Senator Robert Menendez (NJ), one of the only Spanish-speaking US Senators, has found himself the voice of all Democratic Senators to Spanish-language media outlets. While Senate Republicans have Mel Martinez (FL), it is Menendez who gravitates toward the media – in both English and Spanish.

On Sunday, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, accused Republicans of playing the race card in regards to Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor. “You have one leader of the Republican Party call her the equivalent of the head of the Ku Klux Klan. Another leader of the Republican Party called her a [...]

On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the city officials of Irving, a Dallas suburb, must alter the way they run municipal elections. It was determined that the current election system was diminishing the voting power of its large and growing Latino population. The ruling, by U.S. District Court Judge Jorge A. Solis, prevents Irving [...]

Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings, President Obama reaffirming his commitment to Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Michael Steele, Republican National Committee Chairman declaring that the Latino vote is critical for the Republican Party to take back the White House all speak to the new reality of Hispanic American prominence on the stage we call the American Experience. Without [...]

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus issued the following joint statement today recognizing the one-year anniversary of the anti-immigrant hate crime that resulted in the death of a Latino immigrant in Shenandoah, PA:

Today will likely be the last day Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will face questioning on Capitol Hill by the Senate Judiciary Committee. After more than 10 hours of questioning by committee member, Sotomayor has kept her cool and her personal opinions mostly private.  Witnesses invited from both sides will comment on Sotomayor’s nomination.

In Wednesday’s confirmation hearings it was clear that the Republican Senators were particularly interested in getting to the bottom of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s views on abortion. However, she refused to be pinned down on these views and explained that the abortion issue was not one that the Obama administration brought up before her nomination to [...]

On Tuesday the Hispanic National Bar Association, on behalf of twenty-five Hispanic advocacy organizations, wrote a letter to Senator Jeff Sessions (R- AL) expressing their dismay at his efforts to mischaracterize as extremist the the work of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF), now known as LatinoJustice PRLDEF. Below is the text [...]

On Tuesday, New America Media, the country’s first and largest national collaboration and advocate of 2000 ethnic news organizations, held a press conference on Capitol Hill to release a poll detailing demographics, challenges and successes of women immigrants to the United States.

On Tuesday, the Congressional TriCaucus issued the following statement applauding Democratic House Members for introducing a bill to address comprehensive health care reform. (Washington DC) – Reps. Mike Honda, Barbara Lee, and Nydia Velazquez – Chairs of the Congressional TriCaucus – comprised of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus, and the Congressional [...]