Herman Badillo is a Manhattan Institute senior fellow writing on immigration issues. He is a former U.S. Congressman, Deputy Mayor of New York City and Bronx Borough President. His new book, One Nation, One Standard: An Ex-Liberal on How Hispanics Can Succeed Just Like Other Immigrant Groups (Sentinel, 2007), challenges the received wisdom of liberal social policy and asks the Hispanic community to embrace self-reliance and assimilation.

Herman has devoted a lifetime of working in both the public and private sectors on behalf of minorities and consumers on legal issues such as discrimination, labor, education, and business development. Prior to his joining the Firm, Mr. Badillo was a founding partner of the Fischbein∙Badillo∙Wagner∙Harding law firm.

Herman Badillo was the first Congressman of Puerto Rican origin in the history of the nation (New York's 21st District in the Bronx). He was also the First Puerto Rican to be elected Bronx Borough President. He served as Deputy Mayor of New York City in the Koch administration and was special counsel for the Fiscal Oversight of Education during Mayor Giuliani's administration. Herman was also Chairman of the Board of the City University of New York. Among his many other "firsts", he was a co-founder of the Puerto Rican Bar Association, and of the Puerto Rican legal Defense and Education Fund.

After graduating Magna Cum Laude from City College, Herman then finished first in his class at Brooklyn Law School. Herman was admitted to the bar in 1955 and is also a CPA.

Select Media:

• Tiempo, WABC, 01-14-07 [PART 1] [PART 2] [PART3]
• Visiones, WNBC, 01-14-07
• Pura Politica, NY1 Noticias, 01-12-07 [PART 1] [PART 2]
• Glenn Beck Show, CNN Headline News, 01-11-07
• Inside City Hall, NY1, 01-10-07
• FOX & Friends, FOX, 01-08-07
• FOX News Live, FOX, 01-05-07
• Paula Zahn Now, CNN, 01-03-07
• Today in New York, NBC, 01-03-07
• John Gambling Show, WABC, 01-03-07
• Today's Issues, American Family Radio, 01-03-07
• Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNN, 01-02-07
• Your World with Neil Cavuto, FOX, 01-02-07
• Univision News, 01-02-07
• Telemundo News, 01-02-07

Articles/Op-eds

• Immigration Overhaul New York Sun, 07-18-07

Books:

• One Nation, One Standard: An Ex-Liberal on How Hispanics Can Succeed Just Like Other Immigrant Groups (Sentinel, January 2007)