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This is a list of Hispanic and Latino Americans who have served in the United States Congress. Persons included are identified as having a lineage from Spain or Latin America, a definition that includes Brazil, but not Portugal. Entries shaded in gray refer to current members of the U.S. Congress.
Hispanic and Latino American politicians continued to make gains in important positions in Congress, and for the first time in this period had an equal number of full voting members in Congress and non-voting delegates. [1] The Congressional Hispanic Caucus was founded in 1976. Pictured are members of the Caucus gathered together in 1984.
Raúl Labrador, Congressman from Idaho's 1st District. Raúl Labrador (former U.S. congressman from Idaho) Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (first Latino U.S. senator) Lil Pump (Rapper) endorsed Donald Trump for president in 2020; Eric Linder (former California state assemblyman) Carlos López-Cantera (former lieutenant governor of Florida)
Polly Baca – Chair of the Democratic Caucus of the Colorado House of Representatives (1976–79) and member of the Colorado State Senate and the House and Senate of a state Legislature. Herman Badillo – former Congressman from New York; Hector Balderas – New Mexico Attorney General; Nanette Barragán – Congresswoman from California
Sens. Alex Padilla and Bob Menendez have created a Hispanic Serving Institution caucus to boost investment in Latino colleges and universities. Latino senators want more investment in Hispanic ...
This page lists Hispanic and Latino American people who have been members of the United States Congress. (The Library of Congress has a complete list of biographies of 'Hispanic Americans in Congress' through to 1995 .)
Latino members of Congress want U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to waive an internal policy requiring their congressional offices provide USCIS with certified translations of non-English ...
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) was organized in 1976 by five Hispanic Congressmen: Herman Badillo (NY), Baltasar Corrada del Río (PR), Kika de la Garza (TX), Henry B. Gonzalez (TX) and Edward Roybal (CA), to serve as a legislative organization through which legislative action, as well as executive and judicial actions, could be monitored to ensure the needs of Hispanics were being met.