An Eye on Immigration and Guns This Week

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Things to look out for this week: Guns and immigration. As if this week were any different from the last  three or four weeks – but […]

By Noam N. Levey,  Los Angeles Times As Republican leaders try to woo Latino voters with a new openness to legal status for the nation’s illegal immigrants, the party remains […]

By Aamer Madhani, USA Today President Obama expressed optimism on Wednesday that Congress will have a bill that overhauls the nation’s immigration laws ready next month and that passage of […]

By David Jackson, USA Today President Obama takes his renewed immigration push to the airwaves Wednesday, speaking with two Spanish language television networks. Obama will be interviewed by anchors Jose Diaz […]

By Andrew Cohen, Latino USA President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Labor is Dominican-American Thomas Perez, one of only two Latino cabinet nominees. Maria Hinojosa talks to legal analyst Andrew […]

By Meghashyam Mali, The Hill President Obama will host a naturalization ceremony on Monday for 28 new citizens, including 13 service members, at the White House. The move comes as the president […]

By Matt Barreto, Latino Decisions Recently there have been a series of high profile endorsements for comprehensive immigration reform from the Republican Party. Immediately after the November 2012 election Bobby Jindal made […]

By Philip Rucker, Washington Post Miguel Rodriguez is President Obama’s new director of legislative affairs. That makes him the president’s Congress whisperer and arm-twister, tasked with convincing Republican lawmakers of the virtues […]

By Brian Beutler, Talking Points Memo The two biggest political stories of the day — the RNC’s release of its reaction to the party’s 2012 drubbing, and Tom Perez’s nomination […]

By Peter Baker, New York Times WASHINGTON – President Obama plans to announce Monday that he will nominate Thomas E. Perez, who heads the Civil Rights Division at the Justice […]