National Politics

Does Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez read Hispolitica? Saturday morning, the Congresswoman took to Twitter and tweeted the following- We here at HISPOLITICA certainly agree that independent outlets such as ours are vital to the maintenance of a healthy democracy. We might add that many mainstream media outlets are failing the public in this regard- far too […]

President Trump stepped up his rhetoric after Maduro made his demand, saying that “all options are on the table” when dealing with Maduro, including military action.

"The Maduro regime has lost all legitimacy and support from the Venezuelan people."

Yesterday, at a forum honoring Dr. Martin Luther King in New York City, Ocasio-Cortez was less focused on the core part of Dr. King's message and proceeded to identify a number of things that she believes are fundamental economic "wrongs" about the system our country currently enjoys that must be changed-

First-term Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been attracting a disproportionate amount of media attention during the past few months thanks to a string of controversial statements, many of which have been real head scratchers even within her own party. Not prone to measured remarks that don't attract the media's glare, Ocasio-Cortez is clearly not interested in […]

Democrat Freshman Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is teaming up with fellow Democrats Debbie Wasserman Schultz, freshman Congresswoman Donna Shalala and Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to bring light to the illegitimacy of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduros’ new term and any future plans he has to introduce legislation for the Venezuelan people. Congresswoman […]

This week marked a major moment in President Donald Trump’s first term in office as he asserted that the issues concerning the border constitute a crisis. After taking to national airwaves to share his thoughts on why strengthening border security is important, Democrats held their own response, positioning Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi to give […]

“Many of us who are new members came in wanting to help shape our appropriations because our budgets are a reflection of our values… The vast majority of us who are incoming members voted for a Republican set of resolutions to reopen the government,

As Trump left the White House early Thursday morning, the president told reporters that he "probably" would declare a national emergency if he couldn't get Congress to agree to fund the wall.

“We need to make sure we fully fund FEMA. We need to make sure that our Government is not wasting your tax dollars,” Scott said, adding ,”we need to take care of the DACA kids.”

President Trump is holding his ground, and so are congressional Democrats, as the federal government shutdown enters its second week. A bipartisan effort to get government back on track is in place, but Democrats refuse fund Trump’s border security wall along the U.S- Mexico border. The decision by Democrats to refute the president seems political […]

The 116th Congress will usher in a couple of new milestones, one of those is swearing in the first Equadorian-American and first South American-born migrant to its ranks. Congresswoman-elect Debbie Mucarsel-Powell narrowly defeated centrist-Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo in one of the closest watched races of the 2018 mid-term election cycle. Mucarsel-Powell ran as a progressive […]

Since winning the 2016 Presidential election, President Donald Trump’s “wall” has been at the forefront of conversations. As 2018 comes to a close, the conversations heightened concerning funding for the wall. And, in a highly publicized and televised meeting between President Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer, Vice President Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi, an argument erupted […]

“This important legislation would empower the United States."

“The missile has a range that allows it to strike parts of Europe and anywhere in the Middle East.”

"It is a political blow.”

Three weeks ago, President Donald Trump rightfully boasted that he helped Republicans, not only retain control of the U.S. Senate, but increase their majority in that chamber of congress.

The U.S. has not accused Cuba's government of carrying out the attacks, but says it has not met its obligation to protect diplomats on its territory.

According to the Miami Herald, Republican Senator Marco Rubio told them that he had “zero concern” about a mass migration of Puerto Ricans to Florida, adding that the problem would be for Puerto Rico, not Florida.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump believes that there is a remote possibility that Hispanics will back his candidacy for president. (Sarcasm) I'm winning with Hispanics. I keep telling everybody, I'm going to win with the Hispanics. I have thousands of Hispanics working for me all over. They are unbelievable people, unbelievable workers. I love them

Like most Republicans who are running for elected office will say about immigration reform, combat veteran and double-amputee Brian Mast believes that in order for real immigration reforms to take place, the U.S. border needs to be secured. In a sit down interview with Mast this week, the married father of three, surprised me when […]

