Charlie Gonzalez denounces Herman Cain’s fence comments
Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain’s suggestion that an electrical fence be used to control illegal immigration between Mexico and the United States drew the ire of the Latino lawmakers in the...
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Texas immigrant teenager’s suicide spurs renewed discussion of DREAM Act
Lawmakers and citizens react to the death of Texas high schooler, Joaquin Luna, who committed suicide last weekend, distraught over his illegal immigrant status that prevented him from attending college.
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House Democrats introduce bill to address the country’s ‘worker retraining...
A group of Democratic legislators introduced a bill on Tuesday that targets the workforce needed to fill about 3.5 million current job vacancies accross the United States.
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Texas congressional delegation reacts to Colorado shootings
The people of Colorado are in the thoughts and prayers of the Texas Congressional delegation
View ArticleTexan Democrats rally at Capitol for DREAM Act, immigration reform
Houston Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Gene Green, Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D- Mercedes, and Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, met with Latino activists and other Texas residents in front of Congress to discuss...
View ArticleHinojosa calls Trump’s CPAC message “bigoted”
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D- Mercedes, criticized reality TV star Donald Trump for his controversial comments on immigration reform at Friday’s CPAC conference. Trump said every one of the 11 million...
View ArticleTexMessage: Rep. Hinojosa seeks lower interest rates for higher education loans
TexMessage Wednesday, April 17 Good morning, TexMessagers! Are you impacted by the rising cost of college education? TEXclusive Texas Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, the top Democrat on the House Subcommittee on...
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