immigration

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 […]

Jeb Bush is defending the use of the term "Anchor babies," as opponents, namely Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D), anti-pro illegal immigration groups continue to call the term as offensive. Bush is right. The term "Anchor babies" has been used since the late 1980's  by both Republicans and Democrats alike, and later used in 1996. […]

Donald Trump took some time off the presidential campaign trail to talk to me about what else, Politics. In a phone interview with "The Donald," Trump said that he thinks Jeb Bush feels "entitled" to the Republican presidential nomination, and because he continues to best Bush in all of the national presidential polls, that is […]

The murderer of an American, Harry Devert of Pelham, New York, heading to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, may have been arrested by Mexican authorities. Mexico's Federales have announced the arrest of Adrian Reyes Cadena, the suspected leader drug gang in along the Pacific Coast region of that country. Devert was a 33-year-old stock […]

Donald Trump's recent immigration position of scrubbing the birthright citizenship amendment to the U.S. Constitution has pressed Senator Marco Rubio to respond to his fellow Republican presidential candidate. “I am open to doing things that prevent people who deliberately come to the U.S. for purposes of taking advantage of the 14th amendment but I’m not […]

  Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump has just outlined his new Immigration policy, taking a hardline position on an existing U.S. immigration law, addressing how  he will make Mexico pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border, as well as taking a jab at fellow GOP presidential candidate, Marco Rubio. Trump's immigration position (below) starts […]

Democratic presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, addressed Iowa Democratic voters this past weekend, using the opportunity to reach out to black and Hispanic voters, saying that his campaign would be focused on "overcoming racial divisions." Sanders spoke of addressing  racial divisions, but then drove a deeper racial wedge by telling Iowans that he spoke for all […]

  President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order is bearing the fruits of the program's push to aid illegal immigrant children brought to the U.S. at not fault of their own. Nebraska was the last state to allow these "Dreamers" the opportunity to apply for a state driver's license, and since lifting […]

A Salvadoran woman who was part of the surge of Central Americans who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border last year without proper documents is trying to avoid deportation by hiding in a Catholic mission in Atlanta. Claudia Mariela Jurado decided to elude immigration authorities after a judge denied her request for political asylum last week […]

  Mexico's ongoing drug war continues to rage on, not just along the U.S. border, but in every corner of the country, including its capitol, Mexico City. Another photographer and four women were found dead in a middle-class neighborhood of Mexico City, and are suspected of being the victims of the crime wave narco-traffickers and […]

  A recent Huffington Post article states that the overwhelming majority of Latinos are more concerned with environmental issues, than any other issue, included the current stagnant national economy and education. The writer of the story, who appears to support progressive causes,  unbelievably states that  "people of color" are  "more likely to live near power […]

Who said Donald Trump wasn't a confident man? The man who will tell you at drop of a dime that he is "successful and rich," and that he builds "great things" is running for president in 2016, says that his "numero uno" (Espanol for number one) with the Hispanic community. Trump, who is riding a […]

Jeb Bush broke out the Spanish again. This time during an interview with MSNBC. In the interview Bush said: “I was hurt hearing somebody speaking in such a vulgar fashion. This makes solving this problem much more difficult. When we have politicians like that we cannot progress. In a political sense it was bad, and […]

Mexican-born model Anett Pikula, now a U.S. citizen, has been arrested at the U.S. southern border on drug possession charges. Border agents found $134,000 in cocaine stashed away the gold 2006 Mercedes Benz that the  "overly talkative" and flirtatious Pikula was driving back into the U.S. Pikula's flirting may work on men (not this time) […]

Former Governor Jeb Bush becomes the first 2016 presidential candidate to call for Republicans to embrace the Hispanic and African-American communities. While Bush's position supporting pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrations is highly unpopular with the Republican voting base, his message of embracement of Hispanics is correct, because the long-standing Republican "outreach" message has proven […]

One of all-time favorite baseball players growing up as a kid in Los Angeles was then-Mexican pitcher Fernando Valenzuela. My dad used to take us to Dodger stadium to watch baseball games, and on two occasions, we were treated to Valenzuela's outings. It didn't really matter to me that he was Hispanic, it was his […]

Bruce Jenner, or Caitlynn Jenner, whichever name you prefer to use, has helped the transgender community in the biggest way. Jenner doesn't deserve all the credit, but his or hers, transformation has made waves in Washington,D.C., as well throughout society. Now transgender detainees being jailed on immigration offenses may soon getting preferential treatment. Immigration and Customs […]

Donald trump has decided to ad a campaign stop at the Texas border with Mexico, according to Fox News Latino. The billionaire presidential candidate who has self identified as a democrat before, will be making a stop along the border tomorrow, he claim, as an invitation from the border patrol. The controversial candidate said on […]

