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Meet New U.S. Congressman Joaquín Castro

By Viviana Hurtado | 03/05/2013 - 17:47 | 0 Comments

I’m trying to figure out how to explain the impact of sequestration to my Latina readers. These are the automatic cuts divided evenly between defense and domestic spending, totally $1.2 trillion dollars over ten years that kicked in last week when Congress and The White House couldn’t come to an agreement on the federal budget deficit.

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Jeb Bush: Legal Residency, Not Citizenship, For Illegal Immigrants

By Sugey Palomares | 03/05/2013 - 11:35 | 0 Comments

Jeb Bush may be trying to become a major player in the national debate about immigration. The former Florida Governor is on the road promoting his new book,...

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Hugo Chavez Fights for His Life

By Kamren Curiel | 02/28/2013 - 16:54 | 0 Comments

Venezuelan vice president Nicolas Maduro said President Hugo Chavez is fighting for his life while he continues to undergo cancer treatment, according to the AP News.

Chavez hasn't spoken publicly since Dec. 2012, when he...

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Latinas’ Vote Under Fire?

By Viviana Hurtado | 02/27/2013 - 19:08 | 0 Comments

In 1965, 25,000 people marched to Montgomery, Alabama to help pass the Voting Rights Act. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court, including Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, heard arguments on a section of this historic legislation with their decision having a big impact on the Latino vote.

The case is ...

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Ann Coulter Lashes Out At Republicans And Latinos Over Immigration Reform

By Kamren Curiel | 02/22/2013 - 12:52 | 0 Comments

Right-wing political commentator Ann Coulter lashed out at Republicans working to pass comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. In an opinion piece titled "Hispanicked GOP Elite: They'll Respect Us in the Morning," the 51-year-old New York native claims...

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President Obama's Approval Rate Increases Among Latinos

By Sugey Palomares | 02/22/2013 - 12:16 | 0 Comments

Despite President Barack Obama’s challenge of delivering spending cuts for the sequester deadline on March 1st, a new survey conducted by USA Today and the Pew Research Center claims that his approval rate among Latinos...

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Report: ICE Detained 800 U.S. Citizens in 4 Years
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Report: ICE Detained 800 U.S. Citizens in 4 Years

By Kamren Curiel | 02/21/2013 - 14:13 | 0 Comments

In the midst of President Obama's highly anticipated immigration reform proposal—a leaked version raised GOP concerns for reportedly not tying a pathway to citizenship to new border security measures—a new report found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained nearly 1 million people between 2008 and 2012. Of those...

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President Barack Obama talks about not deporting illegal immigrant children
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A Latina Watches the State of the Union at the White House

By Viviana Hurtado | 02/13/2013 - 17:31 | 0 Comments

I was one a few dozen people invited to an exclusive State of the Union Social at the White House with an “enhanced” speech. Staffers, interns, and techies made graphics for the TV monitor that illustrated with data key parts of President Barack Obama’s address.

Starting with the...

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