Biden faces growing political threat from border upheaval Sean Sullivan, Nick Miroff
Replay Video UP NEXT Rep. Henry Cuellar, a moderate Texas Democrat whose district hugs the border with Mexico, isn’t happy with how President Biden’s team has responded to the surge of migrants trying to enter the United States. “His people need to do a better job of listening to those of us who have done this before,” he said Monday. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the top House Republican, who took a trip to the border Monday to slam Biden’s approach, was even more critical. “There’s no other way to claim it than a Biden border crisis,” McCarthy (Calif.) said during a visit to a migrant processing center in El Paso.
Renewed border upheaval looms as a political threat for Biden Updated: March 16 Published March 16
FILE - In this Sunday, March 14, 2021, file photo, migrant children and teenagers are processed after entering the site of a temporary holding facility south of Midland, Texas. Teenagers began arriving Sunday at a converted camp for oilfield workers where volunteers from the American Red Cross will care for them. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)
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Print article WASHINGTON - Rep. Henry Cuellar, a moderate Texas Democrat whose district hugs the border with Mexico, is not happy with how President Joe Biden’s team has responded to the surge of migrants trying to enter the United States. “His people need to do a better job of listening to those of us who have done this before,” he said Monday.
The elusive political power of Mexican Americans
Data: Pew Research Center, U.S. Census Bureau; Chart: Michelle McGhee/Axios
Mexican Americans make up the nation s largest Latino group, yet they remain politically outshined by more recently arrived Cuban Americans.
Why it matters: The disparities in political power between Mexican Americans and Cuban Americans reflect the racial, historical, geographical and economic differences within Latino cultures in the U.S.
For the first time in U.S. history, the Senate includes three Mexican Americans Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Alex Padilla, (D-Calif.). as the Mexican American population overall nears 37 million people.
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Project Q s Matt Hennie (top left) with (clockwise) state Rep. Renitta Shannon, GALEO CEO Jerry Gonzales and New Georgia Project CEO Nse Ufot.
After a long election cycle that included record turnout, accusations of malfeasance, two consequential runoffs and a bluer Georgia, LGBTQ advocates have one message: Donât take your eye off the ball.
âPeople have a tendency after elections to say, âOK great, election season is over, we’re all done. We’re all good. Everything’s great,â said state Rep. Renitta Shannon, one of seven LGBTQ lawmakers in Georgiaâs legislature.
âYou must stay engaged, because there are many, many, many serious fights that are coming up,â she continued. âPeople should not underestimate how consistently their right to participate in democracy is being attacked. It is well coordinated, it is consistent, and it is well-funded.â