For those of you following the debt ceiling showdown, this may interest you, and I think this is a solid example of a Latino elected official taking a stand during this crisis. Today Rep. Grijalva put out the following statement about the current pending deal: “This deal trades peoples’ livelihoods for the votes of a [...]

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Cross posted at DailyGrito. By Seneca Frankly, President Obama does not seem like he was fully prepared to be President. His hubris may have gotten the best of him. He ignited real hope and became lucky: Hillary Clinton became overconfident, GWB became a bane as a lame duck, and John McCain self-destructed. Ergo Obama became [...]

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In case you missed it, President Obama delivered a speech at NCLR on Monday, where the DREAM Act youth made their presence known by shouting “Yes, you can” to the President when he suggested that he could not bypass Congress to provide relief in terms of immigration policy. However, I want to point out that [...]

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In case you missed it, last week the White House held a policy conference for Hispanics. President Obama even made an appearance. Time will tell what exactly comes out of it, but again the Obama White House is making an effort to connect with the Latino community. I found two competing perspectives of last week’s [...]

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Webmaster’s Note: The following is a guest blog post by Luis Alvarado expressing his thoughts on the Spanish language media’s response to President Obama not showing up to last week’s NALEO conference. I’m not particularly surprised by the lack of coverage of this snub especially by La Opinion (ImpreMedia) since Monica Lozano, the paper’s publisher, [...]

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In case you have missed it, President Obama is scheduled to visit Puerto Rico tomorrow. He becomes the first President since John Kennedy to visit the island (aka the US’s colonial possession). Already the locals are criticizing his visit. You can read more about that here. Speaking of Obama, last week his campaign hired a [...]

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By Matt Stieglitz A few weeks ago, the Obama administration outlined its “steps” for improving Latino education, including: $4 billion school improvement grants; a request for additional Head Start and Early Head Start funding; and a program to train more Latino teachers. Most importantly, “mechanisms” are being put in place to significantly boost the college [...]

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This is what the President said yesterday, and reactions have been lukewarm. I actually like Steve Lopez’s take on it in today’s LA Times — don’t expect much change, but immigrant rights advocates will continue speaking out against current DHS policies.

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