Last week, the voters in the state of New York went to the polls to make known their voices heard. As the voting day approached, the remaining candidates did their best to get their message to voters of the state which was crucial for the remaining candidate who are contending for the nomination of their […]
Congressman Gallego Fights For Deported Veterans
April 22, 2016 By
A group of Congressmen lead by Representative Ruben Gallego have introduced legislation that would help deported veterans of the United States Armed Forces return to the U.S. and reunited with their families. The proposed legislation would prevent the removal of service members and veterans in the future as well. “As a vet myself, I feel […]
Comentarios from Maria: The Immigrant Community Waits On The Supreme Court Decision
April 18, 2016 By
The world does not stop turning despite being in the midst of an election cycle, and this week, besides the very important primary elections in the state of New York, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of the United States against the State of Texas. This is the case that […]
Debate or Slugfest?
April 15, 2016 By
Yesterday in Brooklyn, New York Democrats had their ninth debate of the presidential election season. The night was a slugfest for both candidates as Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sec. Hillary Clinton discussed issues from gun control, minimum wage, and banking regulations. From the first question the audience could see it would be a yelling match […]
Tension Rises In New York Town’s Latino Community Amidst Trump’s Visit
April 14, 2016 By
It’s been almost eight years since an Ecuadorean immigrant lost his life due to a hate-crime stabbing. The incident divided the New York town of Patchogue, filling the new Latino community and its longtime Caucasian residents with tension. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump planned an appearance at a GOP fundraiser on Thursday just blocks from […]
Puerto Rico Proposes New Plan to Restructure Debt
April 12, 2016 By
Puerto Rico is currently struggling to deal with its $70 billion debt. On Monday, the U.S. territory put out a new proposal in order to try and restructure part of their large debt in order to gain them some time to implement a fiscal growth plan as impeding multi-million-dollar payments approach the territory’s dwindling cash […]
Comentarios From Maria: Bernie Beyond the Pale
April 11, 2016 By
Sen. Bernie Sanders went beyond the pale this week by saying outright he did not think former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was qualified to be president. His reason? He took a CNN report that the Clinton campaign was going to go hard against him and used that to incorrectly assert that Clinton was stating […]
Immigrants For Trump?
April 8, 2016 By
They is a small list of people that haven’t been insulted by Donald Trump, but every once in a while he will point out someone from the crowd that belongs to one of the groups he has insulted and say that they love him, they really do. Trump is leading the polls in the New […]
Trump Reveals How He’ll Fund the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall
April 6, 2016 By
It was finally revealed by Donald Trump’s campaign how he plans on getting Mexico to pay for the U.S.-Mexico border wall. The plan was written out in a two-page memo, titled “Compelling Mexico to Pay for the Wall,” sent to the Washington Post. In his memo, Trump stated that in order to get the wall […]
Latino Voters Are Making a Splash Before the Wisconsin Primaries
April 5, 2016 By
In Wisconsin Latino voters are just 4 percent of all eligible voters. Regardless, due to the growing Latino community in the state, they see much importance in Tuesday’s primaries. The state saw “Day Without Latinos” protests take place about a month ago as the Latino community’s effort to make itself visible in showing how important […]
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