Plan Would Carry Huge Costs for Ohio Taxpayers and Families A panel of experts will convene at Trinity Commons TODAY, Thursday, October 6th at 10 AM to discuss the economic, legal, and human costs of a potential mass deportation. The panel is open to the public and press. WHAT: Panel of experts...
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In a new piece for Medium, America’s Voice’s Gabe Ortíz reflects on his family’s immigration history and subsequent life in the United States in the context of Governor Pence’s dismissive “that Mexican thing again” comment from last night’s vice presidential debate. Ortíz notes that hidden in Pence’s attempt to dismiss...
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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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Please note the following column was translated from Spanish to English and is available for reprint as long as the author is given proper credit. The column is available online in English here and Spanish here. In a new blog post, David Torres, the Spanish Media Advisor for America’s Voice, a newly naturalized citizen,...
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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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En inglés aquí. Cada vez que escucho comentarios como el que emitió con cierto disgusto y clasismo el gobernador republicano Mike Pence durante el debate vicepresidencial del martes, al referirse a “la cosa mexicana esa”, luego de que el tema lo trajo a colación su contendiente demócrata Tim Kaine, trato...
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Más allá del caprichoso denuedo con el que Donald Trump intenta eliminar de tajo la presencia y múltiples aportaciones de las comunidades que le disgustan, subyace en su retórica antiinmigrante el germen de una antipatía neofascista donde no cabe nada que no se parezca a él ni a los...
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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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El siguiente es un comunicado de Frank Sharry, Director Ejecutivo de America’s Voice, en respuesta a la discusión que del tema migratorio se llevó a cabo durante el debate vicepresidencial de anoche: “En inmigración, el gobernador Mike Pence intentó esta noche encubrir el alcance y las intenciones de la...
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