Hispanic News

Chairman Charles A. Gonzalez (TX 20) released the following statement regarding the new report from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR). According the latest data, minority students have less access to challenging high school curricula and are more often taught by lower-paid and less experienced teachers.  …

On March 6, 2012, K&L Gates, LLP, the national Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (Washington Lawyers’ Committee) filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Woodbridge, Virginia couple who have been victimized by mortgage rescue scammers that allegedly prey on vulnerable…

The DC Latino Caucus is partnering with the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, to host a candidate forum in preparation for the April 3 primary election. The Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is supporting the Candidate Forum with community outreach, small business participation and the provision of simultaneous translation in English and Spanish. The Chamber…

Groups Demand FBI Address Concerns from Governors and Other High Level State and Local Officials that Program Undermines Public Safety   This week, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and over 80 other civil and immigrant rights organizations sent a letter to the FBIdemanding that it end its facilitation of ICE’s…

Latino leaders discuss efforts to create jobs and strengthen local economies with Senate Democrats This week, business leaders and small business owners in the Latino community met with Senate Democrats at the invitation of the Senate Democratic Hispanic Task Force (HTF). The group focused on identifying policy solutions to strengthen…

Nearly half of the world’s migrants are Christian, and more than a quarter are Muslim A new report on religion and international migration by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that Christians comprise nearly half – an estimated 106 million, or 49% – of the…

The General Executive Board of LIUNA – the Laborers International Union of North America – has endorsed Barack Obama for a second term as President. The endorsement comes after a unanimous vote of the union’s board on Wednesday.   “President Obama has earned a second term as President,” said Terry…

Click here to listen to audio: http://bit.ly/yBKMQE   On a conference call this week, Sen. Robert Menendez and Rep. Xavier Becerra discussed how, as part of his failed attempt to close the deal with Republican voters on Super Tuesday, Romney went even further to the right and drew a wider breach…

Mitt Romney has run ads attacking Rick Santorum for joining the bipartisan group of Senators who voted to confirm Sotomayor. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hispanics for a Fair Judiciary this Tuesday criticized Mitt Romney for running ads pandering to political extremes by attacking Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The ads target…

  On the occasion of the silver anniversary of the NCLR (National Council of La Raza) Capital Awards, NCLR held its annual gala this evening at the National Building Museum in the District of Columbia, where the organization recognized Representative George Miller (D–CA), Paul W. Bridges, Republican Mayor of Uvalda,…