Guns Yes, Immigrants No

Guns Yes, Immigrants No

Mary Mata April 16, 2013

By William Saletan, Slate Mandatory background checks are a terrible idea. They burden law-abiding citizens and don’t catch criminals. The databases they rely on are riddled with errors. We don’t even […]

Rubio’s Coy Immigration Play

Mary Mata April 5, 2013

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, NBCLatino Senator Marco Rubio got cold feet this Saturday. This weekend the Senator protested that the immigration negotiations were proceeding too hastily and that things […]

Dick Morris Says He Is Working On An RNC Ad Aimed At Latinos

Mary Mata March 29, 2013

By Media Matters Dick Morris is working with Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus on a new television advertisement that will include Preibus seeking to attract Latino voters, Morris revealed […]

A Very White GOP Leadership Plans Minority Outreach

Mary Mata

By McKay Coppins, BuzzFeed As the Republican Party gears up to launch a concerted, well-funded outreach effort aimed at attracting elusive minority voters, it’s not just battling dismal poll numbers […]

What GOP Can Gain & Lose Among Latinos & Immigration Reform

Mary Mata March 21, 2013

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 […]

G.O.P. Opposition to Immigration Law Is Falling Away

Mary Mata March 20, 2013

By Ashley Parker, New York Times Republican opposition to legalizing the status of millions of illegal immigrants is crumbling in the nation’s capital as leading lawmakers in the party scramble to […]

The RNC’s Tom Perez Problem

NewsTaco March 18, 2013

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 […]

Bipartisan Immigration Reform Bill Takes Shape in House

Mary Mata

By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan, Reuters A bipartisan group in the House of Representatives is close to completing work on a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would include a […]

CPAC Lineup Showcases Latinos

Mary Mata March 13, 2013

By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi Latino conservatives are poised to play a prominent role in this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which is the nation’s largest annual gathering of conservative politicians and activists. […]

How the Demographic Shift Could Hurt Democrats, Too

Mary Mata

By Ryan D. Enos, Washington Post …in 2008 I conducted an experiment in which I sent a letter to African American voters just before an election in Los Angeles. The content […]