIlkes, Chris Espinosa, Citizenship, Eliseo Medina, Héctor Sánchez, hispanic federation

First Latina in history elected as new National League of Cities' president

Adrian Carrasquillo wrote 5 months ago: Avondale, Arizona Mayor Marie Lopez Rogers was named the new president of the National League of Cit … more →

Tags: People, arizona, Avondale, Mayors, National League of Cities

California lacks Hispanic political star power

Maria Eugenia Alcón wrote 5 months ago: LOS ANGELES — California has more Hispanics than any other state, by far, but you’d have … more →

Tags: Politics, Brian Sandoval, California, Hispanic, Julian Castro, Raul Rubio, Susana Martinez, vote, Arturo Vargas

Latinos elected to state legislatures in 36 states

Jacquellena Carrero wrote 6 months ago: The 2012 election has been a historic one for Latino voters, but it’s also proven to be a cruc … more →

Tags: News, Maine, Oregon, State Legislators, State Legislature, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Of

Op-Ed: The road to the White House is through El Barrio

Maria Eugenia Alcón wrote 6 months ago: It’s time for the sleeping GIANT to awake. More than 12.2 million Latino voters are expected t … more →

Tags: Politics, Battleground States, Latino, vote, Voting, El Barrio, leadership, Purchasing Power

Latino groups achieve higher voter turnout, rallying around immigration reform

Sandra Lilley wrote 6 months ago: For months and months Latinos have been hearing about the importance of their vote from Latino organ … more →

Tags: Politics, chirla, Latino, Latino Decisions, Latino Voter Turnout, NCLR, Voto Latino, Sylvia Manzano, Rudy Lopez

Latino House candidates set to make history

Maria Eugenia Alcón wrote 6 months ago: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It is lunch hour at Barelas Coffee House, in the heart of one of Albuquerqu … more →

Tags: Politics, candidates, Congress, Latino, Supreme Court, Lujan Grisham, Latino house, university of california los angeles

Study: As many as 219,000 Latino votes could be suppressed

Alessandra Hickson wrote 7 months ago: Stricter voter identification laws and  few early-voting options may deter or prevent as many as 219 … more →

Tags: Politics, election, Florida, Hispanics, Latinos, Texas, Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression, Voter ID laws

Latino leaders united behind Obama's message at the DNC

Sandra Lilley wrote 8 months ago: As day one of the Democratic convention gets under way, it’s all hands on deck as Latino Democ … more →

Tags: Politics, Democratic Convention, DNC, Dolores Huerta, energize, Hispanics, Latino Decisions, NCLR, obama

Profiles: Julissa Gutierrez

¿Hablas Diseño? wrote 8 months ago: Julissa Gutierrez is one of the featured speakers in our next event on Thursday, September 6th, Apps … more →

Tags: Conversaciones, attend, Profiles, Civic Engagement, Immigration, LATINO VOTE

7 facts about Latino Republicans you didn't know1 comment

Sandra Lilley wrote 9 months ago: 1. The first U.S. Senator of Mexican-American descent, Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, was a Republica … more →

Tags: Politics, Latinos, Republicans


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