Author: Diego Graglia
Bio: Diego Graglia is a bilingual multimedia journalist who has worked at major media outlets in the U.S. and Latin America. He is currently the editor-in-chief at Expansion, Meixco’s leading business magazine.
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Posted on: 24 Nov 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor Support for Barack Obama in the presidential election among Hispanic voters may have been even higher than exit polls have indicated. According to a new poll released Thursday by ImpreMedia, the country’s largest Spanish-language newspaper chain, and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), Obama’s margin […]
Posted on: 21 Nov 2008
As Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano appears ready to become the first Democratic secretary of Homeland Security, pro- and anti-immigration observers are trying to decipher what her designation will mean for the future of immigration laws under President Barack Obama. Napolitano, Spanish wire Agencia EFE remembered today, declared a state of emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border […]
Posted on: 20 Nov 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor The phones have been busy at the Obama transition offices, and country code 57 — for Colombia — was on the receiving end of at least a couple of this week’s calls. The number was dialed on behalf of both President-elect Barack Obama (yesterday) and Vice President-elect Joe Biden […]
Posted on: 18 Nov 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor Latino opinion leaders are “generally positive” about President-elect Barack Obama, but they are dissatisfied with the responsiveness of his transition team and the Democratic Party to the Latino community, according to a new study by the National Institute for Latino Policy (NILP). The National Latino Opinion Leaders Survey was […]
Posted on: 14 Nov 2008
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Photo: LBJ Library) It is often said that, when he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson also signed the South away to the Republican Party for a generation. Today, LBJ seems vindicated. And another minority that for some is in a […]
Posted on: 13 Nov 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor After Latino voters came out in big numbers in this election and voted for Barack Obama by a 2-to-1 margin nationally, Latino advocacy groups say they expect to see some of their own named to the president-elect’s incoming cabinet. The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), an umbrella group comprising […]
Posted on: 12 Nov 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor Two of President-elect Obama’s early picks for his transition team and White House staff have stirred sharp debate among immigrant and ethnic groups in the US and overseas. One was the designation of Chicago Congressman Rahm Emanuel as the incoming White House chief of staff. The other, the selection […]
Posted on: 10 Nov 2008
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor Over forty percent of first-time New York City voters in this presidential election were foreign born, according to a study released by the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC). “Immigrants continue to swell the ranks of first-time voters in New York City and remain a driving force in the growth […]
Posted on: 06 Nov 2008
Diego Graglia, FI2W blog editor Latin American immigrants became an important segment of the American electorate in this election, representing forty percent of the overall Hispanic vote, according to data released this afternoon by pro-immigrant organization America’s Voice. Initial estimates indicate that about 10 million Hispanics voted in this election, maintaining their 8 percent share of the […]
Posted on: 03 Nov 2008
When it comes to politics, not all immigrants are created equal. While the 2008 presidential campaign saw intense efforts by both major candidates to seduce Hispanic voters, other ethnic groups did not receive comparable levels of attention. But one thing foreign-born voters of all origins have in common is that they did not see the […]
