English (en español al final de la página): Reuters: Two hawkish anti-immigration groups say consulted by Trump By Luciana Lopez Bustle (Opinion): If Wendy Davis Couldn’t Turn Texas Blue, I Don’t Think Hillary Clinton Can. Yet. By Abby Johnston New York Times: Mike Pence Disavows Donald Trump’s Earlier Proposal...
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National AAPI organizations have condemned a recent Fox News “O’Reilly Factor” segment featuring interviews with Asian-Americans in New York’s Chinatown as racist and offensive. The segment, hosted by “O’Reilly” correspondent Jesse Watters, mocked interviewees — including non-English speakers — in between “interspersed movie clips portraying Asian stereotypes,” according to...
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Donald Trump was greeted by protests during multiple stops of his Nevada tour yesterday, including a visit to a Mexican restaurant where he pandered to a handful of Latino business owners from the state. Outside, immigrant families and their allies held signs reading “Dangerous, Divisive, Anti-Union. One protester included a young woman...
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When Donald Trump attacked Alicia Machado as “Miss Housekeeping,” he was also attacking the very workers who keep his hotels running and his pockets full. To coincide with his Nevada visit yesterday, Dora Patricia Rivera, Ofelia Diaz-Cardenas, and Celia Vargas — all guest room attendants at the Trump International...
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English (en español al final de la página): Los Angeles Times: ‘That Mexican thing’ certainly didn’t go unnoticed during the debate By Colleen Shalby Houston Chronicle: #ThatMexicanThing: The latest energizer for Latinos By Olivia Tallet Remezcla: Mike Pence’s #ThatMexicanThing Comment Turns Into a Pro-Immigrant Party on Twitter By Yara...
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Latinos and immigrants responded to Mike Pence’s flippant “Senator, you’ve whipped out that Mexican thing again” remark to Tim Kaine during last night’s Vice-Presidential debate by turning a hashtag into a channel of patriotism, resilience and pride. According to TIME, #ThatMexicanThing became the third most tweeted moment from the debate. Below are...
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Crossposted from Medium. Mike Pence probably didn’t realize the wildfire he sparked when he tried to shut down Tim Kaine with that dismissive “Senator, you’ve whipped out that Mexican thing again” comment during last night’s Vice-Presidential debate. His running mate, Donald Trump, has been on a relentless smear campaign...
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In Spanish here. Every time I hear comments like those Republican Governor Mike Pence said, with a certain disgust and classism, during the vice presidential debate on Tuesday, referring to “that Mexican thing” after his Democratic opponent Tim Kaine brought up a topic, I try to not immediately think of...
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English (en español al final de la página): Time: ‘That Mexican Thing’ Took on a Life of Its Own Online By Daniel White DaliyKos (Opinion): Mike Pence’s cruel and un-Christian approach to immigration and refugees is perfectly Trumpian By Kerry Eleveld Washington Post: 3 awkward questions Mike Pence and...
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Univision talked to an immigrant business owner who unsurprisingly had zero tolerance for Donald Trump’s recent remark that skipping out on paying federal income taxes makes him “smart.” “We all have to work, and we all have to pay taxes,” she told Univision. “Someone who has large sums of money and...
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