Hispanic Caucus - Voices

October 16, 2020

Interview with DACA recipients Ernesto Hernandez and Jimena Castro

Author:  Monsy Hernandez Monsy Hernandez spoke with two DACA recipients, Ernesto Hernandez and Jimena Castro, about how the DREAM Act impacted them and what they think everyone should know about......
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August 08, 2020

Why do I vote - Onelica Andrade

Why do I vote? There are many reasons why I vote. Because it is my duty and my right. Because I care about the country that welcomed me and my......
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June 23, 2020

Why Do I Vote - Alfredo Jimeno Orrego

There is no shortage of studies supporting this: I’d have a better chance of winning the lottery than having my unique vote change the outcome of an election. Also, voting......
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October 14, 2019

Why I Vote From Abroad

So you ask me why I vote.  Oh please, what a ridiculous question.  I have never NOT voted.  Since I turned 18, I have turned up at my local polling......
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October 04, 2019

Why I Vote From Abroad

I’m a proud Democrat who’s originally from San Francisco, California. Thirty-seven years ago, I married a Mexican citizen, which – like so many of our overseas members – began a......
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August 04, 2019

I will vote… Will you?

The day had come, July 4th, 2013. That day was my 18th birthday. Coincidentally, it was the very same day our nation turned 237 years old. Most people my age......
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June 23, 2019

Why I Vote - ¿Por Qué Voto? -- Amerika Garcia-Grewal

Why I Vote -- by Amerika Garcia-Grewal Since I turned 18 I've lived in Texas, Tennessee, Kansas, and New York. I've been to each state capital and to Washington, DC......
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May 07, 2019

Why I Vote? - ¿Por Qué Voto? — Melanie García

Why I VoteAs an American living in the Dominican Republic, I cherish the right to vote because it is a right that we as U.S. citizens all have, and we......
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July 17, 2018

Why I Vote - Thorin Engeseth

Yo voto porque la historia se repite. Porque mi madre no debería haber tenido que trabajar en tres trabajos para criar a tres hijos. Porque las únicas personas que pueden......
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February 05, 2018

Why I Vote - Carlos Colao

Votar representa la consagración de nuestra libertad sobre cuyo derecho se constituye y plasma la máxima manifestación democrática de nuestra Sociedad, y sobre la que erige y levanta nuestra Constitución......
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