Over 10,000 meatpacking laborers, many of them, Latin Americans, the United Food and Commercial Workers union said, have contracted the virus in the US, and dozens of them have died.
Following the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, Latino civic and politically-engaged groups have come out to grieve with victims of the LGBTQ community.
Prominent Latinos and Latino groups are fed up with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments about the Mexican American judge taking on the Trump University alleged fraud case.
Latino lawmakers, advocates and legal groups have welcomed President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland and called on Congress for a fair nomination process.
Caption:DES MOINES, IA - FEBRUARY 01: Supporters watch as results are announced during the caucus night event of Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Olmsted Center at Drake University on February 1, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa. Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Martin O'Malley are competing in the Iowa Democratic caucus. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Iowa's Latino population is small, but it's not stopping leaders from engaging the community and amplifying their voices in the state’s upcoming caucus.
Latinos have encountered unique barriers to gaining health insurance, and more trouble could await as the House passed legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.
Immigrant-rights advocates have long criticized the terms "illegal" and “alien” immigrant, and one congressman is taking the lead, on a federal level, against the "offensive and inflammatory" language toward immigrants.
Latinos are commending California’s elected officials for modernizing the state's motor voter registration system, which will likely increase the registered voter rate.
The U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, one of three federal-immigration agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), released approximately 200 immigrant detainees from its family detention centers, and lawmakers and civil rights advocates have commended the decision.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling against the plaintiffs in the King vs. Burwell case provided security for many of the 4.2 million Latinos who have benefitted from the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also commonly referred to as Obamacare.
Dozens of Latino organizations have called for the U.S. House of Representatives to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which preserves natural and water resources.
Despite the legal setback in President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions, immigrant rights advocates have remained confident that millions of undocumented immigrants will soon apply for deferred action.
A coalition of national organizations, ranging from Latino-based, faith-based and law-based groups, have written a letter to President Obama to end immigrant-family detention.
