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Gutierrez Responds to Obama’s Statement that Not Passing Immigration Reform Has Been “Failure”
September 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL-4) issued the following statement reacting to two candidate forums conducted this week on Univision, the nation's largest Spanish-language network. On Thursday, President Obama stated that his "biggest failure" during his first term was being unable to enact comprehensive immigration reform that couples legal immigration reform, legalization for undocumented immigrants, and improved enforcement at the border and in the workplace. Rep. Gutierrez is the Chair of the Immigration Task Force of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and a national leader on the immigration reform issue. Rep. Gutierrez' statement: continue reading »
Obama Confesses Lack of Immigration Reform has Been His “Biggest Failure”
September 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Barack Obama said in Miami Thursday that his "biggest failure" as president has been the lack of progress on immigration reform and expressed regret for having been "naive" to think Republicans would work with him on the issue. continue reading »
NBC/WSJ/Telemundo Poll: 61% of Latino Voters for Obama, 27% for Romney
May 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
According to the first national NBC News/WSJ/Telemundo poll, 61 percent of Latino registered voters consulted would cast their ballots for President Obama and 27 percent for Mitt Romney. The poll, the first in a series of surveys of Latino respondents to be produced by NBC News, The Wall Street Journal and Telemundo, also revealed a 61 percent approval rating for Barack Obama (compared with 48 percent of all Americans in the recently released NBC/WSJ poll). continue reading »
Community Leader Freddy Balsera Defends Obama’s Cuba Policy Against Romney Attacks
May 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In response to Romney Policy Director Lanhee Chen’s statement on the President’s policy on Cuba, Community Leader Freddy Balsera issued the following statement: “This is yet another example of Mitt Romney’s campaign trying to score political points to distract from the fact that he has no policy ideas of his own to successfully confront the challenges of the future. continue reading »
Experts Say Gay Marriage Will Not Alienate Hispanic Voters
May 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The historic and politically risky announcement by President Barack Obama supporting same-sex marriage comes at a time when the largely Catholic Hispanic community is also evolving its opinion on the matter, experts consulted on the subject on Thursday told Efe. continue reading »
Romney Disingenuous to Support Chinese Activist but Not Latino Immigrants Seeking a Better Life
May 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mitt Romney has come out calling the US policy on Chen Guangcheng, a political dissidence, a “dark day for freedom” and “a day of shame for the Obama administration.” With such bold quotes on immigrant’s rights, you would think that he would support humane immigration laws at in the US, however, he remains entrenched in his no amnesty, self-deportation position. continue reading »
A New Way to Measure the Burgeoning Power of the Immigrant Vote
February 24, 2012 | by Immigration Impact | HS News Network
Voter registration is a key measure of immigrant integration. After all, what could be more American than casting your ballot on Election Day? When measuring immigrant voting patterns, voter registration is typically defined as the continue reading »
Call to Action: Save the Child Tax Credit for Hardworking Families!
February 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
A fair economy is the talk of the nation, but some members of Congress have their ears plugged. As you read this message, lawmakers are seriously considering raising taxes on hardworking, low-income, taxpaying families in order to pay continue reading »
Jeb Bush Reminds Republicans ‘We Need Hispanic Vote’
January 26, 2012 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
Latino voters "will represent the margin of victory" in key states in this year's elections, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush reminded his fellow Republicans in a Washington Post op-ed. continue reading »
Latina-led Movement Urges Democratic Latinos to Vote in “Open Primaries”- Anyone But Romney
January 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
National Tequila Party urges Latina/os to vote for “anyone but Romney” as he embraces xenophobia more than any other Presidential candidate when he decided to align himself with Kris Kobach who works for the Immigration Reform Law continue reading »
GOP Hispanic Group Throws Support Behind Gingrich, Chides Romney’s Immigration Stance
January 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The biggest organization of Hispanic Republicans in the United States endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for the GOP presidential nomination. continue reading »
