Over the past few months, we’ve seen the “Trump Effect” have devastating effects on the Latino and immigrant communities. In Boston, an immigrant was beaten by men with a metal pipe. When they were finally arrested, one of them allegedly told police, “Donald Trump was right, all these illegals need to...
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When it comes to Latin@ superstars, you really can’t get any bigger than this. From Billboard: Grammy-winning producer Emilio Estefan has enlisted an all-star small army of famous friends — including Shakira, Carlos Santana, Thalia, Pepe Aguilar and his wife, singer Gloria Estefan — to combat the spate of anti-Mexican rhetoric that Donald Trump sparked earlier this summer. Estefan, 62, tells Billboard exclusively that, after...
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English (en español al final de la página): NBC News: Scott Walker Seeks to Jumpstart Campaign With Illinois Speech By Shaquille Brewster Politico: Trump tops CNN poll with 32 percent of GOP support, Carson second with 19 percent By Nick Gass Reuters: Trump Security Guards Assaulted Protesters on NY...
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Donald Trump’s Washington D.C. rally today — held in opposition to President Obama’s Iran deal — marked one of the ugliest events of the 2016 Presidential election yet. The rally was already notable for featuring some of the who’s who of anti-Muslim extremists — including one activist who once claimed...
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He’s back. Congressional lawmakers have returned from their summer recess, and immigration champion Rep. Luis Gutierrez wasted no time speaking out “about the number one topic in Latino neighborhoods in America: Donald Trump.” Stationed in between two large photos of leading Republican candidate Donald Trump and Pope Francis, Rep. Gutierrez declared the...
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In what should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, a host of anti-Muslim activists are slated to join Republican Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz at a rally protesting President Obama’s Iran deal in Washington, D.C. today. It’s a change of scenery for Trump, who has...
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English (en español al final de la página): Reuters: Republican Cruz to Bask in Trump’s Limelight Politico: Trump calls for taking in Syrian refugees By Nick Gass Fox News Latino: Esai Morales on being an ‘actorvist,’ Donald Trump and Latinos’ sense of respect By Mar Yvette CNN: Harry Reid:...
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Pope Francis will personally bless a group of undocumented immigrants and refugees when he visits the United States later this month, reports ABC News: The Sept. 25 encounter with about 150 mostly Spanish-speaking New Yorkers “is about the values and the message that he has articulated as pope,” the...
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Marisol Soto wants you to quite literally see how immigrants are pumping billions of dollars into our nation’s economy every year. The undocumented nursing student was already incensed after Donald Trump’s racist claims about Mexicans during this Presidential campaign launch in June. But the final straw came from she...
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English (en español al final de la página): Arizona Republic (Opinion-Arizona): What if the U.S. ended birthright citizenship? By Daniel Gonzalez and Dan Nowicki Bulletin Leader: Scott Walker says building a wall along Canadian border is worth considering By Andres Presus New York Times: Republicans Fear Donald Trump Is...
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