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Liberal Ads Use Brewer, Arpaio to Motivate Latinos to Vote

By | 10.15.10 | 1:41 pm

NDN, formerly called the New Democrat Network, is running Spanish-language ads in Arizona urging Latinos to vote in the midterm elections. Their pitch? Latinos should vote to make a statement to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the controversial head law enforcement officer of Maricopa County, More…

Boxer and Fiorina Battle (in Spanish) Over Who’s Anti-Immigration Reform

By | 10.13.10 | 8:55 am

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is pushing back against claims that her opponent, Republican Carly Fiorina, is the more pro-immigration reform candidate with a new Spanish-language ad. “Fiorina is against comprehensive immigration reform and prefers a discriminatory law like the Arizona law,” the ad states. “She is not with More…

Gingrich Launches Spanish-Language Conservative Web Magazine

By | 12.14.09 | 1:10 pm

Here’s a new conservative magazine you probably haven’t heard of: The Americano, a product of Gingrich Communications. Edited by Sylvia Garcia, who moonlights as “Hispanic Outreach Director for Speaker Newt Gingrich,” the site has “principles” that match up with Gingrich’s other projects (“as a society we need to More…

Dallas Police Ticket Drivers for Not Speaking English

By | 10.26.09 | 2:57 pm

Dallas police wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English over the last three years, reports the Dallas Morning News.

It seems Dallas police were confused when, after pulling drivers over for other suspected violations, the police checked their in-car computers and a pull-down menu listed More…

Did Mississippi Mother Lose Her Baby to Foster Care Because She Doesn’t Speak English?

By | 08.28.09 | 2:59 pm

Time has a shocking immigration story in its Aug. 27 issue about an undocumented woman originally from Oaxaca, Mexico, who was reported to the Department of Homeland Security for deportation when she showed up at a hospital in Pascagoula, Miss., to give birth. The agency took the  newborn More…