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 [...]
Posted in Prejudices, Racism, Republican, Texas, Xenophobia | 
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Apr
01
Hoping nobody would notice, the immigration issue is back on the table even as the Presidential campaign progresses. Senate Republicans plan to introduce a package of as many as 11 bills that establishes a hard line on illegal immigration. Though it was introduced last year by Rep Heath Shuler (D-NC), the current bill, Secure America [...]
Posted in Democrats, Elections 2008, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Nativism, Prejudices, Xenophobia | Tags: | functional 1 Comment »
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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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Dec
11
In recent years, at the start of each new election cycle, the political cliché describing the Latino/a population is the “sleeping giant.” If awakened, it would have a profound impact on America’s political and social landscape. The Latino voting community has recently emerged as a critical political force in American presidential elections. Except for Cuban-Americans [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Nov
19
It’s Monday, and that means it’s time for the pre-Thanksgiving edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance’s Weekly Blog Round-Up. This week’s round-up is compiled by Vince from Capitol Annex.
The Texas Cloverleaf examines the ongoing feud between TxDOT and NTTA — this time the funding for the Hwy 161 project Dallas County may face its wrath. [...]
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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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