The following clip from MSNBC’s AM JOY was posted Saturday morning by our founder, now the political editor at the Futuro Media Group, the independent non-profit media company formed by award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa. In this clip, Hinojosa has an exchange with Steve Cortes, a member of Donal Trump’s National Hispanic Advisory Council. At one point, Cortes said this, “It is more unfair for legal immigrants to allow for illegals to hop in front of them and cheat the system.”
That comment led to Hinojosa essentially schooling Cortes about the use of the word “illegals” as a noun and also the term “illegal immigrant.” Hinojosa’s response also mentioned Elie Wiesel’s quote that “no human being is illegal.”
Online response to Hinojosa’s comments has already taken off. Here is a just a sample of what people are saying:
@Maria_Hinojosa @Manolodal Your argument against the use of "illegal"was profound and shaming. Thanks for putting this issue in its place
— Joe Gillis (@OldestguyJoe) October 29, 2016
Watching @Maria_Hinojosa fact check Steve On @MSNBC was just incredible. #Election2016 #illegal #Immigration pic.twitter.com/0CcARowfn4
— Jóse Ygnacio (@JDejesusGil) October 29, 2016
Saluting @Maria_Hinojosa ! "Illegal is NOT a noun". #labels #AMJoy
— mary_e (@verse1verse2) October 29, 2016
@Maria_Hinojosa schooling @CortesSteve on why it's dangerous to call people "illegal." Thank you, Maria! Steve, you're Latino, shame on you!
— Teresa (@MDTeresa) October 29, 2016
As for Hinojosa’s critics, this tweet from her should sum up nicely exactly how Hinojosa feels about the haters:
Really. Did you ever meet him? Speak to him? Ask him his thoughts? I did. Did you???? https://t.co/uOVQP50q6N
— Maria Hinojosa (@Maria_Hinojosa) October 29, 2016
