In a desperate attempt to cut costs as the country's debt crisis only worsens, the governor of Puerto Rico has ratified a bill that allows all 78 of the island's municipal governments to share administrative services.
Latino lawmakers from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus took aim at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday morning over his inquiry of a Hispanic judge's ethnicity and unfounded bias in the Trump University alleged fraud case.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the PROMESA Act, which addresses Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, but in the process also allows the commonwealth’s minimum wage to drop to $4.25.
A bill creating a Puerto Rico oversight board is headed to Congress aftter the House Committee on Natural Resources approved it Wednesday. While Republicans say it will not affect U.S. taxpayers, some Democrats wonder if lower wages and exempt overtime rules will harm Puerto Ricans.
Hillary Clinton used a recent California campaign speech to push for comprehensive immigration reform, vowing to keep all President Obama's executive actions on the issue firmly in place if she is elected.
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., sent President Barack Obama a letter on Monday urging for temporary deportation protection of Ecuadorians in the wake of a massive earthquake that rocked the South American country earlier this month.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) have called on Senate Republicans to fulfill their constitutional obligations and fill the Supreme Court’s vacant seat.
Democratic Rep. Luis Gutiérrez blasted NBC for its lack of diversity and visibility of people of color during a floor speech at the House of Representatives Wednesday morning.
Luis Gutierrez, Julián Castro and other well-known members of the Latino community are endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The support could prove very vital in the upcoming Nevada caucuses on Saturday, Feb. 20.
The Obama administration announced it will expand the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program to help vulnerable Central American families -- a move that already received mixed support from lawmakers.
Following the U.S. Department of Justice's announcement that it will investigate the Chicago Police Department, Democrat Illinois Reps. Luis Gutierrez and Robin Kelly have invited Attorney General Loretta Lynch to also visit the city.
Author Junot Díaz, actor Diego Luna, filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu and dozens of other Latino cultural figures on Tuesday slammed Donald Trump for what they described as the GOP presidential candidate's "xenophobia."
In spite of mounting backlash from Latino advocacy groups, NBC is not backing down from its decision to allow 2016 presidential Republican Donald Trump to host "Saturday Night Live" on Nov. 7.
Despite previously supporting the call for immigration reform, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., will reportedly not allow votes for such reform legislation during the remaining tenure of Barack Obama’s presidency if he is elected House Speaker, .
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is scheduled to host NBC's "Saturday Night Live," but one Latino congressman has called for the network to dump his appearance.
