[ad_1] Once considered a Democratic stronghold, Florida’s heavily Latino Miami-Dade County — 69% of its residents identify as Hispanic or Latino — has become a fascinating battleground county ahead of the 2024 election. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won Miami-Dade County by 29 points, and in 2020, Joe Biden carried the county by 7 points. But … Read more
[ad_1] As President Joe Biden tries to reverse early low polling support from Hispanics, a liberal nonprofit and its political action committee have announced plans to spend $57 million to turn out Latino voters. Somos Votantes, the Latino advocacy group that operates Somos PAC, gave NBC News an early look at its 2024 plans to … Read more
[ad_1] For the first time, Hispanic or Latino is listed as one race/ethnicity category and people of Middle Eastern or North African descent will have their own checkbox under new race and ethnicity standards adopted by the Biden administration. Up to now, Hispanics had a two-part question for their identity: They were asked whether they … Read more
[ad_1] NORTH LAS VEGAS — In the heart of the most Latino ZIP code in Nevada, shoppers at the sprawling Broadacres flea market mill around every weekend drinking micheladas and listening to live norteña music. Soon, they will be at the center of an expansive battle over Latino voters in 2024 — with potentially more wavering voters … Read more
[ad_1] PHOENIX — President Joe Biden on Tuesday personally appealed to Latino voters, saying they’re the reason he defeated Donald Trump in 2020 and urging them to help him do it again in November. “I need you back,” he told several dozen supporters packed into a local Mexican restaurant. Biden said the upcoming election isn’t a referendum on him, … Read more
[ad_1] ATHENS, Ga. — After the suspect in the slaying of nursing student Laken Riley was revealed to be an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela, students at the University of Georgia and Latino organizations have made pleas against hateful rhetoric directed at Hispanics and immigrants. The Latino Community Fund Georgia said that it has been “monitoring instances of … Read more
[ad_1] A group led by conservative Edward Blum, who won the legal case effectively ending affirmative action in college admissions, is suing the director of the yet-to-be-built National Museum of the American Latino over an internship program created to increase the number of Hispanics in museum positions. Blum announced the lawsuit filed by the American … Read more
[ad_1] In the summer, when the temperature in Phoenix’s north valley climbs well above 100 degrees, the heat would rise like a vapor cloud from the asphalt parking lot that hugged Ozzie Ice’s two mini rinks. “You’re trying to keep an ice cube frozen in the oven,” said Sean Whyte, a former Kings winger and … Read more
[ad_1] Latino members of Congress want U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to waive an internal policy requiring their congressional offices provide USCIS with certified translations of non-English documents they’re filing on behalf of immigrant constituents, according to a letter first obtained by NBC News. Congressional offices often help constituents with immigration- related issues such as … Read more