Representative Luis Gutierrez(D-Ill) and Joe Baca(D-Ca) have written a letter to the President of the United States asking that the raids being executed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) be stopped. The letter summarizes the inhumanity and injustice they witnessed after visiting Potsville, Iowa the site of one of the biggest raids carried out by […]

In an effort to bring Latinos to the polls this November several organizations have launched voter registration efforts across the United States. The latest of these efforts comes from a collaboration among Voto Latino and Fundacion Azteca America. Fundacion Azteca America, is the non-profit arm of the Azteca America Network. Voto Latino, is an organization […]

Latino votes in Florida will be critical in determining which presidential candidate will declare victory in the state. Recent polls show that John McCain has reasons to be concerned…. A Quinnipiac University poll released last week found that Latino voters in Florida prefer Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama over McCain 56 percent to 36 percent. […]

Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are fighting tooth and nail for Colorado, and the state’s Latino population may be the key to unlock and win the presidency. McCain and Obama both have been to the Centennial State several times recently. Polls suggest nearly a dead-heat in the state, with McCain carrying a slight […]

In this election year, the economic woes of Latinos may take precedence over other issues… The number of Americans who have seen their full-time jobs chopped to part time because of weak business has swelled to more than 3.7 million – the largest figure since the government began tracking such data more than a half-century […]

McCain has long opposed quotas but his new support for ending affirmative action programs which stop short of quotas puts him at odds not only with Democratic rival Barack Obama but also with the Arizona senator’s own views in 1998. Back then, when the legislature in McCain’s home state of Arizona considered sending the voters […]

Many of the members of the CHC that had previously supported Hillary Clinton praised Barack Obama’s efforts to reach out to Latinos. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama‘s campaign’s decision to use $20 million to reach out to Latino voters has drawn praise from members of Congress. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus said the campaign’s […]

In Maricopa, Arizona authorities are using controversial tactics in an effort to curb illegal immigration… Maricopa, which includes Phoenix, is home to more than half of Arizona’s 6.2 million people. It is also the domain of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is determined to make life miserable for illegal immigrants. Trouble is, “Sheriff Joe,” as he […]