Texas GOP’s secret anti-Hispanic plot: Smoking gun emails revealed
Texas GOP’s secret anti-Hispanic plot: Smoking gun emails revealed
*Meanwhile … away from the border and the crisis that’s nudged all other issues important to Latinos to the sidelines, a precedent setting lawsuit began toady in Texas. At stake […]
Citizens and Immigrants Allege Abuse by Border Patrol
By Ignacio Torres, NBCLatino A group of U.S. Citizens and undocumented immigrants filed a series of lawsuits on Tuesday claiming abuse by Custom and Border Protection (CBP) agents around the country. […]
Texas GOP Used Redistricting To Destroy Latino Voting Power
Before I launch into a discussion of the recently completed redistricting trial in San Antonio let me give you a bit of information concerning the sections of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) […]
Rick Perry’s Voter Legislation Disenfranchises Latino Voters
By Rebecca Acuña, Dep. Political Director for Base Outreach for the Texas Democratic Party The 82nd legislative session began on a precipice of disaster. Absent of the federal stimulus dollars […]
Obama Admin Challenges Alabama’s Anti-Latino Law
Yesterday the Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against the State of Alabama for its anti-Latino law that not only requires police to inquire about immigration status and penalizing employers […]
Civil Rights Groups Challenge Alabama Immigration Law
The Alabama immigration law hailed as the toughest anti-immigrant measure in the nation is being challenged in court by a coalition of civil rights groups. The group, which includes the […]
Civil Rights Groups Take Georgia Immigration Law To Court
Georgia’s anti-immigrant law inspired by Arizona’s SB 1070 is facing a lawsuit from several civil rights groups that oppose the measure calling it “hate rhetoric.” The groups that have banded […]