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Video – Heritage Foundation Author: Non-Whites Not As Smart as Whites

In a recently released video from an American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation analyst Jason Richwine asserts that Latinos, as well as Native Americans, and blacks have demonstrated that they are incapable of “a...
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Ted Cruz’s Immigration Amendment to Bar the Undocumented from Citizenship

Texas Senator Ted Cruz proposed an amendment to the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 that aims to deny citizenship to anyone who has been in the country without legal status. Cruz...
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Immigration Bill Bombarded by 300 Amendments: LGBT, Biometric Data, Tech…

enators piled on more than 300 amendments to the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 Tuesday after a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting. Ranging from LGBT rights for immigrants to bi...
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The Latest On Immigration Reform Policy

We spoke to University of Texas at Austin Government Professor and immigration policy expert Terri Givens this week about the state of immigration reform. The Senate has a piece of legislation currently being considered, and d...
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The Politics of Immigration Reform in 2013: No Law Until 2014

The Senate Commerce Committee is set to have an immigration hearing this week, likely to focus on tech and guest worker visas. Meanwhile, everyone from Paul Ryan to Latino congressmen are stumping for immigration reform. Then R...
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Paul Ryan’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Makes Him an Odd Reform Advocate

Self deportation, anchor babies, catch and release, illegal — these are not the words you expect to hear from the mouth of an immigration reform advocate, but they are examples of some of the type of language used by Wisconsi...
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Latinos Lost the Most Wealth during Recession

While blacks and Latinos lost wealth and retirement assets during the recession, whites actually saw an increase in these assets, according to a report form The Urban Institute called, “Less Than Equal: Racial Disparities in ...
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Deportations Grow as Immigration Reform Debate Takes Shape

Although an immigration reform proposal has been introduced into the U.S. Senate, deportations of immigrants who may be eligible for the 13 year-long pathway to citizenship promised by the bill continue to be removed from the c...
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Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Raises Inspection, Safety Concerns

An explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, about 20 miles north of Waco, has resulted in the deaths of eight to 10 people and more than 160 injuries in a town of just 2,800. The explosion occurred at about 8 p.m. on Wed...
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The Gang of 8′s Immigration Reform Outline

The Gang of 8 unveiled its immigration reform plan late Monday night and you can download a copy of it here. See the embedded document below for more information. Outline of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigr...
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Senate Immigration Reform Bill Hinges on Border Security, Fees, Biometric Data

Details of the “Gang of 8”-negotiated immigration reform measure were released late Monday. The group planned a big press conference to discuss the details of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Mode...
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Texas Education Policy & the Politics of the Latino Majority

The current Texas legislature is supremely focused on education, and these issues disproportionately affect Latinos in the state. A bill targeting ethnic studies, and other specialized history courses in colleges and universit...
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Immigration Reform Focuses on Enforcement: Both Democrats and Republicans

A group of Democratic congressmen released immigration reform principles Thursday with the idea that they be a contrast to the bipartisan “Gang of 8” bill expected to drop in the Senate next week. The New Democrat Coalition...
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Four Ways President Obama’s Revised Budget Affects Latinos

resident Barack Obama is set to unveil a revised budget that many feel will adversely affect entitlement recipients, as well as labor. The revised budget comes as a compromise with Republicans, who wanted more cuts. Currently t...
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Katherine Archuleta, Obama Political Director: Latinos Have Arrived

For Katherine Archuleta, the road to the presidential campaign trail in 2012 started back in Denver, Colorado when she said her passion for Latinos, for speaking about issues affecting her community, pushed her into the world o...
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