The ongoing tussle between the governments of Colombian and Venezuela continues, as Colombia is now saying that a Venezuelan aircraft entered into Colombian airspace without permission. Venezuela is denying that this incident happened, and it's Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez said that this was just one of a string of "invented incidents" by the Colombians to […]

 It is clear that the field of Republican presidential candidates is split on how to deal with the ongoing and growing illegal immigration problem. Trump wants to deport all of the illegal immigrants in the U.S., while Carson says deporting all illegals is "impractical" and would rather see them all receive guest-worker status. While Rubio […]

Just as some Republican presidential candidates, namely Donald Trump, call for an end to birthright citizenship, the birth rate among illegal immigrants has dropped considerably over the past 8 years. In 2013, 295,000 children were born to illegal immigrants living in the U.S. That number falls short of the 370,000 children born to illegal immigrants […]

Spanish-language Univision News is reporting that Mexico is cracking down on illegal immigrant crossings across its southern border with Guatemala. According to a 2014 immigration report, Mexico arrested 102,000 illegal immigrants from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, down from the 239,000 captured by the U.S. border authorities. Because so many illegals immigrants are being detained […]

Another tragic and senseless murder has been committed by illegal immigrants. Three illegal immigrants suspected of being associated with the infamous MS-13 criminal gang, have been arrested in connection to the murder of a 17-year-old Virginia high school on his way to a school bus stop. According to The Washington Post, Danny Centeno-Miranda, who attended Park […]

There is a special place in Hell reserved for this 22-year-old mother for drowning her 2-year-old twin boys in her bathtub. According to Avondale, Arizona police, Mireya Alejandra Lopez was arrested on two counts of murder, and one count of attempted murder, after police responded to the grandmothers 911 call, where upon arrival, found the […]

Actress and immigration reform activist Eva Longoria appears to support a sort of Hispanic affirmative action movement with the Hollywood community. The Mexican-American actress has stated that "We (Hispanics) are about 16 percent of the population, but we're only 7 percent in films and television," adding that Hispanics should not just aspire to be actors, […]

With former Republican presidential frontrunner Jeb Bush plummeting in the recent 2016 presidential polls, the current leader of the pack, Donald Trump,  is fixated on delivering a death blow to the former governor of Florida, hitting him hard on his most vulnerable position, immigration reform. Trump release this video on his Instagram account where he […]

Univision Anchor Jorge Ramos defended is actions at the recent Donald Trump press conference in Iowa, in which he was kicked out for rudely interrupting Trump, as him just expressing his First Amendment rights. Ramos, who says he has never been told to leave a event like this before, told a "Despierta America" Univision anchor […]

Spanish-language TV Anchor, Jorge Ramos, felt the wrath of Donald Trump in Iowa this week, as Trump booted (deported) the face of Univision and Fusion TV from his press conference after he rudely interrupting "The Donald" during the Q & A  with reporters. Ramos showed up to the press conference with a clear agenda of […]

Univision and Anchor Jorge Ramos did what they were expected to do after Donald Trump booted Ramos out of his press conference for being rude and obnoxious. When you go to the Univision website, no less than 6 separate stories documenting the incident are posted on the site, all of them being anti-Trump. The one […]

Jose Amaya Guardado's mother said she brought her son to the United States nine years ago to escape the violence rampant in their native El Salvador. But now his family is mourning his death in what police describe as a brutal machete attack. "I brought my son from there because they were killing people," Lucia […]

One of the all-time greatest MMA fighters has been suspended for 1-year and stripped of this title for testing positive for a known steroid, Drostanolone metabolites. The UFC stood by the Nevada Athletic Commission's decision, saying that  it would welcome Silva back to the Octagon once he completes the suspension, which will conclude on January […]

Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro says that he will not reopen the border between Venezuela and Colombia until the Colombian government stops "attacking" his country's economy, and until the drug smuggling and crime he alleges is crossing over from Colombia is stopped. Maduro closed down the border between the two countries to keep out paramilitary and […]

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump's comments about  resolving the "birthright citizenship" problem, has once again thrust illegal immigration (as if it never left) problem into the political limelight. During an exclusive interview with HISPOLITICA, Trump said that he believes that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution has bee "read wrong," and that the amendment was […]