Latino Republicans push back on party’s immigration agenda

Latino Republicans push back on party’s immigration agenda

Victor Landa March 15, 2023

MIAMI (AP) — More than half of the residents in the slice of Miami that includes Little Havana were born abroad. And when Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar ran […]

One thing has united different Latino generations — defeating Trump

Victor Landa October 29, 2019

Sunday dinners in the Tambara household were more than a weekly source of food — they brought revelry, reminiscence and sometimes heated political debate — especially as presidential elections approached.  […]

As Trump seeks reelection, immigrant voters stand in his path

Victor Landa October 24, 2019

HOUSTON — This is where a nation changes: a public school auditorium that moonlights as a veritable citizenship factory. At the M.O. Campbell Educational Center, where murals honoring the arts and sciences […]

LatinX Voters Will be a Core 2020 Voting Bloc. Are Democrats Paying Enough Attention?

Victor Landa August 1, 2019

DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR president are awakening to the reality that Latinx voters, poised to become the largest nonwhite eligible voting bloc in 2020, are crucial to their chances of winning the […]

Castro stands up for issues that matter to Latinos

Victor Landa

Wednesday night’s Democratic debate is the last call for what Vox termed the “mega-debate.” By September, the standards to qualify for the big stage will be significantly higher, so tonight was […]

Advocates wonder: Where’s the outreach from Democratic presidential candidates to Latino voters?

Victor Landa June 25, 2019

MIAMI — There is outrage over Trump administration policies that have torn migrant families apart and left some children locked up. There is pervasive fear of immigration raids. And there […]

Latino leaders sound alarms over mobilizing Latino voters in 2020

Victor Landa June 11, 2019

Democratic presidential candidates are squandering a critical early opportunity to mobilize Latino voters ahead of 2020, potentially easing Donald Trump’s path to reelection, according to leading Latino political operatives in battleground […]

Texas quinceañeras to offer voter registration at their coming of age parties

Victor Landa May 17, 2019

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Texas-based nonprofit is aiming to bolster the Latino vote by offering young women the opportunity to hold voter registration booths at their quinceañeras. And they already have […]

Trump doesn’t deserve praise for appalling employment gaps

Victor Landa February 11, 2019

CHICAGO — It is said that the best lies have a grain of truth in them. That’s the ideal way to characterize President Trump’s assertion in the State of the […]

NewsTaco Rundown – February 11, 2019

Victor Landa

Julian Castro carries generations of Latino ambition into 2020 presidential election – USA Today When I think about Julian Castro running for president, I remember a phone call nearly 30 […]