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Donald Trump and The Frito Bandito
Since the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, those of us born and raised along the U.S. / Mexico border have been continually marginalized into a geographic […]
Trump Administration Targets and then Mocks Immigrant with Prosthetic Leg
A 20-year-old undocumented immigrant with prosthetic leg and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status has been detained by federal immigration agents and held without charges for over a month, treated inhumanely […]
Top Trump Latino Slurs
This wasn’t easy. It’s a difficult thing to choose the Trump Latino slurs greatest hits, there are so many to choose from. But I was up for the challenge. First, […]
Man Who Drowned Trying to Save Harvey Victims Benefited from the DACA Program Trump Wants to End
A 31-year-old man who benefitted from the DACA program President Donald Trump is expected to end reportedly drowned while trying to save others from deadly floodwaters that besieged Houston in the wake of Hurricane […]
Trump Administration Preparing Texas Wildlife Refuge for First Border Wall Segment
By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer (3.5 minute read) For at least six months, private contractors and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have been quietly preparing to build […]
Latinos could start to change Trump’s rural America
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2 minute read) The disgruntled rural and small town voter has gotten a lot of attention since Trump was elected president. They’ve become the cautionary tale, […]
Both Sides of the U.S.-Mexico Border Want to Renegotiate NAFTA
*NAFTA left a lot on the table for workers. I’m not sure that’s what Trump has in mind. VL By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer (3 minute read) President […]
A Proposed New Tax, Mainly On Latinos, To Pay For Trump’s Border Wall
*This happened yesterday, while the rest of us were mesmerized by the Peckinpahesque implosion of the Trump administration, congress was moving a piece of legislation that would fund the Trumpian […]
Trump’s Border Wall: A ‘Progress’ Report
* By Jane C. Timm, NBC News (7.5 minute read) More than four months into his term, how close is President Donald Trump to making good on his signature […]
Trump administration sends NAFTA renegotiation letter to Congress
The interesting thing about this has nothing to do with international trade or U.S. relations with Mexico. It’s that even though Trump said he was willing to renegotiate NAFTA, now […]