As NBC is set to mainstream Donald Trump’s bigotry on “Saturday Night Live” in a matter of hours, the horrific beating of an immigrant woman in Minnesota for not speaking English in public is beginning to attract national attention. From KARE 11 Minneapolis/St. Paul: Jodie Marie Burchard-Risch, 43, was...
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More than Half a Million Petition Signers and John Leguizamo Agree that Racism Just Isn’t Funny Last night, leaders from a host of Latino and immigrant rights groups rallied and delivered over 520,000 petition signatures calling on NBC to rescind Donald Trump’s “Saturday Night Live” hosting invitation, set for...
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Lynn Tramonte: “El senador ha caído a lo más bajo; los votantes pro inmigrantes seguramente no se olvidarán de esto” Varios de los principales observadores informaron sobre el significado de la declaración de ayer del precandidato presidencial republicano Marco Rubio, en el sentido de que pondría fin al programa de...
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Last night, leaders from a host of Latino and immigrant rights groups rallied and delivered over 520,000 petition signatures calling on NBC to rescind Donald Trump’s “Saturday Night Live” hosting invitation, set for this weekend. The #RacismIsntFunny campaign and petition drive was a collaborative effort between multiple organizations including...
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Lynn Tramonte: “Si no va a defender a los DREAMers y a otros inmigrantes, ¿cómo podemos esperar que enfrente a los congresistas de línea dura y finalmente se apruebe la reforma migratoria? Durante un evento este día en New Hampshire, el precandidato presidencial republicano Marco Rubio declaró pondría fin al programa...
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Lynn Tramonte: “If He Won’t Stand up For Dreamers and Other Immigrants, How Can We Expect Him to Stand Up to Hardliners in Congress and Finally Pass Immigration Reform?” At an event today in New Hampshire, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio stated that he would end the Deferred Action for...
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In a floor speech earlier today, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez offered his congratulations to his friend and colleague Rep. Paul Ryan on his recent election, but lamented “that the new Speaker had to promise not to address immigration reform as a condition of being elected”: “Maybe those on the other...
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With NBC so far refusing to rescind Donald Trump’s invitation to host an episode of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, leaders from Latino and immigration groups are set to deliver over 460,000 petition signatures to NBC Studios later today calling on the network to drop Trump from SNL’s headline....
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It looks like Republicans have a new strategy to improve on Mitt Romney’s dismal 23% Latino voter turnout from 2012: Cancelling the only GOP debate scheduled to air on Spanish-language television. Upset over perceived “gotcha” questions from moderators during last week’s CNBC debate, the RNC has suspended its...
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Lynn Tramonte: “Republicans Continue to Shrink From Leadership and Allow The Nativists in the Party to Run Amok” In Congress, the courts, and the 2016 campaign trail, the Republican Party continues to cede control to the anti-immigrant wing of the Party. Among the latest reminders: In Congress, newly-elected Republican Speaker...
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