The latest news relating to the political world as it impacts the US Latino community.
Today would have been the 82nd birthday of labor and civil rights leader, Cesar Chávez. Born into humble circumstances, he brought the plight of farm workers, who are some of the nation’s most downtrodden and helpless, into the national spotlight. With his founding of the United Farm Workers (UFW), he gave a voice to those [...]
More than 150 key Latino entrepreneurs and business leaders from across the country met in Washington D.C. for the first U.S. Latino Economic Summit hosted by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and LATINO Magazine. Gene Sperling, adviser to U.S. Department of the Secretary Timothy Geithner and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, was the keynote [...]
By: Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus The Latino community should wholeheartedly get behind the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). Introduced March 10, the bill has a majority of support in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, but business groups are spending heavily to make sure the Senate does not reach the 60 votes that [...]
As reported in the Washington Post, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has delayed a series of proposed immigration raids at U.S. workplaces in recent weeks, asking agents in her department to apply more scrutiny to the selection and investigation of targets as well as the timing of raids. A senior department official said the delays [...]
President Obama has announced John Trasviña as Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. John Trasviña has devoted his legal career to public service in civil rights and immigration policy. In the 1980s and 90s, he served as Chairman Paul Simon’s General Counsel & [...]
Earlier today Congress took an important step toward immigration reform. When both the US Senate and House reintroduced bipartisan legislation aimed at giving immigrant students raised in the U.S. the opportunity for a path to citizenship via college education or serving in the Armed Forces. Senators Richard Durbin and Richard Lugar reintroduced the DREAM Act, [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that America’s “insatiable” demand for illegal drugs and the inability to stop weapons-smuggling into Mexico are only helping to escalate the violence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Clinton said, “I feel very strongly we have co-responsibility”, referring to the United States’ “insatiable” demand for illegal drugs and the inability [...]
Yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered the Obama administration’s plan to deal with drug-related violence in Mexico by sending 500 more federal (agents to the U.S.-Mexico border and also address the issue of U.S.-purchased guns being smuggled south by violent drug cartels. The announcement included a comprehensive outline of how $700 million approved by [...]
In an article today the Washington Post reports that the Census Bureau is planning on launching a $250 million promotional campaign to encourage participation in the 2010 Census amidst the fears that millions of minorities will be overlooked. More than half of the funds that will go to advertising will go across traditional and social [...]
