It’s almost like Donald Trump’s campaign has a white nationalist problem. Back in March, Donald Trump Jr. appeared on a right-wing radio show called “Liberty Roundtable,” where he was interviewed by guest host James Edwards, the white nationalist host of another radio program considered “overtly racist” and “anti-Semitic” by...
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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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Judging by their continued actions and statements, the Republican presidential ticket seems intent on personally insulting Latino voters and on driving more Latinos into the arms of the Democrats. As Adrian Carrasquillo writes in a BuzzFeed article titled, “Why #ThatMexicanThing Matters,” a “Latino thing” has become perhaps the most consequential storyline emanating...
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A Video Recording of the Event Is Available Here A panel of experts – including an Akron mother whose husband was deported – gathered today to discuss the economic, legal, and human costs of a potential mass deportation for Ohio. There were nearly 500,000 documented immigrants and 95,000 undocumented immigrants living in Ohio as...
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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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Immigration has been a key focus of this election cycle. There are an estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants living in and contributing to the United States, many of whom have deep roots in the country and are part of mixed-status families.1 In 2015, Donald Trump began his presidential campaign...
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In a new must-read piece in the Washington Post, Greg Sargent unpacks what Governor Mike Pence said on immigration policy during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate. Sargent makes clear that despite Gov. Pence’s attempts to blur the nature and intentions of Trump’s radicalism, Trump would deport or force out all but a few of...
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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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