Margaret Talbot of The New Yorker: “Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Sloganeering And His Rivals’ Scramble To Keep Up With It Won’t Be Easy To Forget” One year out from the 2016 general election, the Republican Party has a problem with Latino voters that threatens to make its historically-poor showing with Latinos...
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AUDIO RECORDING OF CALL AVAILABLE HERE Leaders in the Latino and Progressive Community Say NBC is Mainstreaming Trump’s Extreme Anti-Immigrant Agenda As New Open Letter Calls on SNL Cast to Speak Out Against Hate On a press call this afternoon, leaders with the #RacismIsntFunny campaign discussed how disturbing incidents of violence and aggression toward immigrants and Latinos...
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As NBC refuses to rescind its invitation to Donald Trump to host “SNL” this weekend, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are continuing to call out the network for throwing the Latino and immigrant communities under the bus in the name of ratings. Earlier this week, the Caucus released...
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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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As the campaign to rescind Donald Trump’s SNL hosting invitation delivered over 500,000 petition signatures to NBC Studios last night, a host of Latino cultural leaders have published an open letter calling out Trump’s racist campaign, noting that Trump’s xenophobia has already led to several attacks against Latinos and immigrants:...
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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: “Senator Rubio has Sunk to a New Low; Pro-Immigration Voters Will Certainly Remember” A number of leading observers reported on the significance of Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio’s statement yesterday that he would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as President, regardless of whether Congress has passed immigration...
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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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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. This column is available online in Spanish here. The Republican Party seems to have a death wish. In the fight for the presidential nomination, the Republican...
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Frank Sharry: “Los líderes republicanos han manejado mal el tema migratorio de manera increíble. Están en contra del 69% del país y del 57% de sus propios votantes” Washington, DC – Una gran mayoría del pueblo estadounidense está lista para una reforma migratoria que incluya una vía al estatus...
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