Republicans are trying to delicately strike a balance for this Fall’s election as they try to look tough on the issue of immigration while not further alienating Latino voters. In the 2008 Presidential election, Barack Obama garnered nearly 70% of the Latino vote reversing trends over the past two election cycles that saw George W. […]
Cumulative Voting System Could Be Used To Increase Minority Victories
June 23, 2010 By
Last week, the voters of Port Chester, New York elected their first Hispanic elected official after a court-ordered revision of its voting system. The small town previously elected its six trustees, two at a time every two years. The elections were at-large voting. Despite the fact that half of the town’s population is Hispanic, […]
Nebraska City Passes Anti-Immigrant Measure
June 22, 2010 By
As reported yesterday in La Plaza , the city of Fremont, Nebraska was considering a local ordinance to make it illegal to hire or rent to an undocumented immigrant. The measure passed last night 57 to 43 percent. The new law was authored by a Republican candidate for Secretary of State in Kansas, Kris Kobach, who […]
Groups to Target Latino Voters for Turnout in Arizona
June 22, 2010 By
A coalition of Latino advocacy and immigration rights groups are launching an effort to register and turn out Latino voters in Arizona. The groups, which include Mi Familia Vota, Democracia USA, Border Action Network and Arizona Center for Empowerment, announced yesterday that their target is 50,000 Latino voters, […]
Arizona Law Model for Other States’ Actions
June 21, 2010 By
Anti-immigration activists and lawmakers are using the state of Arizona as an example in hopes of replicating the recently passed law, SB 1070, in their own jurisdictions. The town of Fremont, Nebraska, today, is voting on a local ordinance making it illegal to hire or rent property to an undocumented immigrant. Fremont, with a population […]
Minority Home-Owners More Likely to Face Foreclosure
June 21, 2010 By
Latino and Black home owners are more than 70 percent more likely to lose their homes to foreclosure than their white counterparts. That alarming statistic was released in a new report from the Center for Responsible Lending that looked at how the home foreclosure crisis is impacting minority communities disproportionately. According to the report, a […]
Clinton Indicated Feds to Sue Arizona
June 18, 2010 By
While on a Latin American trip, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a TV station in Quito, Ecuador that the Obama administration has decided to file suit against the state of Arizona for its recently passed, controversial anti-immigrant measure, SB 1070. Secretary Clinton’s comments drew fire from Arizona Governor Jan Brewer who said, “If our […]
Musical Artists Protest Arizona
June 7, 2010 By
Several prominent musicians and bands are coming together to offer up their voices in protest over Arizona’s new anti-immigration law. Carlos Santana, Willie Nelson, and Mexican band Mana are part of an effort to record songs in support of Latino immigrants. Nelson, who joined others on a track titled “Si Se Puede” or “Yes We […]
Arizona Artists Forced to Lighten Faces on Mural
June 4, 2010 By
Artists of a “Go Green” mural in Arizona which featured the likeness of children from a local elementary school were told to “lighten the faces” of some of the paintings following complaints “about the children’s ethnicity”. While the principal denies any political pressure, the mural has been the target of local Prescott, AZ city councilman […]
Obama Meets with Arizona Governor
June 4, 2010 By
Yesterday, President Obama held an oval office meeting with Jan Brewer, Governor of Arizona. The agenda of the meeting was immigration and in particular, the controversial new anti-immigration measure that Brewer signed into law earlier this spring. Since that time, the issue of immigration reform has catapulted once again to the top of the public […]
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