File this under stupid quotes. It came to my attention earlier today that Santa Ana Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez has been taking some heat for some remarks she made in reference to a Jewish property owner who is involved in the city’s downtown area. Last week in a council meeting, Alvarez compared a downtown businessman, who [...]

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In the week that has passed since the Obama administration announced some new prosecutorial discretion guidelines for DHS to better prioritize its work, there have been continued protests and actions against the controversial Secure Communities Program. One action that received a bit more press involved the Assistant Director of Secure Communities, who was confronted by [...]

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I have an update on the immigration happenings from last week over at DailyGrito describing the administration’s new policy on exercising prosecutorial discretion. Another piece worth reading for putting last week’s actions in context is this one by Roberto Lovato. Also, today an informal e-mail poll has been circulating sent out by the Latino Voter’s [...]

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The past few days have been a whirlwind of activity from immigration activists who are taking their protests and frustrations over the administration’s Secure Communities program directly to Obama campaign offices and Democratic Party headquarters around the country. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: “Civil and immigrant rights activists demonstrated Tuesday outside the state Democratic Party’s headquarters [...]

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Texas Governor Rick Perry reminds me of a better looking, more confident George W. Bush (not that I would necessarily describe GWB as handsome). Both men were popular governors of Texas, both men were yell leaders in college, both were mediocre students, both can channel the Lord in their vernacular in a way that resonates [...]

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I know many who are have taken to pointing out some of President Obama’s cruel and appalling immigration enforcement policies for months, but there’s also the realization that the Latino vote doesn’t necessarily turn on immigration, meaning that many of us will vote one way or the other based on other issues. I think that [...]

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By Fera Dayani Right now CA Dem staff and volunteers together with local Democrats in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties are hard at work setting up the first-ever joint (state and local) Latino Voter Registration Project in the Inland Empire. This week, we’re launching the “It Gets Bluer” online and social media campaign to spread [...]

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The two Latino Senators in the Senate have come out in opposition to the debt deal, but for different reasons. You can read my take on that here. Menendez felt that the current deal that was struck was not balanced in its approach for lacking any new revenues, and Rubio took Democrats to task for [...]

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