The Colorado Independent

Latino leaders riled by role of immigration in health-reform debate

By Daphne Eviatar | 09.22.09 | 11:32 am

Latino lawmakers long ago gave up on the idea that illegal immigrants would receive any sort of subsidized insurance under a health-reform bill. They didn’t imagine the debate would get so ugly that lawmakers would propose denying undocumented immigrants the right even to purchase private health insurance in this country, a proposal that flies in the face of free-market economic and personal responsibility political philosophies.

Tweet of the Week: Tancredo, La Raza cage match live on CNN

By Wendy Norris | 05.29.09 | 10:12 am

Well, that ought to be a real Frost/Nixon television moment.

New citizens expected to play big role in emerging Latino vote

By Erin Rosa | 10.16.08 | 8:15 am

More than a million recently naturalized citizens are projected to play a pivotal role during the presidential election, adding to a young and emerging Latino voter demographic in Colorado and throughout the country, according to analysts.