Columnist Ruben Navarrete argues that McCain may have already alienated Hispanics by flip-flopping on the immigration issue…. Latinos aren’t known to forgive and forget. And that’s a problem for John McCain, who spoke Monday. The presumptive Republican nominee has put at risk decades of support from Latino voters in Arizona because of the perception he […]

Polls show that education is a high priority for Latinos in this election year. Polls also reveal that Latinos favor “school choice” a position which may benefit John McCain… This survey found that although Hispanic voters generally consider public schools to be effective, they also favor, by a wide margin, school choice (defined as allowing […]

Republican presidential candidate John McCain, speaking Monday to the National Council of La Raza convention, reminded Latino leaders he risked “political suicide” in his two failed attempts at comprehensive immigration reform – and rebuked Sen. Barack Obama’s suggestion that McCain flip-flopped on his own legislation when it became unpopular. McCain addressed Obama’s criticism head on, […]

In what has become quite frequent in the past few weeks. Obama and McCain are both addressing large crowds of Latinos at National Council of La Raza Convention…. Sen. Barack Obama promised yesterday that he would make overhauling immigration policy a top priority of his first year in office if he is elected president as […]

Spanish Language Media and Community groups credited for increase in citizenship applications. Efforts of organizations such as Naleo are showing results The number of citizenship applications filed doubled to 1.4 million last year, the report by the U.S. Office of Immigration Statistics found. The surge in naturalization of Mexicans, their largest year-to-year increase this decade, […]

Read some of the reviews and commentary on the Latino outreach efforts of presidential hopefuls below: Obama and McCain’s awkward Hispanic outreach Like eager but awkward suitors, Barack Obama and John McCain are working hard and sometimes fumbling in their efforts to court Hispanic voters who could swing November’s presidential election.For the African-American Obama and […]

In his new ad John McCain tries to strengthen his ties to the Latino community without directly addressing the issue of immigration. But reinforcing his statement that immigrants are “God’s children” Conspicuously timed amid a slew of appearances in front of prominent Latino organizations, John McCain released a new ad today in Colorado, New Mexico […]

Joe Baca head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is advising Obama on how to win in areas that are heavily Latino Congressman Joe Baca (D-San Bernardino) still marvels at the fact that he has been tapped by Democratic candidate Barack Obama to advise the presidential hopeful on how to woo the Latino vote nationwide. “In […]