By Thay Alaffita Since the DREAM Act was introduced for the first time in 2001, a decade ago, it has been changed, modified, and altered to something that vaguely resembles our dreams for the mere sake of catering to the Republicans’ needs and wants. Granted we can’t all get what we want so we, DREAMers, [...]

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Jon Huntsman is leaving the GOP primary race, but it’s worth noting that his absence will leave a void for those in the GOP who wanted more moderation and nuance on the immigration issue. Contrast some of Huntsman’s statements with those of Mitt Romney who continues to move to the right on immigration. This week [...]

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Almost two years ago while in campaign mode, then candidate Rubio started to take a more conservative position on immigration talking about sealing borders. And recently, he has started to straddle the in state tuition issue for undocumented youth, which he was once a supporter of as a state legislator in Florida now indicating that [...]

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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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This past week the Latino community in Utah has been reeling from the infamous “brown list” that included the names, birth dates, addresses, phone numbers and some social security numbers of approximately 1,300 people who are suspected of being undocumented. This list even included the names of children and plus the due dates of some [...]

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Having run a media outreach program to increase substance abuse awareness in minority communities, I am very aware of how the alcohol, tobacco, and gambling industries advertise and manipulate African-American, Latino, Asian, and even Native American populations. There are piles of research suggesting that carefully crafted messages have been plastered all over our communities to [...]

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Tom Tancredo, the Republican immigration issue candidate, has dropped out of the race for the presidency, but before leaving the stage, he endorsed Mitt “anchor baby” Romney. We have discussed what a Mitt Romney presidency might mean for the Latinos and his family history in Mexico before, and Mario at Nuestra Voice has raised the [...]

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Latinos and blacks are typically charged more for home loans than their white counterparts with similar credit histories. If you flip through a newspaper targetting a minority audience or listen to radio stations that are popular among Latinos and/or blacks, you often find many mortgage companies pushing their products with promises of the lowest rate, [...]

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