Lupe Valdez becomes first openly gay and first Latina candidate to win a major party nomination for Texas governor

Lupe Valdez becomes first openly gay and first Latina candidate to win a major party nomination for Texas governor

Victor Landa May 24, 2018

After a tight race throughout much of the evening Tuesday, Lupe Valdez pulled ahead late to comfortably defeat Andrew White in the Democratic runoff for governor, according to unofficial returns. […]

Texas Governor launches preemptive sanctuary-city lawsuit. MALDEF says it’s on!

NewsTaco May 9, 2017

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2 minute read)    Did you hear the one about the Governor who sued some of his state’s citizens because he thought they were going to […]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs ‘sanctuary cities’ ban into law on Facebook Live

NewsTaco May 8, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because Texas has now morphed into Arizona of 2010. VL By James Barragán, Dallas News (5 minute read) AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott has signed […]

Texas Faces Lawsuit Over Provision of Border Security Law

NewsTaco January 26, 2016

*The State of Texas says it’s a state crime to harbor undocumented immigrants. MALDEF says that’s a federal responsibility so the Texas law violates the constitution’s Supremacy Clause. So MALDEF has […]

Texas Denied 30-Day Extension in Immigration Case

NewsTaco December 3, 2015

*This is a big deal for President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Texas, leading a group of 25 states, asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a 60 day delay – […]

Boisterous Immigration Protest At Texas Governor’s Mansion

NewsTaco November 23, 2015

*This happened Saturday, in Austin, Texas, in front of the Governor’s Mansion and the State Capitol. Some of the protesters walked for three days from the detention center in Williamson […]

Texas Governor Hits Dallas Latina Sheriff Over “Sanctuary” Policies

NewsTaco October 26, 2015

*This is a showdown worth watching. Lupe Valdez is Dallas’s Latina Sheriff. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has singled her out for not complying with federal immigration laws. She says she’ll […]

Why Dan Patrick Wants a Permanent Border ‘Surge’

NewsTaco February 12, 2015

* … Texas. On the one hand, it’s easy and understandable to explain stories like this with that one word. On the other, it’s also very sad. Patrick is the […]

Texas GOP’s secret anti-Hispanic plot: Smoking gun emails revealed

NewsTaco July 14, 2014

*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 […]

Greg Abbott sees future linked to Hispanic voters

NewsTaco March 27, 2014

*Latino voters in Texas aren’t looking for sentimental images of “familia.” Some candidates don’t understand how condescending it is to flash those images and speak of how “the blending of […]