Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
By Silvia Manzano, Latinovations The 113th Congress includes a record number of thirty-eight Latinos elected officials. These notable numbers have both policy and political implications for the future of Latino politics in the United States. First though, some demographic facts about the 113th. Demographic Profile The House Representatives includes thirty-five Latino members, another three are members of the
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
By Latinovations With President Obama re-elected into office and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) secure, there has been an increase of interest and applications from undocumented students. “I’ve seen an increase in three ways,” says Jose Peñalosa, an immigration...
Monday, October 1st, 2012
By Peter Malof, Public News Service EL PASO, Texas – The Obama administration’s new Deferred Action program gives young undocumented immigrants temporary permission to live and work in the United States, although fewer than 100,000 of the 1.5...
Sunday, September 23rd, 2012
By Beth Caldwell and Joel Medina, New America Media When she heard about President Obama’s announcement about offering temporary immigration relief to undocumented immigrant youth who came to the United States as children and were educated here, Judy...
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
By Hector Luis Alamo, Jr., Being Latino President Obama would like to make life a bit easier for a small portion of the millions of undocumented immigrants leading clandestine lives in the United States. But a few Republican...
Thursday, August 16th, 2012
By Kristian Ramos, Latinovations President Barack Obama’s move to prioritize the deportation of criminal immigrants, while giving exemplary undocumented immigrants the ability to remain in the country through deferred action, is smart and fair enforcement policy. In the face...
Thursday, August 16th, 2012
Thursday August 16, 2012 Univision Protestes Lack of Hispanic Moderator for Presidential Debate (Variety): Univision’s Randy Falco today sent a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, expressing disappointment that no Hispanic journalists were selected as moderators of...
Monday, August 13th, 2012
By Aaron Leaf, Feet in 2 Worlds On August 15th, young undocumented immigrants can apply to stay in the US legally under the deferred action plan announced in June by President Obama. Feet in 2 Worlds asked...

