Hispanic News

Washington, D.C.— Recently, the Supreme Court issued an important decision, Vartelas v. Holder, No. 10-1211, rejecting the retroactive application of a provision of a law passed by Congress in 1996 that has prevented many lawful permanent residents (LPRs) from returning to the United States after a trip abroad. Citing the…

Commentators Pile On: “More Likely to Epitomize the GOP’s Latino Problem Than to Fix It”   Washington, DC – The news that Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) endorsed Mitt Romney for President has led to another round of pundit speculation about Rubio’s vice presidential prospects, which Rubio demurely “rejects.”  But the…

Proposal would reduce time that U.S. citizens are separated from immediate relatives   U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today posted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register that would reduce the time U.S. citizens are separated from their spouses, children, and parents (i.e. immediate relatives) who…

Washington, DC – A range of stories focus on Republican problems with Latino voters. It appears that across the Party GOP leaders are finally recognizing that courting Latino voters in the fall is threatened by an anti-immigrant, anti-Latino brand that has been cemented by the Republican primary.   Among the…

Bipartisan group of Senators call on the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee to include language supporting the creation of a future Smithsonian American in the Fiscal Year 2013 Interior Appropriations Bill WASHINGTON – US Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Democratic Hispanic Task Force, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV),…

San Diego, CA – DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart announced that Benjamin Arellano-Felix, nearly 60, the former leader of the Tijuana Cartel/Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO) was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in San Diego by the Honorable Larry A. Burns to serve 25 years in federal prison. Judge Burns also…

Washington, D.C.—The Center for American Progress released “The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Maryland¹s Demographic Changes and Immigration Politics” .   1. Maryland’s foreign-born population is growing quickly. The Latino share of Maryland’s population grew from 2.6 percent in 1990 to 8.2 percent (or 474,451 people) in 2010.…

VOXXI, the premier site for news, analysis and commentary with a Hispanic focus, announced that Ruben Navarrette will write an exclusive weekly political column for VOXXI debuting today.  Navarrette’s announcement is part of VOXXI’s overall plan to boost political coverage of the Presidential Elections, taking place in November 2012. “VOXXI…

While campaigning in Wisconsin last week, Mitt Romney debuted a new line of attack against President Obama—focusing on immigration. Said Romney, referring to immigration, “This has always been a priority for the President he chooses to do nothing about…Let the immigrant community not forget that, while he uses this as…

Nearly four decades after the United States government mandated the use of the terms "Hispanic" or "Latino" to categorize Americans who trace their roots to Spanish-speaking countries, a new nationwide survey of Hispanic adults finds that these terms still haven't been fully embraced by Hispanics themselves. A majority (51%) say…