Las Vegas Sol Hispanic Community and Immigration News

Las Vegas Latino Film Festival branches out: Nov. 29, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; In 2003 a total of 18 people attended the first Las Vegas Latin Short Film Festival, which launched with a trio of short films at the Charleston Heights Arts Center.

Heller positions himself to help broker immigration reform: Nov. 15, 2012; By Karoun Demirjian; After badly losing the Hispanic vote, Republicans are ready to deal on immigration and may look to Nevada Republican Dean Heller to help with the effort.

As finish line approaches, campaigns issue final Spanish-language messages: Oct. 31, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; Election day is less than a week away and along with the crush of last-minute messaging on English-language media, the campaigns are also putting out their final messages to Hispanic voters on Spanish-language radio and television.

Party reps spin debate before it starts: Oct. 3, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; Not surprisingly, both parties were busy Wednesday framing the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney before the 90-minute showdown even started.

Grammy Award winners Maná to perform at Obama rally Sunday: Sept. 26, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; Superstar Mexican pop-rock band Maná will perform at a campaign rally for President Barack Obama in Las Vegas on Sunday, a campaign spokesman confirmed late Wednesday.

Immigration group calls Heller vs. Berkley 'race to watch': Sept. 26, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; Immigrant advocacy group America’s Voice has released a list of the six most important U.S. Senate races, and the close contest between Sen. Dean Heller and Rep. Shelley Berkley here in Nevada made the cut.

Spanish-language Obama ad touts student loan reforms: Sept. 26, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; On the heels of National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, President Barack Obama's campaign released new Spanish-language TV and radio ads.

Heller, Romney campaigns mimic each other on Hispanic outreach: Sept. 14, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; The Dean Heller and Mitt Romney campaigns seem to be taking their Hispanic voter outreach strategies from the same playbook.

'Spanish Oprah' stumps for Obama in new ad: Sept. 14, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; Both President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney released new Spanish-language campaign ads this week.

Las Vegas ready to celebrate Mexican independence, Hispanic heritage: Sept. 8, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; National Hispanic Heritage Month is nearly here (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15), and with a schedule of events frontloaded around the first weekend, fiesta-minded Las Vegans should plan accordingly.

Nevada political ad bashes Obama over deportations: Aug. 8, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; A new ad set to air on Spanish-language television in Nevada attacks President Barack Obama for his deportation record. The 30-second advertisement, paid for by American Principles in Action and its local Latino outreach wing Nevada Hispanics, is titled “No More Lies” and criticizes Obama for not accomplishing comprehensive immigration reform in his first term.

Heller, Berkley duel takes to Spanish-language airwaves: Aug. 2, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; Sen. Dean Heller’s campaign released its first Spanish-language ad this week, an attack on opponent Shelley Berkley called “Credit” that comes with just less than 100 days left in the close U.S. Senate campaign.

Obama stretches lead over Romney among Latinos: July 20, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; Polling firm Latin Decisions released a new poll of Latino registered voters Wednesday indicating President Barack Obama has widened his lead over presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. After the president ramped up outreach to Latino voters, the poll found Obama has the support of 70 percent of Latino voters, compared to 22 percent for Romney. In June, polls showed Obama taking 66 percent of Latino voters, and as recently as November a poll found just 59 percent of Latinos supported Obama over any GOP nominee.

Biden to speak at upcoming La Raza conference in Las Vegas: June 26, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; Vice President Joe Biden will be the keynote speaker for the National Council of La Raza annual conference, which will be staged in Las Vegas for the first time July 7-10, the national Latino advocacy group announced. "Choosing Nevada as the home for this year’s conference is a natural fit given the state’s growing Latino population and electorate," Janet Murguía, National Council of La Raza president and CEO, said in a statement.

Time turns cover over to immigrants; key congressman won't support GOP versions of Dream Act: June 14, 2012; By Tovin Lapan; Rep. Steve King, vice chairman of the House immigration subcommittee, said he would not support any of the versions of the Dream Act currently being batted around. In an interview with Fox News Latino, the Iowa Republican said that alternatives to the Democratic version of the Dream Act proposed by Rep. David Rivera and Sen. Marco Rubio, both R-Fla., still amount to amnesty and reward those who have broken the law.