In the early morning hours of Sunday, Nov. 18, a young mother was shot to death not 50 yards from my home. On the backside of our block is a new elementary school. And while I was out of town and school was not in session, I was terrified to...

Everybody is talking about the role played by Latinos and about Ohio in last Tuesday's election. I offer a first person account of both. I've written here my reflections on my experience as a Cincinnatian, as a Latino and as a person involved with the president's campaign in Ohio from...

Mitt Romney, driven by his foreign policy hawk handlers, jumped the gun with his absurd and insulting political attack on the President in the face of a human tragedy. Today, he has set himself up as a shameful example of both the worst and least in American politics.

While...

If GOP leadership is operating from the belief that Latinos are walking around with one hand over our ears and the other over our eyes, then they are sorely mistaken. I suspect that if they haven't already begun to feel the political sting, then November 7th will be a very...

"I understand why there's skepticism, but people are going to have to weigh facts. The fact is that this decision is about sound law enforcement practices, and that is the best way to make sure we implement it well." - Cecilia Muñoz.

At the White House on Monday, I sat...

"Should more creative and positive alternatives to meet [immigration concerns] continue to be neglected, nativist trends will proliferate across the nation."

I wrote that as a policy warning in the conclusion of my Master's thesis back in spring of 2009. Now, nearly three years to the day, the Supreme Court...

Last week on the House floor, Congressman Gutierrez (D-IL) dedicated five minutes to railing against Mitt Romney and the GOP's War on Women. When asked to respond to claims that Sandra Fluke is a "slut" and "whore", the only thing Romney could say was, "It's not...

Two weeks ago I gave an invited talk about my work in immigration politics and policy to students at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. In light of the fact that Ohio's fastest growing demographic is the Hispanic community, and in anticipation of Super Tuesday, the discussion moderator asked...

Dear Congresswoman Kaptur:

Welcome to your new battleground district. I know it's been a difficult road to today's primary. No Democrat wants to go head to head with another Democrat. So allow me to introduce you to Ohio's increasingly relevant and politically organized Latino community.

The first thing...