Seth Motel, Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Hispanic Center. January 7, 2012.
Despite Obama's strong showing among Latinos when compared with potential 2012 Republican rivals, he has suffered a decline in his overall approval rating as president.
More than 31 percent of Latino eligible voters are between the ages of 18 and 29. A little more than 17 percent of those voters went to the polls in the midterms.
A group of Los Angeles carwasheros (the term for Southern California’s 18,000 largely immigrant car wash employees) have won a landmark case against four carwash facilities.
In today's overheated immigration climate, it’s a good bet more Hispanics will be beaten, even killed, as the debate — if it can be called that — rages on.
Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver, a harsh critic of a new Arizona immigration law, will have his team wear the Latino-supporting version of its jersey in the NBA playoffs.
Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. April 20, 2010.
Obama's ICE promised to “focus on the employer” and pursue “aggressive criminal and civil enforcement against (employers) who knowingly violate the law.”
We speak to Isabel Garcia, co-chair of the Tuscon-based Coalition for Human Rights and legal defender of Pima County, Arizona, about the situation in her state.
Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. April 12, 2010.
Who will be the second lawmaker on the Republican side of the aisle to help Sen. Lindsey Graham carry forward immigration reform? And is it a prerequisite to moving forward?
The message was clear: fix our broken immigration system, stop the deportations that split up families, and allow immigrants to come to the US legally and to earn legal status.
There is “Nothing like 100,000 angry, frustrated, impatient marchers, representing millions of voters, to focus the Congressional and presidential mind…”
Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact. February 23, 2010.
In a stunning misreading of causality, the opponents of legal immigration are calling on the GOP to oppose immigration reform because immigrants don’t vote Republican
