Put forth by XicanoPwr
Jul
28
Hot off the press, the Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility just released a report on the improper hiring practices by Monica Goodling, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) White House Liaison and Senior Counsel to the Attorney General. According to the report, Goodling broke federal law by discriminating [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Jul
12
With the race for the White House between Barack Obama and John McCain on its way, the political phenomenon that occurs every four years, “Christopher Columbus Syndrome” is just getting started. The “Christopher Columbus Syndrome,” coined by Jorge Ramos, occurs every four years when politicians from both political parties suddenly rediscover the Latino community [...]
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Elections 2008, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Republican, The Sanctuary, blogosphere | Tags: | functional 7 Comments »
Put forth by XicanoPwr
Jun
28
The following email was obtained by our local ABC affiliate, ABC 13, from the Harris County Sheriff’s Department as a result of a lawsuit from an undercover investigation.
The email reads: “With a little planning they easily could have transplanted it to the Rio Grande River. Now that should have cut down on the illegal migration [...]
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Jun
24
In an effort to win back lost Hispanic votes, Republican presidential hopeful, Senator John McCain held a closed door meeting with more than 100 Hispanic leaders in Chicago. However, things did not turn out as he hoped.
Blogger Matt Ortega reports that the event was attended by Rosanna Pulido, State Director for the Illinois Minutemen Project, [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Mar
12
Recently, political pundits have been asking if the Republican party lost the Latino vote. It is hard to deny that the Latino electorate has become a coveted political force. Between 2000 and 2004 George W. Bush increased his support from the Hispanic population by 7.8 percentage points. In the same period, the Republicans only [...]
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
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