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Once upon a time, Mitt Romney had a chance with minorities; the very same chance that President Obama had. Actually, he had a better chance. Latinos, Asians and other minorities closely following immigration issues had grown disappointed with the president. You see, Obama promised comprehensive immigration reform during his first campaign and instead he delivered [...]

Si es que existiese un premio a la perseverancia, de seguro que me gustaría entregárselo a los jóvenes del movimiento DREAM, un coro de chicos y chicas que ha ido creciendo durante esta última década de altos y bajos, de esperanzas y desaliento para lo que conocemos como el DREAM Act. Muchos de ellos se [...]

Since June 15, undocumented youth across the country, or DREAMers, as we’ve come to known them as eligible to participate of a future DREAM Act, started relishing a short-term opportunity of becoming free to be, to participate and work, as beneficiaries of the latest in a roller coaster of maybe’s in the last four years, [...]

Over the weekend, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez made a devastating comparison. He said his opponent, Henrique Capriles, is like Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and that U.S. president Barack Obama is a ‘good guy’, hinting his preference and implying a damaging relationship between a virtual dictator and the incumbent U.S. leader. In a campaign speech [...]

Ben Monterroso says that it is more important than ever for Latinos to vote massively in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The executive director of Mi Familia Vota (My Family Votes) says that not participating is not an option. “We have the right to participate and we should. We have commitments from both candidates and we [...]

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney only showed up at one large Hispanic conference this summer: NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected Officials). There, he proceeded to unveil his Immigration Reform. Sorry, his legal-only-screw-the-undocumented Immigration Reform. He skipped the LULAC conference and sent a bizarre video to the National Council of La Raza event yesterday. Today, [...]

It’s happening! Reversing ‘cowboy-style’ anti-immigrant attitudes, laws like the ones enacted in Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, and programs such as Secure Communities, that unfairly target Latinos and Asians and bring about massive deportations of non-criminals and family separation is starting to click throughout the country. Just this week, in cities like Chicago and states like California, [...]

Luego de los discursos en persona que el candidato republicano, Mitt Romney, y el demócrata, el Presidente Barack Obama, dieron en persona durante la conferencia de NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected Officials) el mes pasado; ninguno de los dos se presentó en la conferencia de NCLR (National Council of La Raza) esta semana en [...]