As President- elect Joe Biden is building up his team and getting ready to take office next month, some of the members of Congressional Hispanic Caucus have sent a letter to Biden asking him to choose Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor of New Mexico, for the role of Health and Human Services Secretary. The letter was […]
Trump’s Last Attempt at Limiting Immigration
December 1, 2020 By
After Election Day, the Trump Administration has tried to make changes that will make it easier for immigrants to be denied visas, extend the citizenship test, and appoint new members to an immigration policy board. Some Trump staff has even gone as far as urging Trump to sign an executive order which will end the […]
Nevada’s First Openly Gay Latino Mayor
December 1, 2020 By
Daniel Corona becomes the first openly gay Latino in West Wendover, Nevada. This is Corona’s second term, he was first elected in 2016 after winning by only 100 votes and becoming the youngest mayor in the state. The win is not something that he ever expected in a rural, northeastern Nevada city in Elko Country, […]
Two women detained for speaking Spanish win lawsuit against Trump administration
November 25, 2020 By
Two years ago, two Latina women, Martha Hernandez and Ana Suda, were detained for speaking Spanish outside a convenient store in Montana. They filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration, which, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), decided to settle. In May 2018, Martha and Ana were chatting in Spanish at a convenient […]
Biden Nominates Women & Latinos for His Administration
November 24, 2020 By
As of yesterday, President- elect Joe Biden nominated the first woman, Avril Haines, to lead the U.S. Intelligence community and the first Latino, Alejandro Mayorkas, to head the Department of Homeland Security. Haines was a former top CIA official and deputy national security adviser, and she will make history if confirmed by the Senate. Mayorkas’ […]
Federal Judge Prohibits the Deportation of Unaccompanied Minors
November 20, 2020 By
As of Wednesday, Federal District Judge, Emmet Sullivan, ruled that the Trump administration can no longer continue to deport unaccompanied minors without due process. This order only applies to minors, not adults who are seeking asylum or other forms of protection. The administration has been doing this since March 2020 when it invoked a Title […]
Judge Prohibits Immigration Arrests at San Diego Federal Courthouses
November 18, 2020 By
Just this week, U.S. District Judge, Dana Sabraw, granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Department of Homeland Security from making any immigration arrests at federal courthouses in San Diego, California. Judge Sabraw’s decision derived from a complaint filed last month, which challenge the Department of Homeland Security’s practice of attending hearings for undocumented people, […]
Biden Chooses Three Latinos for His Administration
November 18, 2020 By
Although President Trump has refused to concede the election and accept his lost, President-elect Joe Biden has started to move forward with the transition in order to be ready to take office next year. Just yesterday, Biden announced his first picks for his senior staff and three Latinos were part of that. One of them […]
Federal Judge Invalidates New DACA Rules
November 17, 2020 By
In July, 2020, Chad Wolf, Homeland Security secretary, decided to issue a memo claiming that the new application for DACA, a program that protects undocumented immigrants who arrived to the U.S. as children from deportation, would not be accepted and renewals would be limited to only one year instead of two. Just a few days […]
Latinos continue being the most affected by COVID-19
November 17, 2020 By
As the cases of COVID-19 keep rising in the U.S., so do the cases among Latinos. As of Saturday, November 14 there were 62,945 positive COVID-19 cases reported in the U.S., and 32,006 of those cases were Latinos. Also, out of 921 COVID-19 reported deaths, 457 were Latinos. When interviewed, Roberto Alcantar, Chief Strategy Officer, […]
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