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The student rate of delinquency and loan debt amount have significantly increased as compared to previous years. Thus, if you believed that Americans who were highly educated ended up with favorable results in 2008 financial crash, you were wrong. With regards to 2 new studies, students with more education and college degrees took almost the [...]

By Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) I would like the Republican Party to meet America’s Latinos. It’s hard to meet us all at once, because there are more than 53 million of us, but let me tell you a little bit about who we are and what we do. Most Latinos are citizens.  In fact, [...]

By Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) I have been saying that the road to the White House goes through Latino neighborhoods. When I traveled to Florida and Nevada and Colorado for the President, it was clear to me that Latino voters were energized and engaged and ready to believe that the President will fight for [...]

By Lars Anderson, Director, Public Affairs FEMA Hurricane Sandy continues to swirl closer to the coast, with impacts already being felt in several states as of Sunday afternoon.  At the direction of President Obama, FEMA continues to coordinate the federal government’s assistance and preparations for Hurricane Sandy. Today, the President visited FEMA headquarters and received [...]

By Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) When an embattled politician wraps up so much of his political ambition in a massive public works project, it can be harder to kill than a vampire, but this is the final stake through the heart.  Fundamentally, the Governor of Puerto Rico was willing to risk the lives of [...]

Immigrant’s List released its Anti-Immigrant Olympic Medalists for America’s worst politicians. “Today, we’re releasing the National Hall of Shame for 2012, and in honor of the Olympics, we wanted to shine the spotlight on politicians who are playing games and preventing America from fixing its broken immigration system. The simple truth is that immigration makes America win. [...]

By Move On The latest poll shows that 63% of Americans view Mitt Romney’s business background positively!! How can this be? They also think that he’d be better than President Obama at managing the economy, even though his tenure at Bain shows just the opposite. We know that Romney is rich and out of touch, [...]

By Presente The Anaheim Police Department committed an atrocious act of police violence against defenseless Latino families over the weekend, shooting rubber bullets and unleashing a police dog into a crowd that included children. “They just started shooting everyone. They shot at little kids too!” That’s what a screaming Susan Lopez told a local news [...]

By The Advancement Project States across the country are taking Florida’s lead in attempting to purge voter rolls of alleged non-citizens in an alarming escalation of Latino voter suppression. The barrage of policy decisions making it harder to vote in Florida this year include reduction of early voting days and unreasonable restrictions on voter registration. [...]

By NIYA A young man who is eligible for the new deferred action policy announced by the Obama Administration last month is being held in Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach. Despite being eligible for the DREAM Act, Cipriano Toledo may be deported to Venezuela unless the community comes out to support him.  Toledo (A# [...]