Civil rights activist and People For the American Way (PFAW) board member Dolores Huerta joined Arizona Latino elected officials and community leaders in Arizona Thursday to launch a campaign aimed at denouncing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. According to a PFAW’s press release, their new campaign Trumpublicans: Reject Trump and the Republicans / Trumpublicanos: Rechaza […]
Donald Trump’s Latest Flip Flop: ‘Softening’ on Immigration
August 24, 2016 By
Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign by promising to build a “great, great wall” on the U.S. southern border – making Mexico pay for it – and painting undocumented Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists. Now, Trump is changing his tone on immigration and “softening” a stance he notoriously endorsed. “There certainly can be a […]
Comentarios from Maria: Desperation and a Srategy to Divide
August 22, 2016 By
Every time Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump opens his mouth it is usually to say something terrible about someone or to insult entire groups of voters. I think he is beginning to realize that this strategy is not working. This can be seen in the most recent surveys where Hillary Clinton is winning by about […]
Fox News Latino Poll Shows Latinos Highly Favor Clinton
August 12, 2016 By
With less than four months to go before Election Day, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a commanding 46-point lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump among Hispanic voters, according to an exclusive poll released Thursday by Fox News Latino. The poll found that 66 percent of registered Latinos would head to the ballot box […]
GOP Congressional Incumbents are Calling for Immigration Reform Plans
August 11, 2016 By
Two Illinois Republicans considered among the nation’s most vulnerable congressional incumbents are breaking from their party and its outspoken presidential nominee, Donald Trump, to push laws that would include a path to citizenship for people living in the country illegally. Rep. Bob Dold and Sen. Mark Kirk joined GOP Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida and […]
Clinton Surrogates are Focusing on the Latino Vote
August 9, 2016 By
Last month, Joaquín Castro went to Center City and down to the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia to choose Hillary Clinton as this year’s Democratic presidential nominee. Before he did so, though, Castro went to the Caplan Center for Performing Arts on South Broad St. where he addressed a group of potential voters who […]
Comentarios from Maria: Is Melania ‘lying and crooked’ over her immigration story?
August 8, 2016 By
Donald Trump has made immigration a cornerstone of his bid for the presidency. His campaign has not been shy about using his wife Melania’s own experience as a “lawful” immigrant to justify why her husband is pushing such a draconian immigration proposal that would deport the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United […]
Some Republicans Will Be Checking Off Hillary’s Name Come Voting Season
August 3, 2016 By
A small number of influential Republican lawmakers are doing what was nearly unthinkable just a few months ago – they are throwing their support behind Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Some – like Ricardo Reyes, a veteran of the George W. Bush administration – have gone even farther than just backing Clinton’s bid for presidency. […]
Latino Family Signs Letter Requesting That Trump Apologizes
August 2, 2016 By
Carlos Arredondo and his family found purpose in building a community with other families like theirs that lost children in war, but he fears Donald Trump could lead to more families like his. Arredondo is the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Alexander Arredondo, who was killed in Iraq by a sniper. Arredondo and his wife […]
Clinton’s Nomination Follows Trend of Latin American Women In Power
July 29, 2016 By
By any measure, the nomination of Hillary Clinton as the first female nominee to a major political party in the United States is monumental. This week Clinton has gone farther than any other woman in U.S. history, but globally – and surprisingly more so in the machismo world of Latin America – female political figures […]
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