Intellectually Entertaining. Socially Relevant.
First, on the GOP side: “House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said on Tuesday that he believes undocumented young people who entered the United States as children should be given legal residence and, eventually, citizenship, in what marks a reversal for the congressman who voted against the Dream Act less than three years ago. ‘A Read More
A new study conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center reveals some unsettling facts about Mexican immigration and the long-treasured path to citizenship: “Nearly two-thirds of the 5.4 million legal immigrants from Mexico who are eligible to become citizens of the United States have not yet taken that step. Their rate of naturalization—36%—is only half that Read More
Elise Foley, immigration maven over at HuffPo, talks about the president’s new-found urgency on reform: “As of Monday, Obama will have four more years to reshape his immigration legacy. And there’s every indication that he wants it to be different. He doesn’t want the dubious distinction of being ‘deporter-in-chief’ — especially since he was elected Read More
Sounds like the heir apparent is a fan of my stuff: “Vice President Joe Biden rallied Latino members of Congress on Thursday to push for immigration reform, calling Latinos ‘the center of the nation’s future’ and reminding them that their political power will only grow after the last presidential election. ‘The way to make the Read More
Obama knows a kick in the rear end when he feels one: “Despite a bruising fiscal cliff battle that managed to set the stage for an even more heated showdown that will likely take place in a matter of months, President Barack Obama is planning to move full steam ahead with the rest of his 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
I thought the Republican presidential candidate would simply evaporate into the ether after the election, but apparently he wasn’t the only one living in fantasyland. From the Los Angeles Times: “Mitt Romney told his top donors Wednesday that his loss to President Obama was a disappointing result that neither he nor his top aides had Read More
While Hurricane Sandy was pummeling BL headquarters, impreMedia and Latino Decisions published the results of their latest tracking poll showing record enthusiasm among the Latino electorate. “Forty-five percent of Latino voters say they are more enthusiastic about voting in 2012 compared to 2008,” Latino Decisions stated. “That number is up from 37% from ten weeks Read More
President Obama has won the endorsement of La Opinión, the country’s largest Spanish-language newspaper. What choice did the paper have, though, when less than one in four Latinos support the Republican challenger? Yet, what’s surprising about the endorsement, and the reason I mention it at all, is the way in which the editors chose to Read More