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WASHINGTON, D.C. – El virtual nominado presidencial republicano, Mitt Romney, aseguró este miércoles que la crisis educativa que atraviesa el país, que afecta principalmente a los alumnos de minorías, “es el asunto de derechos civiles de nuestra era”.

“Estamos en medio de una emergencia nacional educativa”, declaró...

El congresista republicano de Iowa, Steve King, tiene una impresionante combinación de boca y pata cuando de hablar de los inmigrantes se trata. Siempre que dice algo al respecto, mete la pata. Y también tiene una gran debilidad de comparar a los inmigrantes con animales.

En un...

Sondeo tras sondeo demuestran que el presidente Barack Obama tiene el apoyo del voto latino, pero la pregunta que algunos nos hacemos es si los votantes hispanos votarán en las cifras requeridas para garantizar la reelección del presidente.

La clave para Obama es no sólo promover el mayor registro de...

Con una veintena de eventos a través de la nación y a seis meses de las elecciones generales, los Soñadores o DREAMers volvieron a la carga en sus esfuerzos de obtener un alivio administrativo de parte del presidente Barack Obama que los proteja de la deportación, como grupo, en tanto...

La declaración del presidente Barack Obama de que apoya los matrimonios entre personas del mismo sexo se dio tras una proceso de evolución, según afirmó, y de una cuestión de principios, agregó.

Es un arriesgado paso político a meses de los comicios generales que le ayudará con...

The newest "talking point" we're hearing from Hispanic Republicans about immigration is that Barack Obama hasn't fulfilled his promise to push for immigration reform during his first year in office, when Democrats controlled both houses of Congress. For good measure, they point out that the Obama administration has deported more...

WASHINGTON.- El nuevo ""talking point"" de los republicanos hispanos al hablar de inmigración es decir que el presidente Barack Obama no cumplió su promesa de impulsar una reforma de inmigración durante el primer año de su gestión cuando los demócratas controlaban ambas cámaras del Congreso. Y lo sazonan agregando que...

Por las motivaciones que sean, el senador republicano de Florida, Marco Rubio, y su propuesta "light" del Dream Act han puesto a correr a más de uno, tanto republicanos como demócratas.

Por un lado, aunque el plan tenga la intención de ayudar al Partido Republicano en año electoral entre...

Cuando la Corte Suprema de la nación escuche este miércoles los argumentos a favor y en contra de que entren en vigor algunas de las cláusulas más controversiales de la ley anti inmigrante SB1070 de Arizona, el debate será sobre la preeminencia del gobierno federal sobre el estatal en la...

A los conservadores republicanos les gusta Marco Rubio como candidato vicepresidencial en la mancuerna republicana de noviembre, o al menos eso concluyó el voto extraoficial de la Conferencia del Comité Conservador de Acción Política (CPAC) este pasado fin de semana. Mientras continúan las especulaciones sobre Rubio como compañero de fórmula...

PHOENIX -- It's no coincidence that Barack Obama's 2012 campaign will open its fourth Arizona office in the middle of the heavily Latino neighborhood of Glendale. Betting on the increase in eligible Latino voters, and on the mobilization generated by anti-immigrant politics here, Democrats are hoping that Arizona won't just...

PHOENIX- Mr. Manuel Ramírez Chávez was born in Michoacán, Mexico, but arrived in the United States when he was eight years old. Fifty-six years later, at the age of 64, he's finally becoming a citizen. He didn't do it earlier, he said, "because I'd never seen as much discrimination as...

In order to win over the most conservative, extremist voters in the Arizona Republican primary (which will be held Tuesday, February 28th), presidential candidate Mitt Romney called the state's immigration policy a "model" for others to follow.

But reality says otherwise.

As "ground zero"...

Conservative Republicans want Marco Rubio to be the vice-presidential candidate in November's presidential election. At least, that's what the straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) showed last weekend. While speculation continues about whether or not Rubio will be on the ballot alongside the eventual Republican presidential nominee,...

DENVER-They may be undocumented, naturalized, or first- second- or third-generation citizens, but if one thing unites many Hispanics in Colorado it's their discontent with the anti-immigrant rhetoric coming out of the Republican primary.

To David Ramírez, a fourth-generation Hispanic in Colorado, the tone and proposals of the Republican candidates on...

LAS VEGAS - Republican caucus attendees in Nevada chose Mitt Romney to carry their standard (and delegates) in the campaign for the presidential nomination, and all eyes there are now fixed on November's general election. Republicans are betting that discontent among Latino voters over the failure to pass immigration reform...

LAS VEGAS--Although the Republican primary process has barely begun, Mitt Romney is looking like the inevitable nominee. This Saturday, he's expected to repeat his 2008 triumph in the Nevada caucus, winning a state that will be decisive in the fight for the White House in November, and where the Latino...

MIAMI-To many, the winner of last night's primary in the Sunshine State has practically guaranteed himself the Republican presidential nomination. Erasing his loss four years ago, Mitt Romney, the improbable candidate, won Florida on the way to his coronation as Barack Obama's opponent this November.

His triumph...

They call Casa Marín, "the lucky corner" ("La Esquina de la Suerte" in Spanish), and the restaurant's owner assures me that candidate Mitt Romney's visit to his establishment on Sunday guarantees his triumph in today's Republican primary.

"He's already won," declared Diosdado Marin. Marin's restaurant is located in the...

Maybe someone told Mitt Romney he'd have to make a serious effort to attract Latino voters, especially on the eve of the Republican primary in Florida. Whatever the cause, the former Massachusetts governor, who has some of the most extreme positions on immigration of anyone in the field, decided that...