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As Trump seeks reelection, immigrant voters stand in his path
HOUSTON — This is where a nation changes: a public school auditorium that moonlights as a veritable citizenship factory. At the M.O. Campbell Educational Center, where murals honoring the arts and sciences […]
Hispanic Caucus to Homeland Security conferees: No more money for immigrant detention or a wall
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Joaquin Castro and 20 members of his caucus sent a letter to the Homeland Security conferees urging them not to appropriate any more money for immigrant detention or a […]
Judges Say Trump’s Government Shutdown Broke Immigration System for Years
President Donald Trump may be over, (for now), but immigration judges and attorneys worry that the record government shutdown ’s disastrous effects on the immigration court system will last for years. […]
Trump National Golf Club Fires Dozens of Undocumented Immigrants
Dozens of undocumented immigrants employed by Donald Trump’s ‘ Trump National Golf Club ’ in Westchester County, NY were fired earlier this month, as Trump waged a war in Washington to keep […]
Trump’s Latino approval on the rise? Not so fast
With an odd echo of Sally Field’s “You like me!” speech at the Oscars, Donald Trump on Tuesday touted findings from a poll that he viewed as showing a surge of approval from Latinos. […]
We sang in Spanish, fell in love with ‘Coco’ — Latino culture trumped hate in 2017
If you’re a Latino in America — or Latinx, the gender-neutral the younger generation prefers — the national landscape felt particularly brutal this year, the stinging divisive words of President […]
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, […]
Feds Will Skip Border Wall Impact Study Before Building Through Wildlife Refuge
By Anya Byrd, Colorlines (2.5 minute read) Though funding for the estimated $21.6 billion U.S.-Mexico wall has not yet been secured, the federal government continues to move forward with construction. […]
I’m the first House Democrat elected since Trump. Here’s what my party should do.
*The first Democrat elected to congress after Trump is Latino, He says the first order of business should be getting past the midterms. Then, communicate. VL By Jimmy Gomez, Washington […]
Eugenics in the Trump Era
*To understand eugenics is to understand some of the motivation in the Trump White House. It cloaks raw bigotry in scientific terms and fills public discussions with dog-whistle racism. Please, […]