February, 2020
by V. Lance Tarrence, Jr.:

A new study by the PEW Research Center in Washington D.C. of Hispanics in the US  showed that the Texas Latino Conservative PAC solution for non-voting legal status is on the right track.

Legal status is now the top immigration policy goal for Hispanics  in the U.S. and 76% of Latinos say improving security of our country's borders is 'very or somewhat important'.  This study also showed that 59% of Latinos identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, while 30% affiliate with or lean toward the Republican Party. 

Hispanic Republicans want to improve border security by 86%.

This study is the largest recent study of its kind of U.S. Hispanics (December 3-23, 2019) concerning legal status and, for the first time, segments Republican (i.e., conservative ) and Democratic Hispanics.

READ THE STUDY

Join us for February's Plática and Politics in Fort Bend County!

Our speakers are Judge David Newell of the Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9, and Judge Maggie Jaramillo of the Fort Bend County 400th District Court.

We'll network from 6pm to 7pm, then hear from our featured speakers.

David Newell was elected to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 2014. He served as an appellate prosecutor for 16 years, first in Fort Bend County and later in the Harris County District Attorney's Office from 2007 until his election to the Court. Judge Newell is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in both criminal law and criminal appellate law. In 2013, David received the C. Chris Marshall Award for Distinguished Faculty from the Texas District and County Attorneys' Association. David and his beautiful wife, Shayne, currently live in the Houston area with their two sons.

Maggie Jaramillo began her judicial career when she was appointed as Judge of the 400th District Court on October 22, 2014 by Governor Rick Perry. Prior to her appointment, Judge Maggie Jaramillo practiced law for 18 years here in Fort Bend County. Her private practice gave her experience in Criminal Law, Juvenile Law, Probate, Civil Litigation, Mental Health Commitments and Appellate Court Writing. Judge Jaramillo was a part-time adjunct professor at Thurgood Marshall School of Law and served on the Mental Health Board. She is a past President of the Fort Bend County Criminal Lawyers Association.

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Join us for February's Plática and Politics, our first in Eagle Pass!

Our special guest speaker is Alfredo Arellano, Maverick County Republican Party Chair.

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From The Atlantic (January 14, 2020 by Christian Paz)

Political organizers who have been in the field in the past few months canvassing the Hispanic vote provided a new insight into the run-up to the 2020 elections.  Three key points in the article are: 

•  "The first warning sign of the new year came three days into 2020.  (President Donald Trump) ...speaking at a rally of conservative evangelicals in south Florida...what the Democrats missed was the significance of the rally's location: the home of the country's largest Hispanic evangelical congregation."

January 4, 2020
by Lance Tarrance, Jr.

New state- by- state population estimates released at the end of 2019 in advance of the 2020 US Census count showed more signs that Southern and Western states will gain new political power when the 2020 Census is finalized (the next census count begins on April 15, 2020 by December 15, 2020).

The “where” is important because in the states where the population has geopolitically shifted, the Hispanic vote is set to be the swing vote in many of them. The number of U.S. House seats is set at 435, so if some states have lost population relative to others ( and now have lost House seats for the next 10 years), it also means other faster growing states will gain U.S. House seats and increase their relevant political power for the next 10 years¹.

1 Adamy, Janet and Overberg, Paul (2019, December 31). Population Shift Helps South and Southwest, Wall Street Journal, pp. A1,A4.

The chart below shows where the political power has shifted towards states with strong Hispanic populations, such as Texas, Florida, and Arizona.