In Tennessee, Immigrants Use the Justice System to Fight Discrimination

For Enrique Bautista, a turning point came last year at a Franklin, Tennessee driver’s license office. A worker took his Tennessee issued ID and U.S. government issued green card and disappeared for twenty minutes. When she came back, she said she’d be keeping the documents on suspicion they were fake. Bautista, a legal permanent resident, [...]

National Latino Congreso Urges the President-Elect to Include more Latinos in his Administration

Earlier this week, the National Latino Congreso (NLC) presented a list of qualified Latinos to fulfill key positions in President- Elect Obama’s Cabinet to top transition team officials. The NLC applauded the selection of Governor Bill Richardson as Secretary of Commerce, but reminded the President-Elect’s team, “that the past administrations have had several 2-3 Latinos [...]