While we continue to push for the Dream Act before the end of the year and the extension of Temporary Protected Status, we cannot lose sight of a major threat facing the Latino community and the nation.
With ongoing negotiations over tax reform, Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Puerto Rico Taskforce sent a letter to Republican leaders in Congress urging the inclusion of tax provisions that will help rebuild Puerto Rico.
I grew up hearing a saying, "you missed the forest for the trees" and for the longest time, I wondered exactly what that meant. It wasn't until a funny, skinny and chain-smoking reporter at the defunct The San Juan Star gave me a definition. He said, "It’s simple, the saying means that sometimes we focus on something so much that we lose perspective of everything else.”
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