Latino home health care workers could soon see fair wages as a result of new rules recently announced by President Obama requiring a minimum wage and overtime pay for workers in this industry. Latinos make up an estimated 12% of the nearly 2 million home health care workers who stand to benefit from these new […]
Latinos to Benefit from President Obama’s New Rules for Home Healthcare Workers
December 16, 2011 By
GOP Seen as ‘Hostile’ by Latino Voters
December 14, 2011 By
A new survey found that an overwhelming majority of Latino voters believe the Republican Party is ‘hostile’ toward them and is alienating them. The impreMedia/Latino Decisions survey also found that not even a potential nomination of Latino Sen. Marco Rubio as vice president could do much to change their sentiments. Another key finding of the […]
Supreme Court Decision to Weigh In on Texas Redistricting Battle Will Impact Latino Voters
December 13, 2011 By
The Supreme Court’s decision late last week to halt the recently announced Texas election maps proposed by a three-judge panel in San Antonio is raising concerns over the impact it could have on the rights of Latino voters in the state. The action is the most recent in the redistricting battle in Texas that started […]
U.S.-Mexico Border Arrests Drop to Lowest Level in Decades
December 13, 2011 By
The number of undocumented immigrants apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in the past fiscal year dropped to the lowest it’s been since the 1970s. According to statistics from the Department of Homeland Security released in late November, the total number of apprehensions, 327,577, is 53.5% lower than it was in 2008. The peak was in 2000, when 1.6 million […]
U.S. Representative Charlie Gonzalez Will Retire in 2012
December 8, 2011 By
U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (TX-D), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and 14-year Congress veteran, announced he will not be seeking reelection in 2012. “Serving in Congress has been a privilege,” said Gonzalez in a press release. “But today my obligation and responsibility to family will keep me from seeking another term, while at the […]
Comentarios from Maria Cardona: “Latinos don’t have to pick one political identity”
December 1, 2011 By
Last week’s Republican debate brought some interesting surprises. As a Latina Democrat, the biggest one I saw was Newt Gingrich’s defense of a legalization program for undocumented immigrants who have roots in the community and pose no threat to society. Herman Cain has “joked” about an electrified fence on the border. Michele Bachmann can’t stop […]
Texas Latinos Reshuffle in Congressional Race
November 28, 2011 By
The announcement today from San Antonio Congressman Charlie Gonzalez that he will retire when his term expires has reconfigured the cast of candidates looking to get to Congress in 2012. Now, Joaquin Castro is set to run in Gonzalez’s seat, district 20, paving the way for former Congressman Ciro Rodriguez to run in the newly created […]
Obama Campaign Hires National Latino Vote Director
November 22, 2011 By
Adrian Saenz has been hired as National Latino Vote Director by the Obama campaign in an effort to recreate and expand the president’s performance with Latinos in 2012. A veteran operative, Saenz served as State Director in Texas and New Mexico during President Obama’s 2008 campaign. He is expected to travel around the U.S. to […]
Texas Redistricting Maps Boost Latino Seats
November 21, 2011 By
The three-judge panel in Washington released its interim map proposals for the state house and senate today. The maps can be found here. The senate map is Plan S163. The house map is Plan H298 (Judge Smith also has a dissenting state house proposal, which is H299). The parties have been asked to submit any […]
10 House Democrats Head to Alabama Monday for Immigration Hearing
November 18, 2011 By
A Statement From The Office of Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and nine other House Democrats are traveling to Alabama on Monday for an ad hoc hearing on immigration and Alabama’s HB56 immigration law. A group of five of those traveling held a press conference today in Washington to discuss the trip. […]
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