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Posts tagged "Puerto Rico"

12 things to watch in 2012

12 things to watch in 2012
2012 The Year Ahead 1. The Latino voter – How will Latino voters influence the 2012 presidential election? Latinos are key voters in many states. Obama got 67 percent of the Latino vote in 2008 but those numbers could slip as many Latinos are upset over his immigration policies that have resulted in more than... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 9, 2012 at 3:42 pm
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McCreery is the first Latino to win American Idol

Scott McCreery Here’s a fact you may not know about country crooner Scott McCreery? The new American Idol is one-quarter Puerto Rican. He’s the first Latino to win the show. His grandmother is from the island commonwealth. His grandfather met his wife when he was in the Air Force in Puerto Rico. McCreery’s father was... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 26, 2011 at 4:53 pm
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My message to Arizona: The only green card I have is American Express

My mom once rode the Greyhound bus through South Texas. She was returning from a funeral in her home town of Carrizo Springs, and a U.S. immigration official got on the bus. “¡Papeles!” he started shouting asking for people’s papers. My mom had been napping and was confused. She saw a uniform and thought he... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
July 28, 2010 at 11:50 am
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U.S. citizen held by immigration in Chicago; Obama to send National Guard troops to the border

Chicago immigration officials detained a Puerto Rican man for three days. Why is this so unbelievable? All Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens since the island is a U.S. commonwealth. Seems though they didn’t believe Eduardo Caraballo even after he produced a birth certificate and a state issued I.D., according to this story by NBC Chicago... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 26, 2010 at 12:41 pm
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Sonia Sotomayor doesn't like commercialization of "wise Latina."

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said recently that she is troubled that “wise Latina” remark she made has been turned into a slogan sold on T-shirts, buttons and coffee cups. “I can’t tell you the number of people who come up to me and hug and kiss me and touch me, and some of them... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
December 20, 2009 at 9:57 pm
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NAHJ: Sotomayor's parents are not immigrants

In some news reports, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s parents have been described as immigrants from Puerto Rico. But Puerto Ricans aren’t immigrants. They are U.S. citizens. They don’t need green cards, visas or passports to travel to the United States. The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) wanted to alert the media and ask... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 27, 2009 at 5:30 pm
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