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Immigrants read voter registration forms before becoming American citizens at a naturalization ceremony on June 21, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Some 270 people took the oath of allegiance during a ceremony held at the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Courthouse in downtown Brooklyn. One of the busiest courthouses for naturalization ceremonies in the nation, court officials say they expect to swear in some 77,000 new American citizens in Brooklyn in 2013. (Photo by

La Raza Projects: 16.7 million Latinos Registered To Vote by 2016

With just under a million Latino U.S. citizens turning 18 each year, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is projecting that by 2016, 16.7 million Latinos will be registered to vote. On National Voter Registration Day, NCLR issued a call to eligible Latinos in the U.S. to “Defeat bigotry on the campaign trail—register and vote!”

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Marco Rubio Says He Wants Border Fence, Visa Tracking System, But Voted Against Both to Pass Gang of Eight Bill

In the brief immigration section of Thursday night’s debate, Chris Wallace asked Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) if he agreed with Donald Trump that criminals were coming across the border. Rubio ignored the question about documented illegal alien criminality and declared that he believes, “we need a fence,” as well as an “E-Verify and Entry-Exit Tracking System.”

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La Raza CEO: Trump ‘Creating Division’

Janet Murguia, President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza criticized Donald Trump for “creating division” on Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart.” Murguia said, “Well, obviously, Donald Trump is being very divisive, inflammatory, and

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Murrieta Protests: One Year Later, Demonstrations Return

On Wednesday, demonstrators on more than one side of the illegal immigration debate will gather again near the Border Patrol station in Murrieta, California, the site of massive protests last July 1 that began with the blocking and turning back of buses filled with illegal aliens. That event sparked swelling protests that captured the attention of the entire country.

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La Raza Pres on House Vote to Block Exec Amnesty: ‘Offensive’

La Raza CEO and President Janet Murguia said it was “offensive” that House Republicans voted on Wednesday to defund President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for certain DREAMers. Murguia accused House Republicans of