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My cousin came to America from El Salvador when he was a toddler. But he didn’t become a citizen until his second tour of duty in Iraq. At one point in his naturalization process, he was told to report to our county courthouse for the exam. “But I’m in Iraq,” he said to the civil servant Read More
Shortly after 70% of Latino’s votes contributed to President Barack Obama’s re-election, the RNC went back to the drawing board to try to figure out where they went wrong. It is fair to say that Republicans have traditionally underachieved when it comes to winning the support of Latino voters, who have historically supported Democratic candidates Read More
A fair path to citizenship. That’s the promise President Obama made. So I wonder what is his concern about the emerging agreement on immigration reform by the bipartisan senators. If the soon-to-be released bill with the proposed provisions is signed by President Obama, it may take 15 to 20 years for a current undocumented person Read More
Humanity certainly needs its wishers and hopers. So it’s good to see there are still some optimists enduring in the most inhospitable place on earth: “Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) on Tuesday downplayed the notion that a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants would serve as a major obstacle to passing comprehensive immigration reform, arguing that Read More
Two Rand Paul pieces in one day? The earth must’ve slipped into a wormhole last night. Surely this day will live in infamy on the pages of WTF history: “Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is endorsing a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants, a significant move for a favorite of Read More
He is the rising star of the Republicans. He is young, ambitious, loved by the tea party and radical conservatives, and he is Latino. He will save the party with the Latino vote in 2016. I wonder if they may be confundidos, a bit foggy perhaps. Rather, Senator Marco Rubio seems to be out of Read More
Last Tuesday in Nevada, Pres. Obama declared his intention to pursue a comprehensive immigration reform to provide 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country with a path to legalization. The audience symbolized the voting population of Latinos that helped re-elect him last November. A day earlier, a bipartisan group of senators held a press conference Read More
The president reveals his inner Obama: “We will support democracy from Asia to Africa, from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the Read More
Undocumented immigrants and their allies are divided on how to move forward with immigration reform. From Huff Post Latino Voices: “Nearly 600 would-be Dream Act beneficiaries and their allies, who helped in a successful push earlier this year for relief for undocumented young people, gathered in Kansas City, Mo., this weekend to determine their path Read More
We knew this day was coming as soon as we saw how the Latino vote carried President Obama to victory in November. Two Republican senators, Jon Kyl of Arizona and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, have introduced a bill that would allow DREAMers to remain in the country legally, but without a special and automatic Read More