‘Si Se Pudo’: How Two Top Spanish-Language Newspapers Covered Obama’s Immigration Announcement

By: J. Freedom du Lac | The Washington Post

Eight months ago, in a widely discussed editorial, two of America’s leading Spanish-language newspapers — California’s La Opinión and New York’s El Diario La Prensa — hammered President Obama over immigration.

“Obama recently called himself the ‘champion-in-chief’ on immigration reform — a title that, without legislative approval of reform, only reflects the impotence of what he was unable to achieve,” the partner newspapers said in a joint editorial. “Reality rules the day, like the fact that his administration has carried out record numbers of deportations.