Renowned Univision anchor and Emmy-winning journalist María Elena Salinas was booed by students and others for speaking a portion of her speech in Spanish during a California State University, Fullerton graduation ceremony. Salinas was receiving an honorary degree from the university and made the majority of her speech in...
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: Hillary Clinton Mocks Donald Trump’s Business Record and Immigration Plan By Thomas Kaplan Politico: Clinton pokes Trump: ‘How can anybody lose money running a casino?’ By Nick Gass The Hill: Clinton mocks Trump, warns of ‘deportation forces’ By...
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Univision highlighted AV’s “Trump Hate Map” during a recent segment on how Donald Trump’s dangerous rhetoric has inspired his followers to commit acts of violence and harassment against Latinos and immigrants. “Something is happening in the country that we haven’t seen in many years — an anti-immigrant sentiment that...
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English (en español al final de la página): The Hill (Opinion): Electoral map looks grim for Trump By Juan Williams Daily Kos: Erratic Texas judge orders 100,000 names, addresses of DREAMers be made public By Kerry Eleveld Associated Press: Clinton, Sanders duel over Latino vote in California By Michael...
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More than 300 students from Forest Grove High School staged a walkout this week after a student hung a “Build A Wall” banner on campus. “It’s just intolerable,” Superintendent Yvonne Curtis. “I think it makes people feel unsafe which is why we dealt with it immediately.” However, the Oregon...
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Donald Trump claims he loves “the Hispanics” and “cherishes women.” This Latina might disagree with that. Alicia Machado, a Venezuelan actress and model crowned Miss Universe in 1996, says that Trump mocked her as “Miss Piggy” after she gained weight and at one point humiliated her by forcing her...
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The 2016 Presidential campaign has exploded with a flood of anti-immigrant and anti-Latino vitriol from Republican candidates — and Latinos and immigrants are getting set to respond at the ballot box. A fantastic video and must-read post from Emerson Collective highlights a recent citizenship workshop hosted by Culinary Workers...
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English (en español al final de la página): Politico: Judge quotes movies to rebuke Justice Dept. lawyers in Obama immigration case By Seung Min Kim Right Wing Watch (Opinion): Samuel Rodriguez Gives Trump Chance To ‘Redeem The Narrative’ With Latinos By Peter Montgomery New York Times: Bill Weld, Running...
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Apparently not satisfied with their presumptive nominee using a taco bowl to reach out to “the Hispanics”, the GOP-led House Appropriations Committee has approved a bill that would force the Library of Congress to return to using the term “illegal immigrant.” Last month, the Library announced that it would...
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A new report from the American Immigration Council features harrowing quotes from eight women who fled horror and violence in Central America to the US, but were eventually deported back to their home countries. “First-hand accounts from Central American women and their family members…reveal the dangerous and bleak circumstances...
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