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Legislators say a senate proposal on immigration is underway and could be ready next week. 

When Illinois' political leaders touted a proposal to allow undocumented immigrants to get driver's licenses, it was painted as public safety measure. But the idea has run into resistance.

Judge Jesse Reyes is the first ever Latino elected to the Illinois Appellate Court.

Hispanics are only five percent of the population in Iowa but they’re suddenly crucial to the presidential election. Now Iowa's Republican Secretary of State has pushed through voting rules that could keep some of them from the polls.

In the controversial video, Romney didn’t talk about immigration. But he did address Hispanics. 

Elgin, like many other Chicago suburbs, saw huge demographic changes the last twenty years. But you would never be able to tell that nearly half of the city is now Latino if you look at who's working in the local government.

"The Trayvon story speaks to something I've known my whole but I am just getting around to understanding: Race, for Latinos, is a sticky and complicated thing," says Caceres.