As if DACA and DAPA had not been controversial enough, President Obama is now planning even more executive actions in order to allow those in the country illegally to stay. The DHS proposal is not a new program as DACA and DAPA were, but it would expand waiver authority under DACA, to grant green cards […]

Shortly after midnight on Monday, and after decades of oppression and human rights violations, the United States has all but pardoned communist  Cuba for their past crimes by restoring full diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Cold War era stand off between the communist nation of Cuba and America has ended, as the Cuban […]

Donald Trump's controversial comments have continued to make its was into every aspect of life. Now, popular rapper Pitbull is speaking out. In an interview with Jorge Ramos, Pitbull refuted the GOP Hispanics' letter calling Trump "ignorant". He then proceeded to clarify that he would not go into Trump's hotels, golf courses or casinos. Donald […]

Yesterday, a group of leading GOP Hispanics penned an open letter to the new GOP front runner for the 2016 presidential nomination. The letter, published on Fox News Latino, calls the controversial candidate "divisive and ignorant" and goes on to make a strong case. Make no mistake; there is room for a real and honest […]

In a rare moment of bi-partisan clarity, MSNBC host Chris Matthews let the cat our of the bag as to why Democrats are so bent over a path to citizenship as a part of any immigration reform effort. During an interview with former New York City mayor Rudy Gulliani, Chris Matthews let it slip that: […]

Rick Perry has joined the Rubio, Bush, Romney choir hitting Donald Trump for his controversial comments almost a month ago. Perry told George Stephanopoulos: I've said very clearly that Donald Trump does not represent the Republican Party. I was offended by his remarks. Listen, Hispanics in America and Hispanics in Texas, from the Alamo to Afghanistan, […]

The backlash continues against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his "colorful" remarks about Mexico and the crime and immigration problem that it facilitates across the U.S. southern border, as Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney have all joined in on the anti-Trump political dog pile. Romney jabbed at Trump, saying that his remarks were   […]

The recent theft of 12,000+ border crossing passes could have turned into a big immigration and national security headache for the United States. Fortunately, Mexican authorities have recovered 10,000 of the missing 12,600 immigration border crossing passes that were stolen last month from a semi-trailer in the northern part of Mexico. According to Univision, the […]

About a month or so ago, I wrote about [score]Ted Cruz[/score]'s Hispanic Problem, and it is one I continue to believe he still has. However, with the release of his new book, A Time For Truth, the junior senator from Texas and 2016 presidential hopeful seems to be attempting to solidify his hispanic credentials. During an […]

After his comments about Mexican immigrants during his announcement speech, which sparked so much controversy and reaction, Donald Trump's messaging seems to be changing. His announcement speech spoke about how Mexico is sending their "rapists and drugs" and how some, "he assumes are good people", but he seems to be changing his tone. While still […]

According to The Guardian, a new report shows that the United States trails only Mexico in the number of Spanish speakers residing in the country. A reported 52.6 million Spanish speakers live in The United States, including bi-lingual people. The Guardian reports: Among the sources cited in the report is the US Census Office which […]

South Florida radio show host and former CNN News Anchor Rick Sanchez, has just penned an opinion column over at Fox News Latino, which he states that because of his controversial statement about Mexican and other Latinos, Donald Trump has united Latinos across the U.S. While I respect Mr. Sanchez, and applaud him for what […]

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson recently addressed the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) NALEO , a group that is considered by many conservatives as being one that promotes amnesty for illegal aliens, as they push a pro-Latino agenda that echoes the Democrat Party's voter intimidation and discrimination talking points, as […]

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump is feeling the drums of discontent by the Mexican rock band Mana over the anti-Mexican comments he made during his presidential announcement event. Trump said that "when Mexico sends its people," the country not sending the best, they are sending people with "lots of problems and they're bringing those problems. […]

The Obama administration has had the controversial DACA and DAPA programs, which help illegal immigrants escape the fear of deportation, on hold since a judge ruled back in February that the programs should not move forward while the ongoing 26-state lawsuit proceeds. The hiring of 3,100 DHS employees, who were to be housed in a […]

Here is yet another case for sealing the U.S. border with Mexico, and enforcing existing immigration laws. Two members of the notorious MS-13 gang have been deported back to  their native El Salvador to face a murder charge, of which they are accused of beating a man to death with a baseball bat. Interpol took […]

On Tuesday the bill aimed at overturning President Obama's executive actions on immigration was blocked in the Senate. A majority of the Senate Republicans voted 51-48 to proceed with the bill from the House. As for the Senate Democrats, they voted against considering the bill thus leaving the Republicans short of the 6o votes they needed […]

Today the House passed a bill that will block funding for President Obama's illegal immigration orders. The measure passed in a 236-191 vote with 10 Republicans voting against it. This is the first action by Republicans in a high-stakes battle over the President's executive action to defer deportations for the millions of people who entered […]