Latino lawmakers to meet with Obama to push for immigration reform

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey) and Congressmen Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois) and Nydia Velasquez (D-New York) will meet tomorrow at the White House with President Obama to discuss the need for immigration reform. During an immigration forum held today in Washington, D.C., Senator Menendez announced ... Read more

Obama meets with Latino leaders to discuss immigration reform

This week President Obama met with community leaders and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to reiterate his support for comprehensive immigration reform. President Obama said he has been lobbying several Republican senators to support Senator Charles Schumer in crafting a bill. According to the ... Read more

Anti-immigrant congressman forced to retract accusation

Last week I wrote about an incident in which Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) demonstrated his anti-immigrant stance in Avalon, California (on Catalina Island). The congressman confronted a Mexican consul and tried to prevent employees of the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles from issuing matricula consular plates to his fellow citizens during ... Read more

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